Sunday, April 28, 2013

"Cover Girl" (1944)

Musical featuring music by Jerome Kern and George Gershwin including the song "Long Ago and Far Away" which I really love. Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly. Gene Kelly dances a number with himself bringing back an early film special effects technique--amazing. The story conflict (multiple working places--conflict of interests? men/women working roles?) has me a little mixed--but I'm attributing it either to the culture of the time or what they needed to do to actually have a conflict in the story. More likely it's the latter one. Romance conflicts in a theater work setting I'm sure are limited.

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