Movies - Gilda

	Movies - Gilda

Gilda (1946) is a black-and-white film noir directed by Charles Vidor. It stars Rita Hayworth in her most famous role.

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 wife, and a former lover of Farrell’s. Mundson (George Macready), the mobster casino owner with possible ties to Nazis, doesn’t know about Gilda and Farrell’s past, and assigns Farrell to keep an eye on his flirty 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.

Movie info

Hayworth was not pregnant during shooting, as reported in many websites. She was pregnant during the making of the movie Tonight and Every Night (1945). Ben Hecht worked on Gilda as an uncredited script writer.

Quote

Gilda: Johnny 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: If I'd been a ranch, they would have named me "The Bar None."

Taglines

There NEVER was a woman like Gilda!

Trivia

Many film critics agree that there was never a noir woman such as exemplified by Gilda on the silverscreen.
One of the film's most memorable moments is when Gilda sings "Put the Blame on Mame" to a sexed starved male audience. In fact, the scene became the signature Hollywood star moment for Rita Hayward.

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