Gilda

Gilda (1946)

Timing: 1:50 (110 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1946-04-25

Country

United States

Production

Columbia Pictures

Genre

Romance, Drama, Thriller

Budget

$2 000 000

Revenue

$6 000 000

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Director

Charles Vidor

Actors

Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready, Joseph Calleia, Steven Geray, Joe Sawyer, Gerald Mohr, Mark Roberts, Ludwig Donath, Donald Douglas
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Scenario

Producer

Virginia Van Upp

Operator

Rudolph Maté

Composer

Hugo Friedhofer

Artist

Audition

Editing

Charles Nelson
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• During the performance of 'Put the Blame on Mame,' Rita Hayworth had to wear a corset because she was recently pregnant; her first daughter, Rebecca, was born just a couple of months before filming began.
• The image of Gilda in the film is that of an independent, extroverted, uninhibited, free-spirited woman—a true goddess of eros. This image completely overlapped with the actress herself and was usually identified with her. However, in reality, Rita Hayworth was a rather reserved and not overly emotional woman who disdained the fame that accompanied her; in her private life, she preferred to remain in the shadows and loved family life.
• Stephen King used the image and charisma of the screen heroine Rita Hayworth – Gilda, in his novella “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption.” Later, the film adaptation of the novella features several shots from the film itself.
• A scene from the film “Gilda,” where Hayworth’s character removes her glove, seemed indecent to the censorship under the Spanish dictator Franco, and the film, which premiered in Spain in 1946, was banned from viewing. This fact aroused even greater interest in the film – so much so that a myth arose that Gilda was actually “stripping completely, but the censorship cut it out.”
• In 2013, the film was included in the National Film Registry of the United States of America.
• During the casino scene, when the news of Germany’s surrender breaks, the restaurant patrons raise their champagne glasses and sing Marcha de San Lorenzo in enthusiastic celebration – instead of the national anthem, as would naturally be expected. Marcha de San Lorenzo is directly related to a famous battle in Argentine history, and it is usually performed during celebrations in honor of the Argentine hero José de San Martín.
• During the performance of the number "Put the Blame on Mame", Rita Hayworth had to wear a corset, as she had been pregnant very recently; her first daughter, Rebecca, was born just a couple of months before filming began.
• Stephen King used the image and charisma of Rita Hayworth's screen heroine, Gilda, in his novella "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption." Later, the film adaptation of the novella includes several shots from the film itself.
• A scene from the film "Gilda," where Hayworth's character removes her glove, was deemed indecent by the censorship under Spanish dictator Franco, and the film, which premiered in Spain in 1946, was banned. This fact sparked even greater interest in the film—so much so that a myth arose that Gilda was actually "stripping completely, but the censorship cut it out."