Rita Hayworth leans on her new Lincoln Continental, a gift from Orson Welles. Popular history has it that Rita Hayworth was later gifted with an even more extraordinary car by a wealthy lover.

Hayworth kept the Continental for about 30 years, although she donated the original bumpers to a World War II scrap drive. The actress eventually gifted the car to her secretary Frita Wolfe, who ...

The car today has been restored to its former glory, complete with an original-type 292-cubic-inch, 120-horsepower V12 engine, three-speed manual transmission and four-wheel drum brakes.

As Rita Hayworth, she would become a favorite pinup of soldiers during World War II and one of the most popular actresses of Hollywood’s Golden Age, with films including Cover Girl, My Gal Sal ...

Hayworth's career was a mammoth one, as she starred in no less than 61 movies spanning almost four decades. Born in 1918, she became famous thanks to flicks such as Only Angels Have Wings (1939 ...

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The mint green classic car was a gift from director Orson Welles for Hayworth’s 24th birthday in 1941±the same year he released his first film, Citizen Kane— and two years before the couple ...