" When Fran walks by, at first he doesn""t recognize her in "civilian clothes," but then he takes the opportunity to invite the elusive elevator operator to join him at the theater.The two groups were given a factory tour, and shown how latex was heated and poured into the mask molds, then trimmed, painted, and packaged for shipment.He picked me up.Put me on my feet.Gilda: Now isn""t that an amazing coincidence, Johnny.That""s practically he story of my life.Both Gilda and Johnny have no past and are "down and out," but began to live after meeting Ballin.They are interrupted when Gilda is offered a dance with an attentive Latin man, Captain Delgado (Gerald Mohr) - and she accepts to basically antagonize Johnny.Even in America, it was feared that the shocking, ""Communist"" movie glamorized an anti-social subculture in revolt, would set a bad example, and cause impressionable viewers to copy-cat its plot and incite deliquency and riots.