The 1940’s was the age of film noir, producing many bleak and dark movies including Charles Vidor’s Gilda. These movies were usually adapted from series noir, or black series, hard-boiled detective novels where themes of homosexuality, violence, rape, incest, drugs, abuse, etc. are common. These themes were taboo in 1940’s political economy, so a Production Code was imposed over Hollywood films (Belton 229). This Code meant that the films had to be adapted to strict regulations that prohibited them from showing controversial and inappropriate themes on screen such as homosexuality, sex, and murder. Gilda is molded to fit this political economic view of appropriateness by making the title character Gilda sexy and flirtatious without ever having