Cover Girl (1944 film)

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Cover Girl is a 1944 musical film starring Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly. The film, shot in Technicolor, tells the story of a chorus girl given a chance at stardom when she's offered an opportunity to be a highly-paid cover girl. The film was directed by Charles Vidor, and was one of the most popular musicals of the war years.

Primarily a showcase for Rita Hayworth, the film has lavish modern and 1890s costumes, eight dance routines for Hayworth, and songs by Jerome Kern and Ira Gershwin, including the classic Long Ago and Far Away. The film won the 1944 Academy Award for best musical scoring. Gene Kelly dances with his own reflection in one sequence, achieved using superimposition to give his 'double' a ghost-like quality.

Cast

Rita Hayworth as Rusty Parker/Maribelle Hicks (in flashback sequence)
Gene Kelly as Danny McGuire
Lee Bowman as Noel Wheaton
Phil Silvers as Genius
Jinx Falkenburg as Herself
Leslie Brooks as Maurine Martin
Eve Arden as Cornelia 'Stonewall' Jackson
Otto Kruger as John Coudair
Anita Colby as Miss Colby
Curt Bois as the chef

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