Incannerax What a waste of my time!!!

Develiker terrible... so disappointed.

Brightlyme i know i wasted 90 mins of my life.

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

gkeith_1 Spoilers. Observations. Opinions. A beautiful film. Beautiful Rita. Rita was the star. Wooden Kelly, but second banana. Third banana is Phil Silvers, who was a clumsy dancer at best. Sgt. Bilko, anyone? You Baby Boomers know who you are. Rita came from a family of professional stage dancers. She was remade for film, and here she shines in her seemingly effortless dance filmography. Her family was I think Mexican and/or Spanish. Her widow's peak hairline was altered, her hair was colored red and her last name Cansino was changed to the veddy-English-aristocratic-sounding Hayworth. Kelly was not handsome here. Sorry, Gene. Furthermore, his garish green and yellow dance costume hurt my eyes to look at it. Rita's accompanying chiffon pale yellow and green gown, with matching light green dance pumps, was just delightful, however. I love song and dance musicals. You know that. Here, I am still observing and critiquing places that I feel could use improvements -- and I give kudos in other places. I still give this film a 10, however. John Coudair, old and young, was portrayed by two handsome and distinguished actors. Rita as her grandmother was charming, especially in the Pearlies segment in which the poor young thing is rejected by her fiancé's snotty aristocratic mother. This non-MGM musical did not have the polish and snap that I am used to. The use of Technicolor is a real plus, however. Oh, how I hate black and white musicals even though some of them were very good. I figured, what the hey? Columbia made big bucks from the earlier It Happened One Night, so go ahead and splurge on Cover Girl.One more thing. Sidekicks. Phil Silvers and Eve Arden have no romantic attachments. They are asides, like wallpaper. Eve even has Stonewall for a character nickname. I know it goes with the character's last name of Jackson, but this seems pretty masculine if you ask me. Well, you didn't ask. At least Eve has some beautiful costuming and fancy hats in this film. She can play pool (billiards?) with the big boys.More Baby Boomer nostalgia. Our Miss Brooks' Eve Arden played zany characters in many earlier films before her famous 1950s TV show. Was she later in Grease?Rita wears flat gold dance shoes, to match her beautiful golden gown in the scene in which she runs down the ramp to meet tons of men. Were the men all that short in height? I was thinking. Short men. Was she taller? Was this to make her height stand out? They all then crouched down, in worship of her and to salute her as she floated past them, back up the ramp.

Predrag This love story is a comedy drama about a chorus girl named Rusty "Chicken" Parker (Rita Hayworth) working at McGuire's club owned by her boyfriend Danny McGuire (Gene Kelly). Columbia Studios made this a showcase for Rita Hayworth, but gave Gene Kelly control over the film, especially about dance routines, singing and choreography. The film has lavish costumes, great dance routines, and excellent music. Several dance routines performed by Danny and Rusty includes songs by Jerome Kern and Ira Gershwin. The classic song "Long Ago and Far Away" won the 1944 Academy Award for best musical scoring. Danny's dance with Rusty; "Put Me to the Test", or the joyful dance "Make Way for Tomorrow" (with Genius) is simply outstanding and very entertaining. Phil Silvers as Danny's sidekick "Genius" has performed brilliantly; although he is known for his comedy routines (as Sgt. Bilko in the TV series); he fits perfectly in dance and singing routines with Danny and Rusty.Many critics agree that Hayworth was the best dance partner Astaire ever had. Even when doing a fast tap routine, Hayworth could carry it off with great grace and look completely relaxed, as if she were having great fun. Check her out, for instance, in the Shorty George tap routine with Astaire from You Were Never Lovelier. She gives that same feeling of joy in dancing while working with Kelly. Everything, the sets, the costumes, the lighting, the make-up is handled with the kind of Hollywood studio perfection that isn't seen anymore. Even when the showgirls are putting on their makeup, they're perfectly made up. This movie is the first successful work of director Charles Vidor, who went on to make such classics as Gilda (Rita Hayworth), A Song to Remember (Cornel Wilde), and Love Me or Leave Me (Doris Day). This movie is highly recommended to all fans of Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly.Overall rating: 9 out of 10.

MartinHafer I wanted to like this film...I really did. However, the plot was quite simple (and easily resolved) and the songs were an amazingly flat and uninteresting lot. I think all this is very apparent to me because I have recently spent a lot of time watching MGM musicals as well as films about classic Hollywood song and dance films--and "Cover Girl" just doesn't stack up all that well. Perhaps this is because the film is made by Columbia--a studio not known for its musicals.The film begins with a bunch of dancing girls all talking about some contest--where the winner is chosen as a cover girl for some magazine. Surprise....Rita Hayworth is the one picked. And, soon after this, her life changes--with great job offers and the wolfish Lee Bowman chasing after her. But what about her partner (Gene Kelly)? What about their act? What about the fact that the songs are so dull?So what does the film have going for it? Well, the color film is nice and Rita looks swell. And, at least one song and dance number is a standout--the one where Gene dances with himself. You have to see it to know what I mean--it must have been very difficult to choreograph and execute. But this alone is not enough to make up for the film's deficiencies--such as the notion of a granddaughter looking EXACTLY like her grandmother, the badly synchronized singing in many places and the rest. In addition, there is a romantic tension between Rita and Gene--when it all very EASILY could have been solved with her going on to a better job and Kelly keeping his old one AND they could have STILL kept dating. Overall, a time-passer and nothing more--even though it looks great.

preppy-3 Singer/dancer "Rusty" Park (Rita Hayworth) performs at Danny McGuires and is romanced by the owner--Danny (Gene Kelly). She is spotted by a magazine agency and they hire her to become their new cover girl. She becomes an overnight sensation and is happy...but all this fame threatens her romance with Danny.The story is sappy but you don't watch this for the plot! You watch to see Hayworth, Kelly and a young Phil Silvers singing and dancing and there's a LOT of that. The numbers are in bright beautiful Technicolor, Hayworth is incredibly beautiful and the dancing is astonishing. We also have Eve Arden in a small role providing some comic relief. This also has some pleasant if forgettable songs except for the haunting "Long Ago and Far Away" (Oscar-nominated). Also there's the "Alter Ego" dance where Kelly dances with himself! However this isn't perfect. The totally predictable story drags this down a little, it's a bit too long and a little of Silvers comedy goes a long way but it's still well worth watching.Just be careful if you see it on commercial TV. I saw it originally back in the early 1970s on TV...and it was in b&w!