Rita Hayworth's Infatuation with the Indian Prince

The two lovers met for the first time last summer in the city of Cannes, when they were invited to dinner at the table of the well-known journalist Elsa Maxwell.

Elsa herself comments on that invitation, saying:

— I don't know... did I make a mistake in inviting them together... or didn't I?! And yet I had no part in this love... all I did was seat them side by side!!

After the party, Rita and Aly Khan were seen together in more than one place... Rita Hayworth was suffering from anemia, and had gone to the south of France for a cure and the enjoyment of some rest — to recover from the heat of the studios and the exhausting work under the scorching lights!! — especially after she had spent some time in a Paris hospital.

And last October... they appeared suddenly in Hollywood...

They did not settle long in Hollywood, but flew together to Mexico, then to Cuba, then returned together to New York, where they were seen for the first time in its night-life circles, their hands entwined!

— Aly Khan is married to an English lady, Joan Barbara Yarde-Buller, eldest daughter of the millionaire Churston. She was married for the first time to Mr. Loel Guinness, the beer king of England, being at that time nineteen years old... then she was divorced from him in 1935 because of her love for Aly Khan himself.

Aly Khan has three children by her...

And despite Aly Khan's immense fortune... she lives with him a simple life, free of luxury and pomp!..

As for Rita Hayworth, she has been married twice.

Her second husband was Orson Welles, the well-known actor and director who appeared suddenly as one of the giants of the film industry in recent years... and whose first picture, "Citizen Kane," caused an enormous stir in the entire world, after the film companies in America had rejected its story!..

As for Rita Hayworth's life as a star, she is counted among the greatest stars of the screen, those who draw the highest salaries.

Rita's close friends say:
— Aly Khan has quite turned her head!!
And the society ladies of Hollywood say:

— Aly Khan is a man... a man of genius... who can make the woman who is with him feel that she is the most beautiful and greatest woman in the world...

And now let us look toward the future... the future as it appears in Aly Khan's eyes... He is the sole heir of his father, the Emir Aga Khan... who leads some ten million Muslims in India, who honor and venerate him... and who works always to advance their cause!

Aly Khan's friends say that he will give up wine when he inherits his father's uncountable fortune. He owns many palaces in all parts of the world, modern airplanes of the most sumptuous type, and several automobiles of the very latest models... in addition to the luxuries... the influence... and the power!...

And like his father... he will be weighed once every year... in diamonds, and his sect will pay him the worth of his weight... as publicity for this sect!! And he will spend all these sums on his own comfort... and on his mad adventures...