COVER GIRL [IMPORT]

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• Release Year: 1944
• Genre: Musical
• Plot: Rita Hayworth, Academy Award winner Gene Kelly (Honorary Award, 1952), Phil Silvers and Eve Arden star in this lavishly produced musical about a nightclub dancer from Brooklyn who leaves her sweetheart after winning a Cover Girl contest - only to learn that fame and fortune are no substitute for true love.; ; COVER GIRL proved to be a turning point in the history of the Hollywood musical. For the first time, the songs were not merely strung together, but were themselves vital elements, serving to move the story forward. COVER GIRL was also a major turning point in the career of Gene Kelly, as it established him as a virtuoso choreographer as well as a major dancing talent. The technically revolutionary 'Alter Ego' dance in which Kelly dances with himself, provided the inspiration of his later 'Signing in the Rain' number and was, according to Kelly, the most difficult film sequence he's ever done. COVER GIRL also cemented Hayworth's reputation as Hollywood's most talented female dancer, Betty Grable herself admitted that Hayworth danced rings around her.; ; COVER GIRL also boasts a sparkling score by Jerome Kern and Ira Gershwin, with the enduring ballad 'Long Ago and Far Away,' which won an Academy Award nomination for Best Song (1944). 'Long Ago and Far Away' remains one of the most beautiful songs ever written for a film. COVER GIRL also received four other Oscar nominations for Best Score, Best Sound, Best Color Art Direction and Best Set Decoration.;
• Cast: Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly, Lee Bowman, Phil Silvers, Leslie Brooks, Eve Arden, Otto Kruger, Jess Barker, Anita Colby, Curt Bois, Jinx Falkenburg, Jean Colleran, Francine Counihan, Helen Mueller, Cecilia Meagher, Betty Jane Hess, Dusty Anderson, Eileen McClory, Cornelia B. von Hessert, Karen X. Gaylord, Chery Archibald, Peggy Lloyd, Betty Jane Graham, Martha Outlaw, Susann Shaw, Rose May Robson, Betty Brewer, Shelley Winters, Grace Albertson, Eddie Allen, Lucille Allen, Eugene Anderson Jr., Sam Ash, Warren Ashe, William 'Billy' Benedict, Jack Boyle, Linda Brent, Betty Brodel, Edward Brophy, Sally Cairns, Sherry Cameron, Glenn Charles, Stanley Clements, Eddie Cutler, George Dobbs, Eddie Dunn, Jay Eaton, Fern Emmett, Sam Flint, Miriam Franklin, Virginia Gardner, Helene Garron, Marion Graham, Diane Griffith, Thurston Hall, Eloise Hart, Grace Hayle, Robert F. Hill, Robert Homans, Milton Kibbee, William Kline, Miriam LaVelle, George Lessey, Johnny Mitchell, Vin Moore, Frances Morris, Muriel Morris, Al Norman, Jack Norton, Frank O'Connor, Kathleen O'Malley, Barbara Pepper, Ralph Peters, Jack Rice, Larry Rio, Patti Sacks, Ralph Sanford, Gwen Seager, Jack Shea, Patti Sheldon, Bill Sloan, Victor Travers, John Tyrrell, Virginia Wilson, Rudy Wissler, Constance Worth, Ronald Wyckoff, Charles Vidor, Erwin S. Gelsey, Marion Parsonnet
• Director: Charles Vidor
• Runtime: 1:47
• Company: Columbia Pictures Corporation
• Media Format: Movie