rita hayworth a rusty parker be the cover girl du jour she one of the dance girl in danny mcguire club and the most special one accord to danny ( gene kelly ) and pretty much anyone who come across her . take for example and vanity magazine magnate john coudair ( otto kruger ) represent enchant by rusty resemblance to her grandmother maribelle ( also play by hayworth in flashback ) and whom he woo devotedly when he fell in love with her and he try to relive his youth by fix what he think go wrong between himself and maribelle . he doesn not believe that danny could give rusty happiness and or everything she should be entitle to he even get danny believe this himself . when rusty shoot to fame a vanity cover girl and danny drive her away into the ready and wait arm of noel wheaton ( lee bowman ) . so what happen when danny return to town with his sidekick genius ( phil silver ) in tow and only to discover that rusty be marry wheaton . a a musical and cover girl benefit from the beautiful score and song write by jerome kern and ira gershwin and include the oscar nominate long ago and far away ( possibly one of the most gorgeous ballad ever write and beautifully and sweetly sing a a duet by hayworth and kelly ) and maribelle number sure thing ( the more lacklustre poor john isn not a kern or gershwin collaboration ) and put me to the test . the dancing and of course and be top notch and since gene kelly have more than just a hand in the choreography . it show in the simplest of dance and for example his dance with hayworth to put me to the test and or the joyfully exuberant make way for tomorrow number ( perform by the trio of danny and rusty and genius ) . which foreshadow the reaction gene character have to the police cop in the title number in singin in the rain . kelly especially score a technological and artistic coup with the alter ego dance . like it successor in anchor aweigh and an american in paris ( jerry the mouse and the 16 minute ballet respectively ) and this dance be an example of the incredible innovation and creativity kelly bring to the modern film musical represent want to use the film medium to present dance that couldn not be showcased on a stage and and year before cgi and kelly insist on dance with the one person who could possibly match him in talent and style himself . the number be hardly five minute long and but it ( and kelly genius ) still take one breath away and even sixty year down the line . this be the reason i watch cover girl and and if nothing else and this dance be truly worth it . you can tell that a great deal of money be lavish onto cover girl and rita hayworth not that she doesn not deserve it . witness the scene when rusty hit broadway the large screen showcasing all the different cover girl give way to a staggeringly large stage rig for rusty entrance . hayworth be indeed one of the most effortlessly beautiful girl on show in the film and and she dance with a style and grace that be almost worthy of kelly . ( very few of kelly co star have that honour . ) she be hilarious in some scene and for example her drunk scene when john and wheaton come to get her from joe . for some reason and however and her performance still lack the spark of greatness which would help cover girl overcome it general curse of mediocrity . that curse be only lift whenever gene kelly be on the screen ( dance or no ) and or when eve arden a john long suffer secretary stonewall sidles by with another cut comment or clever observation . since the film and in the end and belongs to hayworth and neither kelly nor arden can save it a a whole . this isn not to say that the film be bad it isn not . it enjoyable and with great song and cute number and lot of pretty girl to look at . but it just not quite a classic . the dancing be classic though so watch cover girl for that and and you would not regret it .