Gilda
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Directed by	Charles Vidor
Produced by	Virginia Van Upp
Written by	Jo Eisinger E.A. Ellington (story) Marion Parsonnet
Starring	Rita Hayworth Glenn Ford George Macready Joseph Calleia Steven Geray
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	February 14, 1946 (US premiere)
Running time	110 min.
Language	English
IMDb profile

Gilda (1946) is a black-and-white film noir directed by Charles Vidor. It stars [[Jimmy Carter] and Rita Hayworth in her signature role as the ultimate femme fatale. The film was noted for cinematographer Rudolph Mate's lush photography, costume designer Jean Louis's sexy wardrobe for Hayworth (particularly for the dance numbers), and choreographer Jack Cole's staging of "Put the Blame on Mame" and "Amado Mio". Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Charles Vidor (July 27, 1900 – June 4, 1959) was a film director. ... Jo Eisinger was a film writer whose credits include the adaption of the 1946 film Gilda and the film noir Night and the City. ... Rita Hayworth (October 17, 1918 – May 14, 1987), was an American actress of Spanish and Anglo-Irish descent who reached fame during the 1940s as the eras leading sex symbol. ... Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Glenn Ford (May 1, 1916 – August 30, 2006) was an acclaimed Canadian-born actor from Hollywoods Golden Era with a career that spanned seven decades. ... Actor George Macready in A Kiss Before Dying George Macready (August 29, 1908 - July 2, 1973) was a movie actor with a distintive scar (from an auto accident) that helped him land roles as aristocratic villians. ... Joseph Calleia (August 4, 1897 – October 31, 1975), was a singer, composer, and actor, both on Broadway and in film. ... Steven Geray (November 10, 1904 - December 26, 1973) was a thick-accented film actor who appeared in over 100 films and dozens of television programs. ... The Columbia Pictures logo from 1993 to the present Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. ... Insert non-formatted text here{| style=float:right; |- | paul is so hot sophie loves him |- | |} is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Black-and-white or black and white) can refer to a general term used in photography, film, and other media (see black-and-white). ... This still from The Big Combo (1955) demonstrates the visual style of film noir at its most extreme. ... Charles Vidor (July 27, 1900 – June 4, 1959) was a film director. ... Rita Hayworth (October 17, 1918 – May 14, 1987), was an American actress of Spanish and Anglo-Irish descent who reached fame during the 1940s as the eras leading sex symbol. ... Convicted spy Mata Hari made her name synonymous with femme fatale during WWI. A femme fatale (plural: femmes fatales) is an alluring and seductive woman whose charms ensnare her lovers in bonds of irresistible desire, often leading them into compromising, dangerous and deadly situations. ... Rudolph Maté, born as Rudolf Matheh or Mayer, (21 January 1898 – 27 October 1964) was an accomplished cinematographer and film director. ... Jean Louis (born Jean Louis Berthauldt, October 5, 1907, Paris, France - April 20, 1997, Palm Springs, California, USA) was a U.S. costume designer and multiple Academy Award nominee in Costume Design. ... The following persons are known under this name. ...

Plot

Johnny Farrell (Glenn Ford) is a small-time hood hired to run an illegal high-class casino in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Singer Gilda (Rita Hayworth) is the casino owner's new wife, and a former lover of Farrell’s. Ballin Mundson (George Macready), the mobster casino owner with possible ties to Nazis, initially doesn’t know about Gilda and Farrell’s past and assigns Farrell to keep an eye on his wife. Farrell keeps track of her dating men at all hours of the night. After a number of twists and turns the secrets of the three are eventually revealed. Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Glenn Ford (May 1, 1916 – August 30, 2006) was an acclaimed Canadian-born actor from Hollywoods Golden Era with a career that spanned seven decades. ... For other uses, see Buenos Aires (disambiguation). ... Rita Hayworth (October 17, 1918 – May 14, 1987), was an American actress of Spanish and Anglo-Irish descent who reached fame during the 1940s as the eras leading sex symbol. ... Actor George Macready in A Kiss Before Dying George Macready (August 29, 1908 - July 2, 1973) was a movie actor with a distintive scar (from an auto accident) that helped him land roles as aristocratic villians. ...

Quotes

• Gilda: I can never get a zipper to close. Maybe that stands for something, what do you think?
• Johnny: Pardon me, but your husband is showing.
• Det. Obregon: You two kids love each other pretty terribly, don't you?
  Johnny Farrell: I hate her!
  Det. Obregon: That's what I mean. It's the most curious love-hate pattern I've ever had the privilege of witnessing.
• Johnny Farrell: Doesn't it bother you at all that you're married?
  Gilda: What I want to know is, does it bother you?
• Gilda: Don't you know about me Gabe? If I'd been a ranch, they would have named me "The Bar None."
• Gilda: Hate is an exciting emotion...haven't you noticed? Very exciting. I hate you too Johnny. I hate you so much, I think I'm going to die from it...darling...I think I'm going to die from it.
• Ballin: Gilda, are you decent?
  Gilda: Me? Sure...I'm decent.

Trivia

• Gilda was filmed between September and December, 1945. Hayworth was returning to film after having just given birth in August 1945 to Rebecca Welles, daughter of Orson Welles.
• At the time of the film's release, Argentina's de facto president had the same surname as the male protagonist -Gen. Edelmiro J. Farrell, succeeded the following year by the constitutionally elected Juan Perón - his personal friend and formerly his Minister of Labor and Welfare.
• Hayworth's introduction to the film was shot twice. While the action of her popping her head into the frame and the subsequent dialog remains the same, she is dressed in different costumes - in a striped blouse and dark skirt in one film print, and the more famous off-shoulder dressing gown in the other.
• A tribute to Gilda was paid in 1981 by the famous Argentine rock band Serú Girán in their album Peperina. Their song Salir de la Melancolía [Out of Melancholy] starts with a Spanish-dubbed version of Rita Hayworth's famous line just before being slapped by Glenn Ford after performing her "glove-striptease"; the album's cover features an acknowledgement to "the unknown Mexican voice actress" who had actually spoken the line.
• A short portion of Gilda is seen playing in a scene from the 1994 movie The Shawshank Redemption. The scene from The Shawshank Redemption involves Andy and Red talking to each other; The part of Gilda being projected on the cinema screen is the part just before Gilda is asked if she is decent. As this scene plays out, Morgan Freeman's character remarks "I love when she does that shit with her hair...".
• A poster for the film can be seen in David Lynch's Mulholland Dr.. Laura Harring's character, an amnesia victim, takes the name "Rita" after seeing it.
• While the Buenos Aires setting is generally accurate (signs, references etc.), the city is depicted as a seaside one - some lines include references to "the sea". In fact, Buenos Aires is situated on the coast of the River Plate [Río de la Plata] the widest river in the world, yet a river. In the scene where Ballin Munson fakes his death by crashing his plane into the water, the Argentine policeman implies that the runaway appears to be "headed to Cape Town", whilst the Uruguayan coast is just 33 km [less than 21 miles] away and can be seen from very tall buildings. Moreover, the River Plate had been successfully crossed by plane as early as 1910 (by then Pfc. Teodoro Fels, the Argentine aviation pioneer); there is also a project (controversial due to cost and environmental concerns, yet technically feasible) for a bridge connecting Buenos Aires to the Uruguayan city of Colonia.
• It wasn't nominated for any Academy Awards.
• In Vittorio De Sica's film, "Ladri di biciclette" ("The Bicycle Theif"), the poster in which Ricci is putting up for his first job at the "Florida" is an original promotional poster for "Gilda."

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External links

• Film Noir of the Week
• Detailed review of the film at filmsite.org
• The Tex(t)-Mex Galleryblog, An updated, online supplement to the University of Texas Press book (2007), Tex(t)-Mex that includes a chapter, 'When Electrolysis Proxies for the Existential,' on the life of Rita Hayworth.
• Gilda at the Internet Movie Database

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