Amado Mio

I've heard that when Rita Haworth made Gilda she was returning to the screen following the birth of a daughter. (I'm not sure if this is her daughter with Orson Welles or Ali Khan). In any case, she had not yet lost all the tummy from the prenancy and some of the costumes and photography in this film seem to reflect that. The "Mame" dress, for instance has a big bow in front. In other scenes when she isn't sitting at a table, she's carrying big mink coat or something in front of her.

You Were Never Lovelier was considered a musical and Gilda was a drama. She also sings and dances in Miss Sadie Thompson but it is considered a drama so the focus isn't on the singing and dancing. I really enjoyed the Heat Is On number from Sadie.

I really like all the songs, sometimes I don 't even watch the movie but for the songs. But, I agree with "Mame" being overrted...its a good song (and i *love* her dance) and it dosn't show her actual talent. Amado Mio is good too (both the song and the dance) but I can see why its not talked about that much. However, I think the acoustic version of Mame is the best and considering she sang that one herself (fankly, Anita Ellis' voice is starting to grate my nerves). This one is almost never talked about, its extremely underrated,and plus its one of my favorite scenes from the movie. Both versions are basically about the same thing but without the background music, theres more of a poignancy the second one doesn't have (granted this can be debated however). And besides, Rita was very underrated in the acting department and the scene/singing shows it.

PS, this might be a huge stretch or weird but did anyone eles think Rita sounded sorta like Billie Holliday? For some reason Hayworth sounded like Holliday to me.