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Cover Girl (1944)

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Average Rating: 6.9/10
Reviews Counted: 9
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Release Date: Mar 30, 1944 Wide

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Thanks to its Jerome Kern/Ira Gershwin/Yip Harburg score and the luminescence of stars Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly, Cover Girl has taken on a legendary status in recent years. In truth, the film has a banal and predictable premise: a chorus girl (Hayworth) is given a chance for stardom by a wealthy magazine editor (Otto Kruger), who years earlier had been in love with the girl's mother. Offered an opportunity to be a highly-paid cover girl, our heroine would faithfully remain with her tacky

Unrated, 1 hr. 47 min.

Romance, Musical & Performing Arts, Classics, Comedy

Directed By: Charles Vidor

Written By: Virginia Van Upp, Marion Parsonnet, Paul Gangelin

In Theaters: Mar 30, 1944 Wide

On DVD: Aug 19, 2003

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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Cast

Rita Hayworth
Rusty Parker/Maribelle ...
Gene Kelly
Danny McGuire
Lee Bowman
Noel Wheaton
Phil Silvers
Genius
Otto Kruger
John Coudair
Jinx Falkenburg
Herself
Eve Arden
Cornelia (Stonewall) Ja...
Leslie Brooks
Maurine Martin
Jess Barker
John Coudair as a young...
Anita Colby
Anita
Curt Bois
Chef
Edward S. Brophy
Joe
Thurston Hall
Tony Pastor
Dusty Anderson
Cover Girl: Farm Journa...
Sam Ash
Assistant Cook
Warren Ashe
Rusty's Interviewer
William Benedict
Florist Boy
Jack Boyle
John Dilson
Rusty's Photographer
George Dobbs
Eddie Dunn
Mac the Cop
Fern Emmett
Women Columnist
Sam Flint
Coudair's Butler
Miriam Franklin
Karen X. Gaylord
Cover Girl: Liberty
Betty Jane Graham
Cover Girl: McCall
Grace Hayle
Robert E. Homans
Pop the Doorman
William Kline
Chauffeur
Miriam Lavelle
George Lessey
Minister
Johnny Mitchell
Pianist--Maribelle's Lo...
Vin Moore
Waiter
Frances Morris
Coudair's Secretary
Muriel Morris
Jack Norton
Harry the Drunk
Kathleen O'Malley
Cigarette Girl
Barbara Pepper
Ralph Peters
Truckman
Jack Rice
Reporter
Patti Sacks
Ralph Sanford
Susan Shaw
Cover Girl: Vogue
John Tyrrell
Electrician
Virginia Wilson
Shelley Winters
Girl
Rudy Wissler
Jackie Brown
Boy
Frank O'Connor
Cook
Betty Brewer
Autograph Hound
Grace Gillern
Robert E. Hill
Headwaiter
Sally Cairns
Grace Lenard
Chorus Girl
Larry Rio
Victor Travers
Bartender
Ed Allen
Best Man
Eugene Anderson Jr.
Bus Boy
Wesley Brent
Betty Brodel
Dancer
Eddie Cutler
Eloise Hart
Al Norman
Gwen Seager

Critic Reviews for Cover Girl

All Critics (14) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (9) | Rotten (1) | DVD (2)

Its familiar tale of an ambitious chorus girl's sudden rise to fame is pleasant enough but not fresh enough to hold my attention.

February 4, 2007 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Great songs, great dancing - an almost-great musical.

March 10, 2006 Comment

Carol Cling

Las Vegas Review-Journal

Cover Girl is a mixed but colorful bag.

January 31, 2005 Full Review Source: ToxicUniverse.com

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Dan Callahan

ToxicUniverse.com

The disc's drawback is its lack of extras. No commentary track, no background information about the movie ...

August 26, 2003 Full Review | Comment

Bob Bloom

Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Overlooked musical with some great numbers. C'mon, pearl!

June 19, 2003 Comment

Nell Minow

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I love this movie! Especially Gene Kelly's graceful leap into fantasy with the mirrors number. Rita Hayworth proves a surprisingly apt match for the magnificent Kelly (my husband).

April 30, 2011

Jennifer Xu

Super Reviewer

I really love Rita Hayworth. He is great! So is gene kelly (as always.)

May 7, 2010

Morgan Salem

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