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Two-Faced Woman. Two-Faced Woman is a 1941 American romantic comedy film directed by George Cukor and starring Greta Garbo in her final film role, Melvyn Douglas, Constance Bennett, and Roland Young. The movie was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer . Garbo plays a wife who pretends to be her own fictitious twin sister in order to recapture the ...
Two-Faced Woman: Directed by George Cukor. With Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Constance Bennett, Roland Young. After a ski instructor catches her husband flirting with an old flame, she decides to pose as her (fictitious) twin sister in an attempt to keep him faithful.
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- Comedy, Mystery, Romance
- George Cukor
- 1942-03-02
Two-Faced Woman ★★★ 1941Garbo, in her last film, attempts a ruse when she finds her husband may be interested in an old flame. Pretending to be her twin sister in an attempt to lure Douglas away from the other woman, she's fooled a little herself. Romantic comedy unfortunately miscasts Garbo as an Americanized ski bunny. 90m/B VHS .
Two-Faced Woman (1941) ** 1/2 (out of 4) At the age of 36 screen legend Greta Garbo made this MGM comedy, which tried to take her out of the costume drama and place her into a present time comedy. The results were a disaster when the film was first released and depending on which myth you believe, the bad reaction caused Garbo to retire.
May 2, 2019 · If it weren’t for Her Cardboard Lover (1942), the movie that made Norma Shearer throw in the towel (and not a moment too soon), Two-Faced Woman(1941), Greta Garbo’s final film, would have a strong claim to being Cukor’s biggest disaster. The movie itself is weird but fascinating, neither an unfairly maligned classic nor an unwatchable dud.
Other articles where Two-Faced Woman is discussed: Greta Garbo: …would bomb, the comic misfire Two-Faced Woman (1941). Contrary to popular perception, Garbo did not leave Hollywood in disgust after this film. She was nearly lured back to the screen twice—once to portray George Sand, the other time to star in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Paradine Case (1947)—but instead chose permanent…
Review by DNA cinephile🏳️🌈 ★★★½. Two-Faced Woman. 1941. Directed by George Cuckor. George Cuckor’s the Two-Faced Woman (1941) is Greta Garbo’s last gift to cinema. In other words, it was her last film. She was so glamorous, vivacious, and full of zeal. Although behind the scenes, she was very unhappy with some of her co-stars.
