I've always been amazed at Rita Hayworth's rise to fame during the 1940s.
She was much like Marilyn Monroe.
I remember Marilyn's Monroe's shocking pink dress in the 1953 movie, "Gentleman Prefer Blondes."
I love the film Some Like It Hot.
I haven't seen that one. Rita Hayworth starred in "Gilda." Talk about brilliance.
It is a good film!    Who was her co-star?
Gilda
Gilda is a 1946 American film noir directed by Charles Vidor and starring Rita Hayworth in her signature role as the ultimate "femme fatale" and Glenn Ford as a young thug. The film is known for cinematographer Rudolph Maté's lush photography, costume designer Jean Louis's wardrobe for Hayworth (particularly for the dance numbers), and choreographer Jack Cole's staging of "Put the Blame on Mame" and "Amado Mio", sung by Anita Ellis. In 2013, the film was selected for preservation in the
actress with the ability to make you care about her, to make you feel what she feels... Whatever she's doing while she performs that song ['Makin' Whoopee'] isn't merely singing; it's whatever Rita Hayworth did in "Gilda" and Marilyn Monroe did in "Some Like It Hot", and I didn't want her to stop." "The New Yorker" thought that she recalled "the grinning infectiousness of Carole Lombard, the radiance of the very young Lauren Bacall, and Pfeiffer