The Inner Eye by Andrew Robinson

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Satyajit Ray: The Inner Eye by Andrew Robinson Film Quarterly, Vol. 43, No. 4 (Summer, 1990), p. 25 Published by: University of California Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1212724 . Accessed: 08/11/2012 05:25 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org. . University of California Press is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Film Quarterly. http://www.jstor.org her daughtermade known the facts of her mother's illness. (It is fair to say that Hayworth's case was the first to bring Alzheimer's Disease fully into public view.) Much of this book can be read as a case study of what the old Hollywood did to its female stars. There are appalling stories of how Hayworth had her hairline reshaped, her hair recolored, her image shaped into the negligee-clad, big-busted sex goddess who graced barracks lockers and nuclear bombs. At no point in Rita Hayworth's life was she allowed control over significant decisions. Even her involvement in projects that truly showcased her talent was motivated by men; a case in point is her fine work in Robert Rossen's underratedfilm They Came to Cordura-a project forced upon her by her fifth husband, producer James Hill. Leaming remarks that during her final days Hayworth spoke very little, except to utter occasional, disconnected phrases, such as the words Leaming uses to close the book: "He used to do that,"
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