Two-Faced Woman (1941)
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25% of critics liked it
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This George Cukor romantic comedy casts Greta 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… More This George Cukor romantic comedy casts Greta 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
- Directed By
- George Cukor
- Written By
- S.N. Behrman, George Oppenheimer, S. N. Behrman, Salka Viertel
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Classics, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1941 Wide
- Studio
- MGM
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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Tom Milne, Time Out
Garbo's last film, graced by some charming scenes and directed with Cukor's usual flair, but hardly sending her off in a blaze of glory.
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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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Cast
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Greta Garbo
as Karin Borg Blake/Katherine Borg
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Melvyn Douglas
as Larry Blake
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Constance Bennett
as Griselda Vaughn
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Ruth Gordon
as Ruth Ellis
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Robert Sterling
as Dick Williams
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Roland Young
as Oscar Miller
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Frances Carson
as Miss Dunbar
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Olive Blakeney
as Phyllis
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Andre Cheron
as Headwaiter
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George Cleveland
as Sheriff
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Mark Daniels
as Bellboy
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Gloria de Haven
as Debutante
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Emily Fitzroy
as Rhumba Dancer
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Bess Flowers
as Receptionist
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Arno Frey
as Waiter
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G.P. Huntley
as Mr. Wilson
- Connie Gilchrist
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Roy Gordon
as Man
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Eula Guy
as Woman
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Vinton Haworth
as Guide
- Grace Hayle
- Tom Herbert
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John Marston
as Graham
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Wally Merrill
as Stage Manager
- Hilda Plowright
- Lorin Raker
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Mary Young
as Wife
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Robert Alton
as Cecil
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William Tannen
as Ski Guide
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James Spencer
as Carl
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George Calliga
as Hotel Clerk
- Cliff Danielson
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George Lollier
as Cab Driver
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Paul Leyssac
as Clerk
- Douglass Newland
