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Cover Girl

  • 1944
  • Passed
  • 1h 47m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
5.7K
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Rita Hayworth in Cover Girl (1944)
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Rusty Parker wins a contest and becomes a celebrated cover girl; this endangers her romance with dancing mentor Danny.Rusty Parker wins a contest and becomes a celebrated cover girl; this endangers her romance with dancing mentor Danny.Rusty Parker wins a contest and becomes a celebrated cover girl; this endangers her romance with dancing mentor Danny.

  • Director
    • Charles Vidor
  • Writers
    • Virginia Van Upp
    • Marion Parsonnet
    • Paul Gangelin
  • Stars
    • Rita Hayworth
    • Gene Kelly
    • Lee Bowman
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    5.7K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Charles Vidor
    • Writers
      • Virginia Van Upp
      • Marion Parsonnet
      • Paul Gangelin
    • Stars
      • Rita Hayworth
      • Gene Kelly
      • Lee Bowman
    • 86User reviews
    • 43Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 1 win & 4 nominations total

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    Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly in Cover Girl (1944)
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    Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly in Cover Girl (1944)
    Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly in Cover Girl (1944)
    Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly in Cover Girl (1944)
    Rita Hayworth in Cover Girl (1944)
    Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly, Eve Arden, Lee Bowman, Leslie Brooks, and Otto Kruger in Cover Girl (1944)
    Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly in Cover Girl (1944)
    Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly in Cover Girl (1944)
    Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly in Cover Girl (1944)
    Rita Hayworth and Lee Bowman in Cover Girl (1944)
    Gene Kelly and Phil Silvers in Cover Girl (1944)

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    Rita Hayworth
    Rita Hayworth
    • Rusty Parker…
    Gene Kelly
    Gene Kelly
    • Danny McGuire
    Lee Bowman
    Lee Bowman
    • Noel Wheaton
    Phil Silvers
    Phil Silvers
    • Genius
    Jinx Falkenburg
    Jinx Falkenburg
    • Jinx Falkenburg
    Leslie Brooks
    Leslie Brooks
    • Maurine Martin
    Eve Arden
    Eve Arden
    • Cornelia Jackson
    Otto Kruger
    Otto Kruger
    • John Coudair
    Jess Barker
    Jess Barker
    • John Coudair as a Young Man
    Anita Colby
    Anita Colby
    • Miss Colby
    Curt Bois
    Curt Bois
    • Chef at Danny McGuire's
    Jean Colleran
    Jean Colleran
    • Cover Girl: American Magazine
    Francine Counihan
    Francine Counihan
    • Cover Girl: American Home
    Helen Mueller
    Helen Mueller
    • Cover Girl: Collier's Magazine
    Cecilia Meagher
    Cecilia Meagher
    • Cover Girl: Coronet
    Betty Jane Hess
    Betty Jane Hess
    • Cover Girl: Cosmopolitan Magazine
    Dusty Anderson
    Dusty Anderson
    • Cover Girl: Farm Journal Magazine
    Eileen McClory
    Eileen McClory
    • Cover Girl: Glamour Magazine
    • Director
      • Charles Vidor
    • Writers
      • Virginia Van Upp
      • Marion Parsonnet
      • Paul Gangelin
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      During the middle of shooting Rita Hayworth eloped with Orson Welles. Coincidentally the film's wedding scene was shot that day.
    • Goofs
      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.
    • Quotes

      Genius: You know something? I love him too.

      Danny McGuire: Yeah?

      Genius: You know why?

      Danny McGuire: Why?

      Genius: Because he's dumber than me.

      Danny McGuire: Dumber than I.

      Genius: Okay. Then he's dumber than the both of us.

      [Danny winces]

    • Alternate versions
      There is an Italian DVD edition of this movie, distributed by DNA Srl, entitled "Cover Girl". The movie was re-edited with the contribution of the film history scholar Riccardo Cusin. This dvd contains the movie with its original aspect ratio and a new version adapted in 1.78:1 anamorphic for 16:9 screens. This version is also available in streaming on some platforms. This DVD also contains another movie with Gene Kelly: " Du Barry Was a Lady" (1943).
    • Connections
      Edited into American Masters: Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer (2002)
    • Soundtracks
      The Show Must Go On
      (uncredited)
      Music by Jerome Kern
      Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
      Performed by Rita Hayworth (dubbed by Martha Mears), Leslie Brooks and Chorus

    User reviews86

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    Rita, Gene and good stuff for Columbia
    Good things about "Cover Girl" - Gene Kelly dancing with his own reflection; the luminous Rita Hayworth; the street dance; "Long Ago and Far Away", the cover girls sequence. Bad things - "Poor John", an unbelievable by-plot about Hayworth's grandmother, and perhaps too much Phil Silvers. But when it is good, it certainly is good. I'd say it passes the time but nothing too mind-boggling in musical terms (although for Columbia it was probably one of the studio's peaks in the genre).
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    13
    • didi-5
    • Oct 8, 2003

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    • Release date
      • April 6, 1944 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Devojka sa naslovne strane
    • Production company
      • Columbia Pictures
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 47 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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