Acknowledgments
Introduction: Why Rita Hayworth?
I. Stardom off the Screen
From Cansino to Hayworth to Beckworth: Constructing the Star Person(a)
Rita Lives for Love: The Family Life of Hollywood's Unhappiest Star
II. Film Stars, Film Texts, Film Studies
I'm the Goddess of Song and Dance: Performing Competence in Down to Earth
I Told You Not to Move-I Mean It! Cross-Examining Gilda and The Lady from Shanghai
This Is Hayworth as Hayworth Really Is: The Secret Agent(s) of Affair in Trinidad and a Few Words about Miss Sadie Thompson and Salome
Afterword: Replacing the Love Goddess
Notes
Cansino/Hayworth Filmography
Bibliography
Index