With our very first glimpse of the ever-elegant Rita Hayworth in Gilda it's so easy to understand why this beautiful woman was voted, time and again, one of Hollywood's #1 Pin-Up Girls of the 40's. Rita Hayworth is absolutely radiant in this flick. At the age of 28 Rita never looked sexier, or more alluring than this. Just her, alone, in this picture makes it well-worth viewing.
The location for Gilda was Buenos Aires, Argentina. Gilda was a picture that was, unfortunately, shot almost entirely indoors. The usual setting for Gilda was either the interior of a large, grand, and always over-crowded, casino, or, the interior of a large, pseudo-elegant, and very tacky, mansion. Because of all this indoor shooting we, the viewer, never really get any feel for actually being anywhere near South America, at all.
Rita Hayworth plays the title character, Gilda, in this rather screwy (weren't they all?) Romantic/Comedy from 1946. Gilda is the mega-pampered, American wife of a mysterious, Argentinian-born, casino owner named Mundson. (Now, how's that for a real, authentic-sounding, Latin-American name?)
It's hard to imagine that Gilda is actually a comedy, but it is!! I must say that I found it to be pretty lame when it came to the chuckle and laugh department. But Gilda was entertaining. And, of course, Rita Hayworth never failed to be anything but a stunning eyeful.
The big highlight in Gilda is watching Rita Hayworth do her sensational 'Put The Blame On Mame' number.
*Special Note* - Rita Hayworth was married, in real-life, to director/actor Orson Welles at the time of Gilda's production. Welles was a jealous and possessive bugger when it came to Rita.
If you look closely, amongst the crowd at the casino, during Rita's big 'Mame' number, you'll catch a super-brief glimpse of Welles sitting at one of the ring-side tables, smoking one of his mega-stinky, trademark cigars. Hayworth divorced Welles one year after the release of Gilda.
The location for Gilda was Buenos Aires, Argentina. Gilda was a picture that was, unfortunately, shot almost entirely indoors. The usual setting for Gilda was either the interior of a large, grand, and always over-crowded, casino, or, the interior of a large, pseudo-elegant, and very tacky, mansion. Because of all this indoor shooting we, the viewer, never really get any feel for actually being anywhere near South America, at all.
Rita Hayworth plays the title character, Gilda, in this rather screwy (weren't they all?) Romantic/Comedy from 1946. Gilda is the mega-pampered, American wife of a mysterious, Argentinian-born, casino owner named Mundson. (Now, how's that for a real, authentic-sounding, Latin-American name?)
It's hard to imagine that Gilda is actually a comedy, but it is!! I must say that I found it to be pretty lame when it came to the chuckle and laugh department. But Gilda was entertaining. And, of course, Rita Hayworth never failed to be anything but a stunning eyeful.
The big highlight in Gilda is watching Rita Hayworth do her sensational 'Put The Blame On Mame' number.
*Special Note* - Rita Hayworth was married, in real-life, to director/actor Orson Welles at the time of Gilda's production. Welles was a jealous and possessive bugger when it came to Rita.
If you look closely, amongst the crowd at the casino, during Rita's big 'Mame' number, you'll catch a super-brief glimpse of Welles sitting at one of the ring-side tables, smoking one of his mega-stinky, trademark cigars. Hayworth divorced Welles one year after the release of Gilda.