Cover Girl is a 1944 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Charles Vidor, and starring Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly.

Cornelia's boss, magazine editor John Coudair, decides to check out Maurine at Danny's nightclub, but his eye is immediately drawn to Rusty.

Rusty becomes a famous star on Broadway after appearing in a musical produced by Wheaton, and emotionally decides to marry him.

[2] Columbia gave Kelly almost complete control over the making of this film, and many of his ideas contributed to its lasting success.

[1] Film historians consider Cover Girl the point where Kelly hit his stride in a musical role that foreshadowed the best of his future work.

The success of Cover Girl caused MGM to pay closer attention to Kelly as a viable property, and they allowed him to create his own dance numbers for his next film, Anchors Aweigh (1945), co-starring Frank Sinatra.