GILDA (1946)

Aug 12
Wed 2:45pm
Dir. Charles Vidor - 1946 - 110m
A staff/volunteer pick (Kristina C's) in celebration of the Guild CInema's 60th year in operations! (Special thanks to our friends at GUILD TURNS 60!)
“Gilda, are you decent?” Rita Hayworth tosses her hair back and slyly responds, “Me?” in one of the great star entrances in movie history. Gilda, directed by Charles Vidor, features a sultry Hayworth in her most iconic role, as the much-lusted-after wife of a criminal kingpin (George Macready), as well as the former flame of his bitter henchman (Glenn Ford), and she drives them both mad with desire and jealousy. An ever-shifting battle of the sexes set on a Buenos Aires casino’s glittering floor and in its shadowy back rooms, Gilda is among the most sensual of all Hollywood noirs.
"The captivating Miss Hayworth turns in what is perhaps her best performance as the reckless Gilda." - Eleanor Wilson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
"There are few entrances in all of cinema as iconic as Rita Hayworth's in Gilda." - Mattie Lucas, From the Front Row
"A wonderfully perverse noir classic..." - Philip French, Observer (UK)