New Book Exposes Glenn Ford-Rita Hayworth Love Child

Fans of classic cinema have a reliable media friend in LA Times reporter Susan King. Her Calendar section column “Classic Hollywood” regularly regales readers with interviews, news of retrospectives, and more.

Her topic today is actor Glenn Ford. Son Peter has written a biography of dad titled, simply, Glenn Ford: A Life (May 12th, University of Wisconsin Press). But behind that deceptively neutral moniker is actually a very frank tale of a Hollywood icon’s serial womanizing, alcoholism, and sputtering paternal affection.

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