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<blockquote data-quote="ClassyCo" data-source="post: 391559" data-attributes="member: 7">I watched RITA HAYWORTH: THE LOVE GODDESS (1983) today, which is based on the 1977 biography written by John Kobal. Lynda Carter, as beautiful as she was here, just wasn&#039;t a very good choice to play Hayworth. Her performance is flat and lifeless, and leaves one wondering why the producers didn&#039;t hire someone like Jaclyn Smith instead. Which she may not have been any better, honestly. The performances supporting Carter are better, or at least I think so. Michael Lerner as studio chief Harry Cohn; Edward Edwards as filmmaker Orson Welles, Hayworth&#039;s second husband; Aharon Ipalé as Prince Aly Khan, her third husband; John Considine as Ed Judson, her first husband; and Alejandro Rey as Eduardo Cansino, her father. There are some inaccuracies that stuck out like a sore thumb to me. First, Hayworth wasn&#039;t close to her father like this story plays it. She loathed him and once confided in Orson Welles that he sexually assaulted her as a kid. Dates and events get jumbled up, too, but that type of thing tends to happen with biopics. I guess they don&#039;t have nit-picky people like us minding the continuity store. I actually thought the movie itself was well-written, even if Carter&#039;s performance and the glaring inconsistencies bring it down just a tad. Overall, it was a pretty good ride. Doubt I&#039;ll revisit, though. [ATTACH=full]51589[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ClassyCo, post: 391559, member: 7"] I watched RITA HAYWORTH: THE LOVE GODDESS (1983) today, which is based on the 1977 biography written by John Kobal. Lynda Carter, as beautiful as she was here, just wasn't a very good choice to play Hayworth. Her performance is flat and lifeless, and leaves one wondering why the producers didn't hire someone like Jaclyn Smith instead. Which she may not have been any better, honestly. The performances supporting Carter are better, or at least I think so. Michael Lerner as studio chief Harry Cohn; Edward Edwards as filmmaker Orson Welles, Hayworth's second husband; Aharon Ipalé as Prince Aly Khan, her third husband; John Considine as Ed Judson, her first husband; and Alejandro Rey as Eduardo Cansino, her father. There are some inaccuracies that stuck out like a sore thumb to me. First, Hayworth wasn't close to her father like this story plays it. She loathed him and once confided in Orson Welles that he sexually assaulted her as a kid. Dates and events get jumbled up, too, but that type of thing tends to happen with biopics. I guess they don't have nit-picky people like us minding the continuity store. I actually thought the movie itself was well-written, even if Carter's performance and the glaring inconsistencies bring it down just a tad. Overall, it was a pretty good ride. Doubt I'll revisit, though. [ATTACH type="full"]51589[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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