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6 unusual facts about Gilda


Gilda

The film was noted for cinematographer Rudolph Mate's lush photography, costume designer Jean Louis' wardrobe for Hayworth (particularly for the dance numbers), and choreographer Jack Cole's staging of "Put the Blame on Mame" and "Amado Mio", sung by Anita Ellis.

Johnny visits Gilda alone in the bedroom she shares with her husband, and the two have an explosive confrontation that elucidates both their past romantic relationship, which ended badly, and their love–hate dynamic.

Gilda's Club

Gilda's Club was founded by Joanna Bull, Radner's cancer psychotherapist during the time she had cancer; Radner's widower, Gene Wilder; and broadcaster Joel Siegel.

Heleno de Freitas

He was nicknamed after the Gilda main character due to his good looks and hot temper.

Jo Eisinger

He is widely recognized as the writer of two of the most psychologically complex film noirs: Gilda (1946) and Night and the City (1950).

The Bribe

Laughton and Price are splendidly hammy villains and Gardners nightclub singer is an innocent femme fatale in the manner of Rita Hayworth's Gilda.


Anna Veleva

Among her recent roles have been Violetta in Verdi's La Traviata, Gilda in Rigoletto, Musette in Puccini's La Boheme and Michaela in Bizet's Carmen produced by Columbia Artists Management.

Brooks Newmark

Newmark was born in Westport, Connecticut, USA on 8 May 1958 to Howard Newmark and Gilda Gourlay (née Rames).

Cinema of Obsession: Erotic Fixation and Love Gone Wrong in the Movies

Male masochism, a key element in many of the films, especially film noirs like Criss Cross, The Killers, Gilda, The Postman Always Rings Twice, and more modern explorations like Lolita and Cronenberg's M. Butterfly, earns its own chapter.

Eric Beverly

Embracing the community through volunteerism and philanthropy, his charitable efforts have included the American Red Cross, Gilda’s Club of Metro Detroit and Atlanta, City Mission (Detroit, MI), and Crossroads Ministries (Atlanta, GA).

Gabriella Tucci

A versatile singer and an accomplished actress, Tucci was able to tackle a wide range of roles from bel canto to verismo, singing Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Elvira in I puritani, Gilda in Rigoletto, Violetta in La traviata, and Marguerite in Faust, as well as Maddalena in Andrea Chénier and the title role in Tosca.

Gilda Dent

In the "One Year Later" story arc Batman: Face the Face, Dent mentions Gilda when recalling his past life, but the Two-Face persona states "No, Harvey. She's gone now".

Gilda Joyce: Psychic Investigator

Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator is the first book in the Gilda Joyce mystery series for children written by Jennifer Allison.

Gilda Joyce: The Dead Drop

Gilda Joyce: The Dead Drop is the fourth book of the Gilda Joyce series by American author Jennifer Allison.

Gilda Joyce: The Ladies of the Lake

Gilda Joyce: The Ladies of the Lake is a mystery novel written by Jennifer Allison, published by Dutton Children's Books.

Glassybaby

Some of the charities where glassybaby donates money are the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, University of Washington Medical Center, Gilda's Club New York City, Memorial Sloan-Kettering, The Humane Society of the United States, and Conservation International.

Hariclea Darclée

Among the many roles she portrayed are Gilda in Rigoletto, Ophélie in Hamlet, Valentine in Les Huguenots, Violetta in La traviata, Desdemona in Otello, Mimì in La boheme, Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana, and the title roles in Manon, Manon Lescaut, Aida, and Carmen.

Jose Ortiz El Buen Samaritano

At the age of 14, Jose was invited to a radio station known as WADO radio in New York where he was interviewed about his special psychic powers by the presenter and actress Gilda Miró.

Leonie Rysanek

Extraordinarily, one of her performances in Die Walküre took place in the same week as her appearance as Gilda in Rigoletto.

Maria Barrientos

She remained committed to that house through 1920 where her other roles included Adina in L'elisir d'amore, Amina in La sonnambula, Elvira in I puritani, Gilda in Rigoletto, Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia, and the title roles in Lakmé and Mireille.

Martin Gorecki

By that point, he himself was obscure enough that the headline in his home-town newspaper referred to him simply as Gilda's first father-in-law, without reference to his labor or political record.

Matt Briggs

Briggs served as The Writer in Residence at Richard Hugo House from 2003-2005 where he has taught writing classes for the chronically ill at Gilda’s Club and the Polyclinic, a zine class to teenagers in Redmond, Washington, produced literary events, and offered open hours to the community.

Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1977–1978

Gilda Radner is Lisa Loopner; Bill Murray is Todd DiLaMuca; Jane Curtin is Lisa's mother.

Sári Barabás

She studied in Budapest with Frau Speckler, and made her debut at the Budapest Opera in 1939, as Gilda in Rigoletto.

Simona Houda-Šaturová

She has since returned to the PSO as a guest artist as the title heroine in Lucia di Lammermoor (2004, 2008, and 2009), Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia (2005), Gilda in Rigoletto (2008–2009), Rosina (2009).

Soffi Schønning

In 1928 she joined the roster of artists at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm where she made her debut as Gilda in Rigoletto under the baton of Armas Järnefelt.

Suzanne Adams

Her roles at the Met included Juliette, Marguerite, Marguerite de Valois from Les Huguenots, Micaela from Carmen, Cherubino from Le nozze di Figaro, Donna Elvira from Don Giovanni, Philine from Mignon, Berthe from Le prophète, the Forest Bird from Siegfried, Nedda from Pagliacci, Gilda from Rigoletto, Infanta from Le Cid, Inès from L'Africaine, and Mimì from La bohème among others.

Valeria Barsova

In 1915, she was singing in a Moscow cabaret when she was noticed by Sergei Zimin, director of the Zimin Opera, where she made her operatic debut in 1917, as Gilda in Rigoletto.

Virginia MacWatters

MacWatters sang at the New York City Opera from 1946 to 1951, in The Pirates of Penzance (as Mabel, conducted by Julius Rudel), Rigoletto (as Gilda, with Giuseppe Valdengo and Luigi Infantino), Il barbiere di Siviglia (as Rosina, opposite Enzo Mascherini), The Old Maid and the Thief (as Laetitia, with Marie Powers), Le nozze di Figaro (as Susanna), Les contes d'Hoffmann (as Olympia), and Ariadne auf Naxos (as Zerbinetta).


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