New Arrival Gilda (Blu-ray, #795)

Gilda, are you decent? Rita Hayworth tosses her hair back and slyly responds, Me? in one of the great star entrances in movie history.Gilda,directed by Charles Vidor, features a sultry Hayworth in her most iconic role, as the much-lusted-after wife of a criminal kingpin (George Macready), as well as the former flame of his bitter henchman (Glenn Ford), and she drives them both mad with desire and jealousy. An ever-shifting battle of the sexes set on a Buenos Aires casinos glittering floor and in its shadowy back rooms,Gildais among the most sensual of all Hollywood noirs.

BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
• Audio commentary from 2010 by film critic Richard Schickel
• New interview with film noir historian Eddie Muller
• Piece from 2010 featuring filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Baz Luhrmann discussing their appreciation forGilda
• Trailer
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: An essay by critic Sheila OMalley

New cover by Jessica Hische and Eric Skillman