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Cover Girl

1944 · 107 min

A glossy, Technicolor confection of swirling skirts and lilting tunes, easy to sink into and pleasantly forgettable once it ends.

Tagline
THE MOST BRILLIANT MUSICAL OF OUR TIME!
Overview
A nightclub dancer makes it big in modeling, leaving her dancer boyfriend behind.
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • ambition
  • identity
  • loyalty
  • memory
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • musical
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour5
Realism5
Romance7
Tension3
Darkness1
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
music, comedy, romance
Directed by
Charles Vidor
Written by
Virginia Van Upp
Starring
Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly, Lee Bowman, Phil Silvers, Jinx Falkenburg, Leslie Brooks, Eve Arden, Otto Kruger
Music
Jerome Kern
Cinematography
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Runtime
107 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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