

22/03/1944
No Brooklyn, a dançarina de cabaré Rusty Parker tem uma vida simples mas feliz dançando no McGuire, cabaré de propriedade de seu namorado Danny. Rusty, Danny e Genius tem um ritual nas noites de sexta-feira: eles encomendam ostras em um bar, tentando encontrar uma pérola. A vida de Rusty muda quando ela participa e ganha um concurso para ser a garota da capa da revista Vanity. Ela é convidada a trabalhar em um grande teatro na Broadway, cujo proprietário propõe se casar com ela. Ela perde a felicidade e começa a beber em seu novo estilo de vida, sem o amor de Danny e seus velhos amigos. Ao vencer concurso de beleza, jovem dançarina deixa o namorado para trás a fim de trabalhar como modelo. Mas descobre que o sucesso não substitui um grande amor.

Rita Hayworth
as Rusty Parker / Maribelle Hicks (flashback)

Gene Kelly
as Danny McGuire

Lee Bowman
as Noel Wheaton

Phil Silvers
as Genius

Jinx Falkenburg
as Jinx Falkenburg

Leslie Brooks
as Maurine Martin

Eve Arden
as Cornelia 'Stonewall' Jackson

Otto Kruger
as John Coudair

Jess Barker
as John Coudair as a Young Man

Anita Colby
as Miss Colby

Curt Bois
as Chef at Danny McGuire's

Jean Colleran
as Cover Girl: American Magazine

Francine Counihan
as Cover Girl: American Home

Helen Mueller
as Cover Girl: Collier's Magazine

Cecilia Meagher
as Cover Girl: Coronet

Betty Jane Hess
as Cover Girl: Cosmopolitan

Dusty Anderson
as Cover Girl: Farm Journal

Eileen McClory
as Cover Girl: Glamour

Cornelia B. von Hessert
as Cover Girl: Harper's Bazaar

Karen X. Gaylord
as Cover Girl: Liberty

Cheryl Archibald
as Cover Girl: Look

Peggy Lloyd
as Cover Girl: Mademoiselle

Betty Jane Graham
as Cover Girl: McCalls

Martha Outlaw
as Cover Girl: Red Book

Susann Shaw
as Cover Girl: Vogue

Rose May Robson
as Cover Girl: Woman's Home Companion

Edward Brophy
as Joe, bartender (uncredited)

Stanley Clements
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)

Eddie Hall
as Soldier (uncredited)

Thurston Hall
as Tony Pastor (uncredited)

Milton Kibbee
as Reporter Asking About Flowers (uncredited)

Muriel Morris
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Constance Worth
as Receptionist (uncredited)

Miriam LaVelle
as Specialty Dancer (uncredited)

Miriam Nelson
as Specialty Dancer (uncredited)

Dorothy Vernon
as Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)

Robert Homans
as Pop (uncredited)
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