Hop on to the BBC Archive website to listen to a wonderful and rare four minute audio interview with Rita, which was originally broadcast July 14, 1956. She is interviewed during a visit to London about her latest film, Fire Down Below (1957), in which she plays alongside Jack Lemmon and Robert Mitchum. A softspoken Rita talks about her return to the big screen, her role in the movie, her wishes for future parts and sightseeing the city of London. A lovely little gem for all Rita fans!

Catch Tales of Manhattan, starring Henry Fonda, Ginger Rogers and Rita Hayworth, next month on MOMAXe.

March 7, 3:55 AM on MOMAXe – Tales of Manhattan

Many thanks to YouTube user ‘dezinator’ for uploading the short film Show Business at War (1943) for everyone to see! Rita makes a very brief appearance in the second video. Regardless, the footage is pretty awesome and features lots of rare clips of classic actors and directors contributing to the war effort.

View the videos under the cut!

I have uploaded DVD screencaptures of Rita’s role as Sheila Winthrop in the Hayworth-Astaire military musical You’ll Never Get Rich (1941), which marks one of Rita’s very first big hit pictures. While I personally much prefer You Were Never Lovelier from the two films she did with Fred, Rita looks absolutely gorgeous in each frame, already shows a great comedic timing and I just adore her chemistry – and dancing! – with Fred Astaire in You’ll Never Get Rich. It is definitely a must see for any Rita fan!

Show Business at War is a 17 minutes long short film made in 1943 to tout the United States film industry’s contribution to the war effort. Several studios collaborated on the production and approximately 70 stars, producers, directors and studio executives appeared in it, including none other than Ms. Rita Hayworth.

The rare short will be shown on Turner Classic Movies tonight at 9:00 PM. I really and truly hope that someone will be able to record this and put on YouTube since it is so hard to come by. It would be just lovely to see it!