Trivia / Gilda

• Mid-Development Genre Shift: The film was originally conceived strictly as a drama, with no musical numbers.
• Non-Singing Voice: Rita Hayworth's singing was dubbed by Anita Ellis, as Harry Cohn felt her voice wasn't strong enough. That said, her voice is heard when she strums "Put the Blame on Mame" on the guitar.
• Real-Life Relative: The photo of Johnny Farrell as a baby is a picture of Glenn Ford's real-life son, Peter Ford.
• Those Two Actors: This was the second of the five films starring Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Humphrey Bogart turned down the role of Johnny Farrell, because he feared that Rita Hayworth would overshadow him.
  • Initially the story had an American setting, but it was quickly realized that the Buenos Aires setting allowed for a more sordid set of circumstances.
• Writing by the Seat of Your Pants: The script was not yet finished when filming began. According to choreographer Jack Cole,
  "The script pages would arrive practically the morning that we were going to shoot, they were making the picture up as we went along. If you really look, you can tell that was the way the picture was done because it doesn't really make any sense if you try to follow the story."

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