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15 March 1946 (USA)
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"I was true to one man once... and look what happened..." more
Plot:
The sinister boss of a South American casino finds that his right-hand man Johnny and his sensuous new wife Gilda already know each other. full summary | full synopsis
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'Project Runway' and film noir: What are your favorite femme-fatale fashions?
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'Project Runway' and film noir: What are your favorite femme-fatale fashions?
(From EW.com - PopWatch. 25 September 2009, 1:24 PM, PDT)
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Red Hot Rita in Complex Film Noir Gem
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Rita Hayworth | ... | Gilda Mundson Farrell | |
| Glenn Ford | ... | Johnny Farrell / Narrator | |
| George Macready | ... | Ballin Mundson | |
| Joseph Calleia | ... | Det. Maurice Obregon | |
| Steven Geray | ... | Uncle Pio | |
| Joe Sawyer | ... | Casey | |
| Gerald Mohr | ... | Capt. Delgado | |
| Mark Roberts | ... | Gabe Evans (as Robert Scott) | |
| Ludwig Donath | ... | German Cartel Member | |
| Donald Douglas | ... | Thomas Langford (as Don Douglas) | |
| Lionel Royce | ... | German | |
| Saul Martell | ... | Little man (as S.Z. Martel) | |
| George J. Lewis | ... | Huerta | |
| Rosa Rey | ... | Maria |
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110 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
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USA:Approved (PCA #11425) |
Finland:K-12 (1984) |
Finland:K-16 (1947) (1959) |
West Germany:12 (old rating: 16) |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:PG |
Canada:PG (video rating) |
Spain:18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:PG
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There is a rumor that this film is the only time you hear Rita Hayworth's real singing voice but it is sadly not true. According to the bonus features from the DVD, Rita actually never recorded her own singing voice and was a talented lip-syncher.
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Factual errors: The New York Blizzard that Gilda sings of, actually happened two years later in 1888.
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Referenced in Más que amor, frenesí (1996)
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Soundtrack:
Put the Blame on Mame
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Rita Hayworth positively sizzles as Gilda in this film-noir classic. From her initial hair-tossing scene to her near striptease while she sings "Put the Blame on Mame," Hayworth is captivating and more than convincing as the object of every man's desires. However, beyond the overtly heterosexual lures of Ms. Hayworth lurks a complex and ambiguous romantic triangle that provides more intrigue than the surface plot, which involves a gambling casino that is a front for shady operations that originated in a recently defeated, Fascist country.
Hayworth may either be the intruding wedge that comes between Glenn Ford and George Macready or the object of both men's romantic interests. From the initial meeting between Ford as two-bit gambler Johnny Farrell and Macready as Ballin Mundson the casino owner, an ambiguous, possibly homo-erotic, attraction is established between the two men. The lingering looks that they exchange can be read in several ways, but Bogie never looked into Cagney's eyes like Ford looks into Macready's. After Ford begins to work for Macready, his devoted care and slavish attention to his boss's needs exceed the bounds of employee and employer. When Hayworth moves into Macready's home as his new wife, Ford returns the key to the house as though he were a jilted lover. Ford's increasing jealousy becomes apparent after Hayworth's arrival on the scene, but it is unclear of whom he is jealous, Hayworth or Macready or possibly both. Perhaps Ford's character is as unsure of his own feelings as is the viewer, which makes the ambiguity even more intriguing. Macready's jealousy also grows as the heat between Ford and Hayworth intensifies, but, again, it is ambiguous of whom he is jealous.
With a dazzling performance by Hayworth, excellent black-and-white photography by Rudoph Mate, fine direction by Charles Vidor, and layers of psychological possibilities to ponder, "Gilda" is as golden as its title suggests.