Gilda: -1946-

“I remember… every detail,” Gilda whispers. “The Germans wore gray, you wore blue,” Johnny replies.

No discussion of is complete without the ten minutes that changed movies forever. In the film’s midsection, Gilda performs a nightclub act. She instructs the orchestra to play “Put the Blame on Mame” (originally a song from the play The Gorgeous Hussy ). As she sings, she begins a striptease—not of clothing, but of decorum. gilda -1946-