Yesterday afternoon as my wife worked in the Bat Cave, I watched the 1946 movie Gilda starring Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford. The movie itself is not a bad film...it's pretty engaging. It is not what I would deem a "classic" film...moreover...just a good film from the Golden Age of Hollywood. It has the standard storyline of many old films--exotic location (Argentina), plays backdrop to a war (WWII), and most important the reemergence of a lost love (Hayworth).
I've seen Hayworth in two movies before--Only Angels Have Wings and The Lady From Shanghai. In "Angles" she plays a supporting part that doesn't cater much to her screen presence. "Shanghai" is an Orson Welles movie so he pretty much dominates the film--both as a director and actor. Interestingly enough Welles and Hayworth were married when Lady From Shanghai premeired (1948) and Welles infamously made Hayworth not only cut her lovely red hair but also dyed it blonde for the role in the movie.
For those wondering why the name Rita Hayworth still resonates even to this day...than check out her role in Gilda. This movie is a vehicle for how sexy Rita Hayworth can be. And she can be damned sexy. It is not just that she looks fantastic. It seems like everything she does in the movie is just sexy somehow. It is easy to see how this movie cemented Hayworth's legacy as a screen sex goddess.
PS--I do feel relieved that I finally posted an entry that is polar opposite of my various man crush entries.
1 comment:
congratulations on the not a man-crush!
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