Rita Hayworth was a star before “Gilda” (1946), but “Gilda” solidified her on-screen image. (“Every man I have ever known has fallen in love with Gilda and awakened with me,” she allegedly said.) The ...

Rita Hayworth`s star turn in Charles Vidor`s movie Gilda (1946) was decisive in establishing the actress as a Hollywood sex bomb. On July 1 of the same year, the United States exploded the fourth ...

"There never was a woman like Gilda!" exclaimed the promotional poster for this lushly photographed 1946 film noir classic, and it's hard to quibble with the tagline. Rita Hayworth is at her bombshell ...