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Gilda (1946)

Where Gilda says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

The film is set in Buenos Aires, but it was shot almost entirely on a Hollywood studio set.

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Scenes and places

Dice on the Buenos Aires docks (1945)

Johnny, fresh off the boat, wins from sailors with weighted dice and is saved from a robbery by Ballin Mundson. The stranger points him to an illegal casino across town and warns him not to cheat there.

Set in Buenos Aires docks — The harbour where newly arrived Johnny Farrell wins money from sailors at craps.

Docks of Buenos Aires in the film; the studio set stands in for them.

Filmed at Columbia Pictures studio set, Hollywood (location pinned at Sunset Gower Studios) — Built on a Columbia sound stage. Despite the Buenos Aires setting, all of the film except one beach scene was shot in the studio. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The illegal casino (1945)

Johnny ignores the warning and wins at blackjack by counting cards. Brought before the owner, who turns out to be Mundson, he talks his way into a job and soon becomes his trusted manager.

Set in Mundson's illegal casino — A high-class illegal casino in Buenos Aires, owned by Ballin Mundson.

The casino is the film's main stage; its building is not identified in the sources.

Filmed at Columbia Pictures studio set, Hollywood (location pinned at Sunset Gower Studios) — Built on a Columbia sound stage. Despite the Buenos Aires setting, all of the film except one beach scene was shot in the studio. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Mundson's house and a new wife (1945)

Mundson returns with a wife he has known for a day. Johnny and Gilda recognise each other from before, and both deny it. Mundson then assigns Johnny to keep an eye on her.

Set in Mundson's house — Mundson's home, where he introduces his new wife to his casino manager.

A private house in Buenos Aires; only the set exists.

Filmed at Columbia Pictures studio set, Hollywood (location pinned at Sunset Gower Studios) — Built on a Columbia sound stage. Despite the Buenos Aires setting, all of the film except one beach scene was shot in the studio. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Carnival night at the casino (1945)

Two German mobsters return during Carnival and Mundson kills one of them. Johnny takes Gilda home, and alone in the house they quarrel again, then kiss.

Set in Casino during Carnival — The casino and Mundson's house on the night of Carnival.

Carnival is celebrated in the streets of Buenos Aires; the dialogue notes it is the last days before Lent.

Filmed at Columbia Pictures studio set, Hollywood (location pinned at Sunset Gower Studios) — Built on a Columbia sound stage. Despite the Buenos Aires setting, all of the film except one beach scene was shot in the studio. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The beach and the plane (1945)

Johnny chases Mundson after the quarrel at the house and reaches a waiting private plane. The plane plummets into the ocean and explodes, and Johnny concludes that Mundson is dead.

Set in A beach and a waiting private plane — A beach where a private airplane waits, with no named location.

The German Wikipedia says only this beach scene was filmed outside the studio; it gives no place.

Gilda in Montevideo (1945)

Trapped in Buenos Aires, Gilda runs away to Montevideo, where she sings in a nightclub and starts divorce proceedings. The visit lasts only a few minutes of the film.

Set in Montevideo, Uruguay — The Uruguayan capital across the river, where Gilda works in a nightclub and starts divorce proceedings. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Montevideo is the capital of Uruguay; its coordinates are for the city centre, not a building.

Filmed at Columbia Pictures studio set, Hollywood (location pinned at Sunset Gower Studios) — Built on a Columbia sound stage. Despite the Buenos Aires setting, all of the film except one beach scene was shot in the studio. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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