April 25, 1946 –
The clasic film noir, Gilda, directed by Charles Vidor, and starring Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready, and Joseph Calleia, opened in the US on this date.
There is a rumor that this film is the only time Rita Hayworth’s real singing voice is heard, but that is not true. According to the bonus features from the DVD, Hayworth actually never recorded her own singing voice and was a talented lip-syncher. Anita Ellis dubbed almost all of her singing in this film. Hayworth always wanted to do her own singing, and Columbia Pictures chief Harry Cohn paid for her voice lessons, but she never developed a voice he considered strong enough to be used; Hayworth remained bitter about that for the rest of her life.
The Haus of Dcaligari 