A classic musical about a girl , Rita Hayworth , who has to decide between a nightclub career and a future as as a cover model ; this endangers her love story with dancing mentor Gene Kelly . Rita Hayworth is marvellous , Gene Kelly dances like a dream , and Phil Silvers and Eve Arden are extremely hilarious . As they are all on top form. Too thrilling for words .. so they set it to music , romance , dance and song ! . The Most Brilliant Musical Of Our Time! . The Top-Flight Musical of the Year ! . It's Packed With Fun , Music and Romance!. It's magical , It's musical ! So audacious .. so ravishing...you'll love it as a new experience!
This is a mirthful, magical Musical in glorious Technicolor but with a simple , silly and incredibly clichéd script . This enchanting , lavish musical stars Gene Kelly who discovers a deep love while dancing magnificently through wonderful scenarios , though filming mostly in the Columbia studios with no outdoors . Flushed with the hit of two musicals teaming their biggest stars , Rita Hayworth with Fred Astaire , Columbia Pictures decided to mount a really major musical for her . One of the most memorable Musicals of 1944 and one of Gene Kelly and Rita Hayworth's classic musicals , in all , the movie offers appointingly several pleasures , though sluggish , at times . The movie is a heady mixture of Jerome Kern and Ira Gershwin music , breathtaking dances and light entertainment . Main highlights are the sweeping musical score and Gene Kelly , Rita Hayworth's knock-out choreography . Gene Kelly brought his friend Stanley Donen from Metro Goldwyn Mayer with him as co-choreographer and the two men worked out a routine that foreshadowed all their innovative work together over the next fifteen years . This was the ¨alter ego¨ dance spotlight which Kelly performs with his mirror image that becomes into his conscience in a store window. Audiences for big screen musicals were waning when the famous production company Columbia Pictures put this stage hit before the cameras and getting success enough . Stars two splendid actors and dancers : Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly in yet another of their more whimsical characters , while Phil Silvers steals the movie as the likable partner , adding Eve Arden as a wisecracking assistant . Along with a great support cast , such as : Lee Bowman , Jinx Falkenburg , Leslie Brooks , Otto Kruger , among others.
It displays a brilliant and glamorous cinematography in picturesque Technicolor and Cinemascope from cameramen Allen M. Davey and Rudolph Maté . Enjoyable scenarios , worth artificial-looking production design that only emphasised its stagebound origins . The motion picture was compellingly directed by Charles Vidor who gave to the fabulous protagonists : Rita Hayworth , Gene Kelly and Phil Silvers an irresistible vitality and deep sweep . Under his skill direction , all the dramatic and musical elements blended adequately . Charles Vidor made two Rita Hayworth vehicles , this breezy musical Cover Girl (1944), and Vidor's principal masterpiece, this archetypal film noir Gilda (1946) . Rating : 6.5/10 , above average . The flick will appeal to Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly fans . Essential and indispensable seeing for Musical genre lovers .
This is a mirthful, magical Musical in glorious Technicolor but with a simple , silly and incredibly clichéd script . This enchanting , lavish musical stars Gene Kelly who discovers a deep love while dancing magnificently through wonderful scenarios , though filming mostly in the Columbia studios with no outdoors . Flushed with the hit of two musicals teaming their biggest stars , Rita Hayworth with Fred Astaire , Columbia Pictures decided to mount a really major musical for her . One of the most memorable Musicals of 1944 and one of Gene Kelly and Rita Hayworth's classic musicals , in all , the movie offers appointingly several pleasures , though sluggish , at times . The movie is a heady mixture of Jerome Kern and Ira Gershwin music , breathtaking dances and light entertainment . Main highlights are the sweeping musical score and Gene Kelly , Rita Hayworth's knock-out choreography . Gene Kelly brought his friend Stanley Donen from Metro Goldwyn Mayer with him as co-choreographer and the two men worked out a routine that foreshadowed all their innovative work together over the next fifteen years . This was the ¨alter ego¨ dance spotlight which Kelly performs with his mirror image that becomes into his conscience in a store window. Audiences for big screen musicals were waning when the famous production company Columbia Pictures put this stage hit before the cameras and getting success enough . Stars two splendid actors and dancers : Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly in yet another of their more whimsical characters , while Phil Silvers steals the movie as the likable partner , adding Eve Arden as a wisecracking assistant . Along with a great support cast , such as : Lee Bowman , Jinx Falkenburg , Leslie Brooks , Otto Kruger , among others.
It displays a brilliant and glamorous cinematography in picturesque Technicolor and Cinemascope from cameramen Allen M. Davey and Rudolph Maté . Enjoyable scenarios , worth artificial-looking production design that only emphasised its stagebound origins . The motion picture was compellingly directed by Charles Vidor who gave to the fabulous protagonists : Rita Hayworth , Gene Kelly and Phil Silvers an irresistible vitality and deep sweep . Under his skill direction , all the dramatic and musical elements blended adequately . Charles Vidor made two Rita Hayworth vehicles , this breezy musical Cover Girl (1944), and Vidor's principal masterpiece, this archetypal film noir Gilda (1946) . Rating : 6.5/10 , above average . The flick will appeal to Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly fans . Essential and indispensable seeing for Musical genre lovers .