Cover Girl

Thanks to its Jerome Kern/Ira Gershwin/Yip Harburg score and the luminescence of stars Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly, Cover Girl has taken on a legendary status in recent years. In truth, the film has a banal and predictable premise: a chorus girl (Hayworth) is given a chance for stardom by a wealthy ...more

Gene Kelly had been a presence in films for a couple of years, but it wasn't until MGM loaned him out to Columbia for Cover Girl that he first made his mark. Rita Hayworth is definitely (and deservedly) the star of the film, but Kelly more than holds his own with her. There's a wonderful chemistry between them, the kind of hesitant give-and-take of two people in love but who haven't yet learned to trust themselves enough to be totally honest. Hayworth looks smashing, costumed to the teeth in an ...more