Rent Gilda (1946)
3.8 of 5 from 146 ratings
1h 46min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- In the story of Gilda, Johnny Farrell (Glenn Ford) goes to work for Ballin Mundson (George MacReady), the proprietor of an illegal gambling casino in a South American city, and quickly rises to become Mundson's "main man". All is well until Mundson returns from a trip with his new bride, Gilda - a woman from Johnny's past. Mundson, unaware of the previous love affair, assigns Farrell the job of ensuring that Gilda is a faithful wife. Fraught with hatred, Gilda does her best to antagonize, intimidate, and instill jealousy in Farrell - until circumstances allow him to get even.
- Actors:
- Glenn Ford, Rita Hayworth, George Macready, Joseph Calleia, Steven Geray, Joe Sawyer, Gerald Mohr, Mark Roberts, Ludwig Donath, Donald Douglas, Julio Abadía, Enrique Acosta, Ed Agresti, Sam Appel, Sam Ash, Nina Bara, Edward Biby, Robert Board, Symona Boniface, Eugene Borden
- Directors:
- Charles Vidor
- Producers:
- Virginia Van Upp
- Voiced By:
- Anita Ellis
- Narrated By:
- Glenn Ford
- Writers:
- E.A. Ellington, Jo Eisinger
- Studio:
- Columbia Tristar
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Romance, Thrillers
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- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 27/06/2016
- Run Time:
- 110 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio Commentary from 2010 by film critic Richard Schickel
- New Interview with film-noir historian Eddie Muller
- Piece from 2010 featuring filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Baz Luhrmann discussing their appreciation for Gilda
- "The Odyssey of Rita Hayworth," a 1964 episode of the television show Hollywood and the Stars
- Trailer
- Plus: An essay by critic Sheila O'Malley
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Reviews (2) of Gilda
Psychological Noir. - Gilda review by Steve
This is called film noir but it's hardly a crime film- except for a death related to a subplot about post-WWII fascists in Argentina. The main story is a romantic melodrama, though its visual art and dense, pessimistic dialogue is very noir. As are its fascinating, emotionally diseased heroes played by Glenn Ford and the unforgettable Rita Hayworth as Gilda.
Their introductions are beguiling: Ford throwing his crooked dice into the gaze of the camera, fringe swinging over his glowing, saturnine face; Hayworth tossing her hair, rising up into the frame from the bed ('Are you decent Gilda? Who, me?'). They have torn each other apart before the film even starts, only for Ford's new boss to unwittingly bring her back as his wife.
Ford is superb, as an ambitious gambler who makes his own luck. But Rita is a sensation as the sexy, epigrammatic, superstitious Gilda. Her look become a model of '40s Hollywood glamour. Her delivery of the fatalistic dialogue is sublime, Plus the two musical numbers, Amado Mio, and Put the Blame On Mame, where her legendary strip damn near stops the film.
She actually just takes her gloves off! There's fine support from George Macready as the dangerous casino owner/Gilda's husband, with plans for a second act for the Nazis. The portrait of a malignant sexual pathology is overwhelming. Gilda says it best: 'I hate you so much I would destroy myself to take you down with me'.
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Rita Hayworth - Wow - Gilda review by EC
I am so glad that Cinema Paradiso exists. Members can enjoy films from different eras and it good to be reminded of screen magnets like Rita Hayworth. I don't honestly think that overall this film is great but it is absolutely carried by the extremely glamourous Rita Hayworth. A true star!
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