Cover Girl

THE MOST BRILLIANT MUSICAL OF OUR TIME!
Cover Girl (1944)
Timing: 1:47 (107 min)
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Virginia Van Upp
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Arthur Schwartz
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Allen M. Davey
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Short description

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

What's left behind the scenes

  • According to Columbia Pictures, the film was the studio's first in color because studio head Harry Cohn wanted to showcase its beauty and richness, and specifically Rita Hayworth's red hair.
  • Columbia Pictures gave Gene Kelly almost complete control over the making of this film, and many of his ideas contributed to its lasting success. He also used a photography trick so that he could dance with his own reflection in one sequence, achieving a ghostly quality for his double through the use of superimposition.
  • According to Columbia Pictures, the film was the first color film for the studio because studio head Harry Cohn wanted to demonstrate its beauty and richness, and in particular, Rita Hayworth's red hair.
  • Gene Kelly and the film's cinematographer spent a month rehearsing the dance scene with his own reflection, which took up only a few minutes of screen time.
  • Rita Hayworth's singing voice was dubbed by Martha Mears.
  • Rita Hayworth's singing voice was provided by Martha Mears.
  • The dance scene with Gene Kelly and his reflection, which took only a few minutes of screen time, was rehearsed for a month by Kelly and the film's cinematographer.
  • Columbia Pictures gave Gene Kelly almost complete control over the creation of this film, and many of his ideas contributed to its long-term success. He also used a photographic trick so that he could dance with his own reflection in one sequence, utilizing superimposition to give his double a ghost-like quality.

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