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Director:
Writers:
Erwin S. Gelsey (story)
Marion Parsonnet (adaptation) ...
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Release Date:
30 March 1944 (USA) more
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A Mirthful, Magical Musical ! more
Plot:
Rusty Parker wins a contest and becomes a celebrated cover girl; this endangers her romance with dancing mentor Danny. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 4 nominations more
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Gene Kelly's pivotal role and Rita Hayworth's most glamorous. more (36 total)
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Cast

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Rita Hayworth ... Rusty Parker nicknamed 'Chicken' / Maribelle Hicks (flashback sequence)

Gene Kelly ... Danny McGuire
Lee Bowman ... Noel Wheaton

Phil Silvers ... Genius
Leslie Brooks ... Maurine, Rusty's blonde friend / rival
Eve Arden ... Cornelia 'Stonewall' Jackson

Otto Kruger ... John Coudair
Jess Barker ... Coudair as a young man
Anita Colby ... Miss Colby
Curt Bois ... Chef at Danny McGuire's
Jean Colleran ... Cover Girl: American Magazine
Francine Counihan ... Cover Girl: American Home
Helen Mueller ... Cover Girl: Collier's Magazine
Cecilia Meagher ... Cover Girl: Coronet
Betty Jane Hess ... Cover Girl: Cosmopolitan
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Runtime:
107 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

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During the middle of shooting Rita Hayworth eloped with Orson Welles. Coincidentally the film's wedding scene was shot that day. more
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Miscellaneous: The guests at the 1904 wedding are the same people, wearing the same clothes and hairstyles, as the guests at the 1944 wedding. Of particular note are the young girl wearing a giant red flower as a hat, and the white-haired old lady with white boa feathers on the side of her head. more
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Noel Wheaton: That's my one virtue. I have nice friends. more
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SURE THING more

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25 out of 27 people found the following review useful.
Gene Kelly's pivotal role and Rita Hayworth's most glamorous., 7 March 2003
Author: movibuf1962 from Washington, DC

Cover Girl's importance lies not in its originality as a book (it's a standard backstage Cinderella story), as much as it does in what happened to each of its stars. Gene Kelly was "loaned out" to do it when MGM boss L.B. Mayer didn't have much use for him at his own studio. His performance in this film, coupled with the ground-breaking 'Alter Ego' dance solo (duo?) was so successful that it made MGM take him seriously at last (he was never loaned out again) and allowed him to flourish with the soon-to-come hits of "Anchors Aweigh," "On The Town," and "An American In Paris." Likewise for Rita Hayworth; Columbia had been grooming her for years, but she had done mostly B-level films. CG showed her off as a lead in glorious Technicolor, and paved the way for GILDA, her signature (and much more adult) role. Here she and Kelly make a sweet couple, and dance well in "Put Me To The Test" and the fresh, energetic "Make Way For Tomorrow." They are at their most poignant in "Long Ago And Far Away," but the number (played on piano by Phil Silvers and sung as they both stack up nightclub chairs) seems to beg for a dance number, then doesn't have one. Another good number is the title tune, which pays tribute to the famous American magazines/cover girl models of the day. Hayworth appears as the last model, running down a curved runway in a gold dress with her flaming mane flying behind her. A dream in Technicolor!!

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