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Cover Girl

Cover Girl

THE MOST BRILLIANT MUSICAL OF OUR TIME!

19446.31h 47m

Overview

A nightclub dancer makes it big in modeling, leaving her dancer boyfriend behind.

Directed by Charles Vidor
Written by Virginia Van Upp, Erwin S. Gelsey, Paul Gangelin
Produced by Arthur Schwartz
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Top Cast

Rita Hayworth

Rita Hayworth

Rusty Parker / Maribelle Hicks (flashback)

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 'Stonewall' Jackson

Otto Kruger

Otto Kruger

John Coudair

Jess Barker

Jess Barker

John Coudair as a Young Man

Anita Colby

Anita Colby

Miss Colby

Themes & Keywords

musicalmagazinechorus girlcover girl

About Cover Girl

Cover Girl is a music, comedy, romance film released in 1944 exploring themes of musical, magazine, chorus girl, cover girl. Directed by Charles Vidor, it stars Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly, Lee Bowman. A nightclub dancer makes it big in modeling, leaving her dancer boyfriend behind.

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