Rita Hayworth performs Poor John Cover Girl (1944)

Cover Girl (1944), staring Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly won the 1945 Oscar for Best Music, Scoring of a Motion Picture. Here is Ms. Hayworth, performing Poor John as Maribelle Hicks in a flashback sequence. Maribelle is angry because her fiance s mother humiliated her in a recent visit, and so she performs this number to John s disgrace. The song was written and composed by Fred Leigh and Henry E. Pether. Martha Mears dubbed the singing voice for Rita. The costume is what is known a