![]() Cukor, an intelligent director probably miscalculated the effect this film would have on the viewers more used to a dramatic Garbo, who in here is made to lighten up. Behrman, Saska Viertel and George Oppenheimer. The film, based on German playwright Ludwig Fulda, was adapted by some of the best screen writers of the time: S.N. As directed by George Cukor, the film has its rewards for the fans of Ms. Greta Garbo, the mythical actress was last seen on the screen in this comedy. Still Greta was miscast and the film gets less than stellar reviews from the critics at the time and from me. And she certainly puts Constance Bennett down quite nicely. ![]() Still she gets a few laughs in, getting plastered and doing a mean rumba. Garbo's playing a role better suited to such comedy veterans as Myrna Loy or Irene Dunne. Suffice it to say, she confuses the rest of the cast for almost the rest of the film. She concocts a plan to masquerade as her twin sister, her more glamorous and sexy twin. Catching Douglas in a compromising position with former flame Constance Bennett, sends Greta on the warpath. ![]() But away from the winter wonderland, Garbo's not being quite the wife Douglas expected. Garbo's a Swedish ski instructor who lands magazine executive Melvyn Douglas on a skiing vacation. Though her reasons for retirement had to do with the umbrage she took at getting less than stellar reviews for this comedy, still I've always respected that she made her retirement stick for 49 years and kept her legend and image intact. Two Faced Woman became the unexpected swan song for screen legend Greta Garbo. ![]()
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