Put the blame on mame

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Put the Blame on Mame is a song written in 1946 by Allan Roberts and Doris Fisher for the classic film Gilda . In it, the song is interpreted in two scenes by the title character portrayed by Rita Hayworth , with Hayworth lending the singing voice by the ghost singer Anita Ellis .

The figure of the mysterious singer Gilda is apparently a typical femme fatale in the film , as it appears more frequently in works of film noir . The text of the song is about the love activities of a woman named Mame , which triggered catastrophes in history: the Great Fire of Chicago in 1871 and the New York Snowstorm in 1888. But also the blame for the earthquake in San Francisco in 1906 and the ( fictional) shootout for Dan McGrew during the Klondike gold rush , taken from a famous poem by Robert W. Service from 1907, can be blamed on that Mame , similar to the way in which Gilda is blamed - sometimes wrongly - in the film. The "glove strip" that Hayworth performed during her appearance with Put the Blame on Mame became famous .

The song was later interpreted in films by Gale Robbins in the comedy The Fuller Brush Girl (1950) and by Gypsy Rose Lee in the thriller Screaming Mimi (1958). An instrumental version of Put the Blame on Mame can also be heard in Fritz Lang's film noir Heißes Eisen (1953) with Gilda leading actor Glenn Ford . Further interpretations came for example from Nat Gonella , Thore Ehrling , Milt Herth , Tapio Rautavaara , Viktor Lazlo , Mark Murphy , Banu Gibson / Bucky Pizzarelli as well as John Williams and his orchestra. Lynda Carter sang the song as the lead actress in the 1984 Rita Hayworth biopic Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess .

In a vote by the American Film Institute , Put the Blame on Mame was voted 84th of the best 100 American film songs .

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  1. ↑ 100 Greatest Songs in Movies - AFI. Accessed January 28, 2018 .