rita hayworth be right there where she should be a a cover girl in this 1944 technicolor film also star gene kelly and phil silver and eve arden and lee bowman and and otto kruger . rita play a beautiful showgirl and rusty and working at a small club own by the man she love and danny ( kelly ) . each friday they go out for oyster with genius ( silver ) and the club comedian . they all hate oyster and but theyre look for a pearl . when they find one and all three of them will have good luck and they believe . rusty audition and win the role of cover girl for a magazine she start off ahead of the other contestant because the magazine owner ( kruger ) see a resemblance between rusty and the girl he once love and who turn out to be rusty grandmother . once she become the cover girl and the world open up for her and her dream of appear on broadway come true . danny want her to have her success and but at the same time realize he lose her . cover girl have exuberant dance number and song by jerome kern and with rita dub by martha mears . rita be at her best playing both rusty in the present and her grandmother in the past . for such a sexy and desirable and gorgeous woman and she be apparently very insecure and always under the thumb of domineer men . none of this ever show on screen and nor do the fact that she do not want to be a movie star . she be one of the true goddess and bring everything she do to life . gene kelly be in a serious role here and but get plenty of chance to dance and sing . phil silver be very amiable and funny a the in house comic and best friend . this be a very good movie with no dull spot . the only problem i have be the idea that rusty have to choose between a successful career and the man she love . when supermodel jinx falkenberg and who play herself in the film and speaks of get marry and she warn by her bos not to and that she too necessary to the modeling business . be not tell if rusty continue with her career or go back to work at danny but all sign seem to point toward the brooklyn club . why couldn not she have have both . nevertheless and you can not beat cover girl for top entertainment and beautiful color and lovely music and great energy and fine performance and and it most fabulous asset and the glorious rita hayworth .