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Release Date: 19 August, 2003 Retail Price: $24.95 OUR Price: $21.99 You SAVE: $2.96! Cast: Complete Cast (7 total) |
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long ago & far away makes this one worth your time
rita hayworth shines but gene kelly is drab in this typical 40s musical, with a fine score by jerome kern & ira gershwin, and great supporting work from phil silvers and eve arden, both on the brink of stardom.
TRULY A GODDESS
Such great dancing!! Let's start with that title number 'Cover Girl': after the male chorus sings and we are presented with about a dozen of the leading models of the day, the camera opens on Rita wrapped in gold with CLOUDS floating about her... she peels off her wrap and slowly floats down what turns out to be a HUGE, WINDING RAMP THE SIZE OF A MOUNTAIN, slowly gathering momentum as the music begins to boom, eventually running down AT FULL SPEED to join the male chorus at the bottom. There she effortlessly does spins, backdrops, and one-footed lifts, her red hair flying about her, her beautiful body shown off in a flowing, strapless gold gown-- a vision of sparkling red and gold...they REALLY don't make movies like this anymore!! This is one of the best and most popular musicals of the forties. Columbia Pictures spared no expense on this film, and it shows. COVER GIRL is a rich and elaborate film. The next most memorable number for me is 'Long Ago and Far Away' a beautiful, emotional breakup/makeup duet between Hayworth and Kelly and one of the best remembered songs of the 1940's. There is genuine chemistry between the two (you can see Kelly's eyes pop at Hayworth as they sing the last verses together) and as the music takes them over there's a long sensuous hug, and a trance-like number of steps between the two that leads to Hayworth swooning deeply into Kelly's arms...rapturous. Hayworth and Kelly also have a challenge-tap duet to 'Put Me to the Test'. The two (both dressed in varying shades of green!) tap, jump, and spin all over the stage in a fast paced, complicated routine choreographed by Kelly. Then there's the 'Make Way for Tomorrow' tap dance with Hayworth, Kelly, and Phil Silvers, a joyous tap dance in the streets (Kelly would later use this theme many times in his career) and the celebrated 'Alter Ego' solo for Kelly...I could go on and on. The music by Jerome Kern and Ira Gershwin is wonderful. The scoring of this film won the Oscar that year (1944). There's also flashbacks to the 1890's(with Hayworth playing her grandmother), really a mini gay 90's musical is in this film-- we have 2 films in one!! The rich technicolor is stunning, the designs and COLORS of the costumes are incredible. Kelly, Silvers, Eve Arden, Otto Kruger, all wonderful. But the film belongs to the beautiful and talented Rita Hayworth, who truly was a goddess in the flesh!!!
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