<I>Cover Girl</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1944
name: label: Directed by
content: Charles Vidor, Hungarian, 1900 - 1959
label: Produced by
content: Arthur Schwartz, American, 1900 - 1984
label: Subject of
content: Rita Hayworth, American, 1918 - 1987
label: Subject of
content: Gene Kelly, American, 1912 - 1996
label: Distributed by
content: Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., founded 1919
label: Owned by
content: D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
notes: label: Caption
content: This film was a part of the Washington D.C. Public Library's circulating 16mm film collection housed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library. The collection is particularly noted for the wide variety of African American and African diaspora content.
label: Description
content: A comedic musical film with the title Cover Girl. It consists of three (3) reels of color 16mm acetate film with optical sound.
label: Description
content: The film chronicles the experiences of Rusty Parker (Rita Hayworth), a chorus girl who works in the nightclub owned by her boyfriend Danny (Gene Kelly). After winning a competition, Rusty becomes a cover girl for a magazine and her newly found popularity threatens her relationship with Danny.
place: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place filmed
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Comedy
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Hollywood (Film)
label: Topic
content: Musical films
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: DC Public Library Film Collection
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Transferred from the DC Public Library
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.55.115.1abc
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: color films (visual works)
label: Type
content: feature films
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acetate film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (Reel 1): 37 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 1300 Feet
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (Reel 2): 37 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 1300 Feet
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (Reel 3): 37 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 1300 Feet