Two-Faced Woman (1941)
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Attempting to Americanize Greta Garbo to appeal to American audiences (since most of the foreign markets for Hollywood product had been cut off due to World War II), M.G.M.'s Two-Faced Woman succeeded in making Garbo angry enough to announce her retirement from the screen. Two-Faced Woman was… More Attempting to Americanize Greta Garbo to appeal to American audiences (since most of the foreign markets for Hollywood product had been cut off due to World War II), M.G.M.'s Two-Faced Woman succeeded in making Garbo angry enough to announce her retirement from the screen. Two-Faced Woman was Garbo's final screen appearance, as the legendary actress slipped into a reclusive existence that lasted until her death. This George Cukor romantic comedy casts Garbo as ski instructor Karin Borg Blake. She gives lessons to wealthy American playboy Larry Blake (Melvyn Douglas), and the two fall in love and marry even though Larry has a girlfriend named Griselda Vaughn (Constance Bennett) waiting for him back in New York. Returning to New York, Karin fears that Griselda will win Larry back. In an effort to foil Larry's imagined dalliance, Karin poses as her own twin sister, Katherine, hoping to get Larry to fall in love with her instead of Griselda. Larry is onto the scheme and plays along with her, pretending to fall in love with Katherine. But this infuriates Karin, who can't believe that her husband would fall in love with her sister, and she storms back to her ski resort. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Rating, Runtime
- Unrated, 1 hr. 34 min.
- Directed By
- George Cukor
- Written By
- S. N. Behrman, Salka Viertel, George Oppenheimer
- Genres
- Drama, Classics, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Nov 1, 1941 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Variety Staff, Variety
Had the script writers and the director, George Cukor, entered into the spirit of the thing with as much enthusiasm, lack of self-consciousness and abandon as the star, the result would have been a smash hit.
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Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
I still wouldn't hold it up as a sterling example of American wit, but it has its moments, and Garbo does a hell of a rhumba.
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Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid
This is a clumsy, lazy film, which reminded me all too painfully of some of our modern-day clumsy, lazy romantic comedies.
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Felix Vasquez Jr., Cinema Crazed
Just an average romance comedy that hasn't changed the face of the genre, but isn't the waste of time the reviews deemed it as at the time...
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, TV Guide's Movie Guide
The final film is today still a watchable comedy, but it turns Garbo into something she's not.
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Cast
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Greta Garboas Karin Borg Blake/Katherine Borg -
Melvyn Douglasas Larry Blake -
Constance Bennettas Griselda Vaughn
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Ruth Gordonas Ruth Ellis -
Robert Sterlingas Dick Williams -
Roland Youngas Oscar Miller
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