As a big-time Rita nut - another mis-understood and oft-over-looked tidbit about that shiny dress - is that at least one was dark emerald green in color - and not black - with greater reflective properties for black-and-white film-stock. Color publicity photos distributed in '46 show the dress being roughly the same color as how it appears on the window card poster.
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 12:03:37 -0700 From: [email protected] Subject: Re: Gilda dress To: [email protected] Another, additional, "fun fact:" To be able to wear the dress, Hayworth had to wear a corset, because just a few months before she had given birth to her daughter, Rebecca, and had not yet regained her pre-pregnancy figure. In addition to the dress, Jean Louis made a harness, worn under the dress. The harness consisted of rigging - one under the breast, one in the middle and one on the side. In addition, the soft plastic had been molded around the top of the skirt. On Jul 10, 2011, at 11:52 AM, Neil Jaworski wrote:Hallo, good ol' Wikipedia comes to the rescue:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_dress_of_Rita_Hayworth In April 2009, the dress was to be sold at the auction house of Forrest J. Ackerman. In the description of the lot it was specified that the dress still had the label "property of Columbia Pictures" and "Rita Hayworth" sewn inside.[5] The initial price was estimated between $30,000 and $50,000, but the lot was withdrawn before it reached the auction.[6][5] Later, in September 2009, the dress appeared mysteriously in an auction on eBay with a starting price of $30,000.[1] --- On Sun, 10/7/11, walter reuben <[email protected]> wrote: From: walter reuben <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Gilda dress To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, 10 July, 2011, 17:38 Dear Bruce Because of the kind of dress that it was, Rita literally had to be taped into it every day before shooting started. It was that tight. It is a virtual certainty that it fell apart and was not saved. Unless a spare one was made, just in case, and not used. But it was such an expensive dress that I really doubt that. Walter On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 9:32 AM, Bruce Hershenson <[email protected]> wrote: With all the publicity about the amazing price for the Marilyn dress, I wondered if the whereabouts of the Gilda sheath dress are known (if it exists). I figured someone here would surely know! Bruce -- Bruce Hershenson and the other 29 members of the eMoviePoster.com team P.O. Box 874 West Plains, MO 65775 Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 when we take lunch) our site our auctions Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
