💅🏼Rita Hayworth in “Cover Girl”, 1944 ——————————————————————————- Throughout the movie, there isn’t a moment where Hayworth doesn’t look luminous. She was a natural entertainer with unwavering charisma and sensuality. Although she was rarely able to use her own singing voice (she was dubbed by Martha Mears in this film), Hayworth could still dance her heart out and her acting was tremendous. The vibrancy and magic she brought with her to the screen all but makes Cover Girl sparkle. “I guess th

Rita Hayworth in a dream! “Cover Girl”, 1944 ———————————————————————— One of those most closely involved with the way Rita looks in Cover Girl is Robert Coburn, head of Columbia’s Photo Gallery. In John Kobal’s biography of Rita Hayworth, Coburn talks about photographing Columbia’s biggest star: The contract I signed put me in complete charge of the studio’s stills department. Mind you, if I ever relaxed and let a bad picture of Hayworth or any other star out, Cohn would call me on the carpet im