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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