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Movie Reviews of Cover Girl
Movie Review: TRULY A GODDESS
Summary: 5 Stars
This is arguably Hayworth's best-remembered musical, and it has such great dancing in it!!
Let's start with that title number 'Cover Girl': after the male chorus sings and we are presented with about a dozen of the leading models of the day, the camera opens on Rita wrapped in gold with CLOUDS floating about her... she peels off her wrap and slowly floats down what turns out to be a HUGE, WINDING RAMP THE SIZE OF A MOUNTAIN, slowly gathering momentum as the music begins to boom, eventually running down AT FULL SPEED to join the male chorus at the bottom. There she effortlessly does spins, backdrops, and one-footed lifts, her red hair flying about her, her beautiful body shown off in a flowing, strapless gold gown-- a vision of sparkling red and gold...they REALLY don't make movies like this anymore!!
This is one of the best and most popular musicals of the forties. Columbia Pictures spared no expense on this film, and it shows. COVER GIRL is a rich and elaborate film.
The next most memorable number for me is 'Long Ago and Far Away' a beautiful, emotional breakup/makeup duet between Hayworth and Kelly and one of the best remembered songs of the 1940's. There is genuine chemistry between the two (you can see Kelly's eyes pop at Hayworth as they sing the last verses together) and as the music takes them over there's a long sensuous hug, and a trance-like number of steps between the two that leads to Hayworth swooning deeply into Kelly's arms...rapturous.
Hayworth and Kelly also have a challenge-tap duet to 'Put Me to the Test'. The two (both dressed in varying shades of green!) tap, jump, and spin all over the stage in a fast paced, complicated routine choreographed by Kelly.
Then there's the 'Make Way for Tomorrow' tap dance with Hayworth, Kelly, and Phil Silvers, a joyous tap dance in the streets (Kelly would later use this theme many times in his career) and the celebrated 'Alter Ego' solo for Kelly...I could go on and on.
The music by Jerome Kern and Ira Gershwin is wonderful. The scoring of this film won the Oscar that year (1944). There's also flashbacks to the 1890's(with Hayworth playing her grandmother), really a mini gay 90's musical is in this film-- we have 2 films in one!!
The rich technicolor is stunning, the designs and COLORS of the costumes are incredible. Kelly, Silvers, Eve Arden, Otto Kruger, all wonderful. But the film belongs to the beautiful and talented Rita Hayworth, who truly was a goddess in the flesh!!!
Movie Review: LOVELY RITA.....
Summary: 5 Stars
If you can get past the zany (and tiresome) antics of Phil Silvers and the corny, cliched script, there's a wonderful Technicolor musical here called "Cover Girl". Gorgeous Rita Hayworth is Rusty Parker, a nite club chorine who becomes the toast of Broadway overnite when she's chosen to be the cover girl of Vanity magazine---albeit to the chagrin of the club's owner Danny McGuire (Gene Kelly) who's her boyfriend and her catty co-workers. Hayworth is absolutely beautiful and dances with the most natural grace and elegance ever captured on screen as far as I'm concerned. Gene Kelly's acting is stiff but HIS dancing is what you're watching here as well. Boy, could he dance! He has a great solo number on an empty street where he dances with his reflection from an empty store window. Absolute artistry in motion. Eve Arden, as a talent scout, brings much needed relief to the tired script with her right-on-the-money delivery of brittle comebacks and one liners. She's also outfitted in the most outre' chic costumes and hats Hollywood ever laid out. All the costumes (by the great Travis Banton) are something to behold. But it's the Technicolor that brings things to life and Hayworth who brings the Technicolor to life. In her Broadway debut, she comes running down a seemingly endless elevated platform in a flowing gold gown like a goddess descending from the heavens---her long red hair cascading behind her. Then, after a dance number with chorus guys, she runs back up the platform through a downpour of shimmering sparkles and into a cloud of pink smoke. Sheer Technicolor movie magic. "Cover Girl" isn't the best musical ever made, but as a showcase for one of the most beautiful actresses ever photographed in Technicolor and a very nice song called "Long Ago and Far Away" it gets 5 stars from me. When you watch this, you can see there was only ONE Rita Hayworth and her grace, talent and beauty are captured in splendor on this DVD print.Movie Review: Cover Girl 1944
Summary: 5 Stars
Rita Heyworth (1918-1987) , Gene Kelly (1912-1996) , Phil Silvers (1911-1985) , and Eve Arden (1909-1990) stars in in this lavishly produced musical about a nighclub dancer from Brooklyn who leaves her sweatheart after winning a Cover Girl Contest -only to learn that fame and fortune are no substitute for true love . COVER GIRL proved to be a turning point in the history of the Hollywood musical . For the first time , the songs were not merely strung together , but were themself vital elements , serving to move the story forward . COVER GIRL was also a major turning point in the career of Gene Kelly , as it established him as virtouso Choreographer as well as a major dancing talent , The techically revolutionary "after ego" dance in which Kelly dances with himself , provided the inspiration of his later "Singing in the rain 1952) numer and was , according to Kelly , the most difficult film sequence she ever done . COVER GIRL also cemented Hayworths reputation as Hollywood most talented female dancer . Betty Grable (1916-1973) herself admitted that Heyworth dances rings around here .
COVER GIRL also boast a sparkling score by Jerome Kern (1895-1945) and Ira Gerschwin (1896-1983) with the enduring ballad "Long ago and Far Away" which won an academy award nomination for best song 1944 , "Long ago and far away" remains one of the most beautiful songs ever written for a film . COVER GIRL also received four other nomonation for best score , Best Sound , Best color Art Direction and Best Set Decoration . Transfer in Ultra-Resolution Quality , Do you neded a better Recommendation ! , Buy it , and Enjoy Hollywood magic fron the past
Movie Review: Long ago and far away Hollywood made great movies
Summary: 5 Stars
COVER GIRL (1944) Directed by Charles Vidor.
Starring Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly, Lee Bowman, Eve Arden, Otto
Kruger, Edward Brophy, Thurston Hall (as Tony Pastor), Milton Kibbee
and Phil Silvers.
When a beautiful chorine and girlfriend of the owner of a Brooklyn
night club becomes a successful Manhattan magazine cover girl, she is
faced with the choice of fame and fortune in the big time or staying in
Brooklyn with her boyfriend. Can there be any doubt??
A very much war era musical with the world conflict hovering ever in
the background, this is a prime example of the type of delightful fare
40s audiences--mostly women would flock to escape the frightening
reality of their existence. Shot in gorgeous technicolor with a cast
of likable characters, the picture is consistently upbeat and positive.
The musical numbers especially the Kelly, Hayworth and Silvers number
outside of Brophy's bar and Kelly's later dance with himsel, are truly
magical. The song LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY was deservedly awarded for an
Oscar for the best song of 1944. The support cast of Kruger, a
sarcastic Arden, an uncredited Brophy and Hall and finally Silvers just
add to the luster.
They don't, won't and cannot make em like this anymore.
Movie Review: DVD heaven-glorious technicolor.
Summary: 5 Stars
Ok, here's the real deal on this latest Hayworth release. The movie looks incredible. The colors are vibrant and seem to jump off the screen. This quality transfer from "Columbia" is crisp, clean and eye-popping. Sure, the backstage story is a little hokey and quite dated (even for it's time)- but all is forgiven once Hayworth's energy and appeal shine so brightly. Despite it's creaky plot, I still give a 5 star rating. Why? For the opportunity (thanks to DVD) to watch Rita dance. The experience is electrifying, watching Hayworth move with such carefree abandon and sensual grace while exhibiting a natural charisma that is literally breathtaking. Bonus tip: try watching Rita in slow-motion (via the dvd remote button-try the slowest motion possible). There's the scene where Lee Bowman brings her onto a large empty theatre stage urging her to "try it out"- Rita then floats into a short solo dance displaying her magical "It" factor to the max! Also, the "Cover Girl" number where she descends down a giant ramp, like a true goddess from the heavens, as well as the "Put me to the test" routine with Kelly. The noise-free clarity of these slo-mo/frame by frame images are truly mesmerizing.