The Gilda star made America swoon, then the public mocked her as she seemingly fell apart in her prime. The gossip was wrong, but her true secret would stun the world. Hayworth’s daughter speaks exclusively to VF about her mother’s battle with Alzheimer’s.
When Lisa Gorman noticed that a grove of her majestic oaks had died, she cast her suspicions on seasonal neighbors who wanted a better view of the harbor. The fight that ensued became a town drama that rages on to this day.
In an intolerant time, options were limited. “Everyone realized my difficulties,” Sir Ewan Forbes once recalled, per The Daily Telegraph. “But it was hard in those days to know what to do.”
Founded in 1898, Miss Hall’s School appears to be a cocoon of safety. But for decades, an alleged sexual predator operated on campus. Alumnae are speaking out in hopes of holding their former teacher—and the school—accountable.
