The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Cover Girl
Music · Comedy · Romance · 1944
A nightclub dancer makes it big in modeling, leaving her dancer boyfriend behind.
Movie details
Cover Girl
“THE MOST BRILLIANT MUSICAL OF OUR TIME!”
1944 Music · Comedy · Romance 1h 47m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.4 / 10
Community rating
A nightclub dancer makes it big in modeling, leaving her dancer boyfriend behind.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Cover Girl?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Charles Vidor
Written by
Erwin S. Gelsey · Virginia Van Upp
Rita Hayworth
Rusty Parker / Maribelle Hicks (flashback)
Gene Kelly
Danny McGuire
Lee Bowman
Noel Wheaton
Phil Silvers
Genius
Jinx Falkenburg
Jinx Falkenburg
Leslie Brooks
Maurine Martin
Eve Arden
Cornelia 'Stonewall' Jackson
Court is in session
Put Cover Girl on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.