She also told a story about how she and Ann Miller were sent to be "eye candy" at the opening of some hotel. She said the movie studios used to do that all the time, send their pretty actresses to a grand opening. They were in the nightclub and she said this very handsome man and a beautiful woman came in. The man kept staring at her, like he was undressing her with his eyes. She couldn't believe he was being so blatant, especially because he was with this beautiful and classy woman. She said she remembered that the woman was wearing opera gloves, and Rita thought she was so sophisticated and elegant.

Anyway, after the man made her very uncomfortable all night, Rita kept telling her friends about it over the next week. When the next issue of Life came out, the man was on the cover. It was JFK and the classy woman he was with was Jackie. It was years before he was famous, just a politician in Mass. at the time.