Question???
so did gilda and johnny know each other from before, it was't very clear for me, it seemed like they did, but if not why did they seem to have such a hate for each other when they "first met" in the movie
shareYes, they knew each other before. That's why they hated they each other so passionately -- in America, they had been in love and then broke up, both convinced it was the other's fault. So they are two angry exes meeting each other again after a bad break-up, and the woman is now married to her ex-boyfriend's boss!
shareMaybe Glenn Ford was even a more wooden figure as before, and Rita gave hime a 2nd, last chance. Or with her 6nd sence, she felt, he wasn't gay.