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Cover Girl

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Duration:
107 min
Genres:
Comedy | Musical | Romance
IMDB rate:
7
Director:
Charles Vidor
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 4 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1944-03-30
Cast
Actor
Character
Rita Hayworth
Rusty Parker
Gene Kelly
Danny McGuire
Lee Bowman
Noel Wheaton
Phil Silvers
Genius
Jinx Falkenburg
Jinx Falkenburg
Leslie Brooks
Maurine Martin
Eve Arden
Cornelia 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
Dusty Anderson
Cover Girl: Farm Journal
Eileen McClory
Cover Girl: Glamour
Cornelia B. von Hessert
Cover Girl: Harper's Bazaar
Karen X. Gaylord
Cover Girl: Liberty
Chery Archibald
Cover Girl: Look
Peggy Lloyd
Cover Girl: Mademoiselle
Betty Jane Graham
Cover Girl: McCalls
Martha Outlaw
Cover Girl: Red Book
Susann Shaw
Cover Girl: Vogue
Rose May Robson
Cover Girl: Woman's Home Companion
Grace Albertson
Chorus Girl
Eddie Allen
Best Man (uncredited)
Lucille Allen
Chorus Girl
Eugene Anderson Jr.
Busboy (uncredited)
Sam Ash
Assistant Cook (uncredited)
Warren Ashe
Interviewer (uncredited)
Jackie Barnett
Dancer (uncredited)
William 'Billy' Benedict
Florist Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Jack Boyle
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Linda Brent
Chorus Girl
Betty Brewer
Autograph Hound (uncredited)
Betty Brodel
Chorus Girl
Edward Brophy
Joe - Bartender (uncredited)
Sally Cairns
Chorus Girl
Sherry Cameron
Chorus Girl
Glenn Charles
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Stanley Clements
Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Eddie Cutler
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
George Dobbs
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn
Mac the Cop (uncredited)
Jay Eaton
'Vanity' Photographer (uncredited)
Fern Emmett
Reporter-Photographer (uncredited)
Charles Ferguson
Soldier on Pickup Truck (uncredited)
Sam Flint
Coudair's Butler (uncredited)
Virginia Gardner
Chorus Girl
Helene Garron
Chorus Girl
Marion Graham
Chorus Girl
Diane Griffith
Chorus Girl
Eddie Hall
Soldier (uncredited)
Thurston Hall
Tony Pastor (uncredited)
Eloise Hart
Chorus Girl
Grace Hayle
Food Critic Dipping Soup (uncredited)
Robert F. Hill
Headwaiter (uncredited)
Robert Homans
Pop - Doorman (uncredited)
Randolph Hughes
Dancer (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
Reporter Asking About Flowers
William Kline
James - Chauffeur (uncredited)
Miriam LaVelle
Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
George Lessey
Minister (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack
Man in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)
George Magrill
Naval Officer in Audience (uncredited)
Martha Mears
Rusty Parker
Harold Miller
Man in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)
Johnny Mitchell
Pianist (uncredited)
Ralph Montgomery
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Vin Moore
Waiter (uncredited)
Frances Morris
Marion (uncredited)
Muriel Morris
Chorus Girl
Miriam Nelson
Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
Al Norman
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Jack Norton
Harry the Drunk (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
Cook (uncredited)
Barbara Pepper
Chorus Girl
Ralph Peters
Truckman (uncredited)
Jack Rice
Reporter (uncredited)
Larry Rio
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Patti Sacks
Chorus Girl
Ralph Sanford
Truckman (uncredited)
Gwen Seager
Chorus Girl
Jack Shea
Serviceman in Audience (uncredited)
Patti Sheldon
Chorus Girl
Bill Sloan
Naval Officer (uncredited)
Victor Travers
Bartender (uncredited)
John Tyrrell
Jim - Electrician (uncredited)
Virginia Wilson
Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
Shelley Winters
Chorus Girl
Rudy Wissler
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Constance Worth
Receptionist (uncredited)
Ronald Wyckoff
Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
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Trivia
The song "Put Me To the Test" was a complete reworking of an instrumental used in the 1937 Fred Astaire musical A Damsel in Distress (1937) The lyrics for it had already been written by Ira Gershwin, and the original melody by his brother George, but because the song had already been heard only as an instrumental in that film, George Gershwin's melody was discarded in favor of a new one by Jerome Kern when "Cover Girl" was made, and Ira Gershwin's lyrics to the song were finally heard.
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Columbia Pictures gave Gene Kelly almost complete control over the making of this film, and many of his ideas contributed to its lasting success. He removed several of the sound stage walls so that he, Rita Hayworth, and Phil Silvers could dance along an entire street in one take. He also used trick photography so that he could dance with himself in one sequence.
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The song "Long Ago And Far Away" has been recorded by more than 80 singers and orchestras, the last time was in 2010. The 1944 recording by Helen Forrest and Dick Haymes remained on the charts for 11 weeks.
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Goofs
Genius' early vaudeville monologue establishes that it's a time of war rationing and food shortages. Yet nobody in the film objects to Genius taking part with Danny and Rusty in a publicly known ritual of wasting food by constantly ordering "ursters" to search for "poils" and never eating the oysters.
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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.
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Maurine pins the VANITY cover photo of Rusty on the call board in a wide shot, but it is a different picture from the next cut- a close-up of Rita Hayworth's face. When they cut back and forth to the wide shot, the difference is so startling that it does not look like Rita Hayworth at all. The faces even tilt in opposite directions.
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Quotes
Danny McGuire: [Addressing Genius] You're a 'genius' at everything but minding your own business, aren't ya'?
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Pop - Doorman: Say, maybe if you'd had a horse under ya' over there in North Africa instead of one of them there tanks, you wouldn't have got shot up the way you was and sent home... Where'd it get ya', Danny?
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Genius: You probably know what you're doin', Mr. Coudair. But that was a pretty swell thing those kids had. Certainly glad I'm not the one that broke it up, I couldn't sleep nights.
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Photos from cast
Kathleen O'Malley
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