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An Ideal Improved Upon

December 28, 2019

Here is a publicity still showing glamorous Rita Hayworth snuggling up to a biography of Abraham Lincoln. In a recent interview, Clint Eastwood discussed Rita and the favorable impression she made upon him and his friends as adolescent movie goers. They considered her “the ideal woman”. Now that we see she liked Lincoln, she’s still the ideal woman, but even better!