Research Catalog

Title

Cover girl [videorecording]

Publication

1944.

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Additional Authors

• Kelly, Gene, 1912-1996
• Hayworth, Rita, 1918-1987
• Silvers, Phil, 1911-1985
• Raset, Val
• Felix, Seymour, 1892-1961
• Donen, Stanley
• Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945.
• Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.

Description

1 videocassette. 110 min. : sd. color NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

Romantic complications ensue when a night-club dancer is chosen as a cover girl by a publisher who had once loved her grandmother.

Note

• Motion picture originally released in 1944 by Columbia Pictures; re-released as a videotape in 1989 by RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, Burbank, California. Producer: Arthur Schwartz. Director: Charles Vidor.
• Choreography: Credited on film to Val Raset and Seymour Felix; Gene Kelly choreographed his own dances, with the assistance of Stanley Donen in the Alter ego dance. Music: Jerome Kern. Lyrics: Ira Gershwin. "Poor John" song by Fred Leigh. Screenplay: Virginia Van Upp. Story: Erwin Gelsey. Adaptation: Marion Parsonnet and Paul Gangelin. Art direction: Lionel Banks, Cary Odell. Costumes: Travis Banton, Gwen Wakeling, Muriel King.

Performer (note)

• Gene Kelly (Danny McGuire), Rita Hayworth (Rusty Parker/Maribelle Hicks), Phil Silvers (Genius), Otto Kruger, Eve Arden, Lee Bowman, and others. Hayworth's songs dubbed by Martha Mears.

Contents

DANCE CONTENTS. - "The show must go on," perf. by female ensemble. "Sure thing," perf. by Hayworth and ensemble. "Make way for tomorrow," perf. by Kelly, Hayworth, and Silvers. "Put me to the test," perf. by Kelly, Hayworth, and ensemble. "Long ago and far away," perf. by Hayworth and Kelly. "Poor John," perf. by Hayworth and 4 men. "Alter ego" dance, perf. by Kelly. "Cover girl" production number includes dance by Hayworth and female ensemble. "Put me to the test" (reprise), perf. by Kelly and Silvers. "Make way for tomorrow" (reprise), perf. by Kelly, Hayworth, and Silvers.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-1057

OCLC

NYPY906044247-F

Title

Cover girl [videorecording]

Imprint

1944.

Cast

Gene Kelly (Danny McGuire), Rita Hayworth (Rusty Parker/Maribelle Hicks), Phil Silvers (Genius), Otto Kruger, Eve Arden, Lee Bowman, and others. Hayworth's songs dubbed by Martha Mears.

Added Author

Kelly, Gene, 1912-1996, performer.

Kelly, Gene, 1912-1996, choreographer.

Hayworth, Rita, 1918-1987, performer.

Silvers, Phil, 1911-1985, performer.

Raset, Val, choreographer.

Felix, Seymour, 1892-1961, choreographer.

Donen, Stanley, choreographer.

Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945. Composer

Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983. Lyricist

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-1057