Cover Girl
The film centers on an ambitious girl who has a chance to change her fate when she enters a magazine's Cover Girl contest. What challenges must she face to attain her goal?
30 April 1908, Mill Valley, California, USA
31 March 1924, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
4 June 1912, Greenville, South Carolina, USA
2 September 1889, Brooklyn, New York, USA
April 14, 1886 in Port Rohen, Ontario, Canada
31 March 1896, Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA
4 January 1921, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
28 December 1914, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
November 8, 1877 in Malden, Massachusetts, USA
October 19, 1882 in Gwinnett County, Georgia, USA
November 28, 2012
Charming musical built on a skimpy plot but boasting a score by Jerome Kern and Ira Gershwin that includes some of their best work.February 04, 2007
Its familiar tale of an ambitious chorus girl's sudden rise to fame is pleasant enough but not fresh enough to hold my attention.March 25, 2006
It has Gene Kelly and Rita Hayworth to sing and dance. And virtually every nook and corner is draped with beautiful girls.January 31, 2005
Cover Girl is a mixed but colorful bag.February 13, 2017
This is what we're here for, larger than life emotions played out with unparalleled skill and imagination.June 24, 2006
The whole thing, especially the comic stuff from Silvers and Arden, is executed with considerable brio. And Rudolph Maté's Technicolor photography is faultless.November 28, 2012
A creaking plot is made bearable by gorgeous colour, the even more gorgeous Hayworth, some oddly unsentimental and unsettling flashbacks with her playing her character's turn-of-the-century grandmother.January 01, 2000
A lush 1944 musical vehicle built for Rita Hayworth at the height of her popularity.August 23, 2012
This Oscar-nominated, lavishly produced musical catapulted Gene Kelly and Rita Hayworth to major stardom.June 19, 2003
Overlooked musical with some great numbers. C'mon, pearl!March 26, 2009
Dance sequences spotlighting the terping abilities of Hayworth and Kelly are expertly staged.March 10, 2006
Great songs, great dancing - an almost-great musical.