Rita Hayworth's show-stopping performance of "Put the Blame on Mame" from GILDA ('46) remains one of cinema's most alluring musical numbers. While Hayworth brought her own sensuality to the role, choreographer Jack Cole orchestrated her seemingly effortless dance routine. Inspired by the abrupt style of emerging modern art, Cole incorporated angular thrusts with fluid gestures to compliment her character's bold stage presence. Cole later reflected, "I must say of all the things I ever did for mo

Rita Hayworth and Klaus Kinski in I Bastardi, 1968 Duccio Tessari defined the film’s high-art ambitions: "The story is inspired by the Greek tragedy, ‘The Medea’. Rita Hayworth will be a Medea named Martha, and the story will be set in today’s America." | History of Cinema