Directed by:
George CukorCinematography:
Joseph RuttenbergComposer:
Bronislau KaperCast:
Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Constance Bennett, Roland Young, Robert Sterling, Ruth Gordon, Gloria DeHaven, Hillary Brooke, George Cleveland, Sam Harris (more)Plots(1)
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. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Greta Garbo
Sweden
Best movies:
The Mysterious Lady (1928)
Flesh and the Devil (1926)
Ninotchka (1939)
Melvyn Douglas
USA
Best movies:
Being There (1979)
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Constance Bennett
USA
Best movies:
The Unsuspected (1947)
What Price Hollywood? (1932)
Topper (1937)
Roland Young
UK
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You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
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Robert Sterling
USA
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Johnny Eager (1941)
Ruth Gordon
USA
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Gloria DeHaven
USA
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Modern Times (1936)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Hillary Brooke
USA
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George Cleveland
Canada
Best movies:
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Albuquerque (1948)
Sam Harris
Australia
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Robert Alton
USA
Best movies:
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William Bailey
USA
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Cyril Ring
USA
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William Tannen
USA
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Bert Moorhouse
USA
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Emily Fitzroy
UK
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Olin Howland
USA
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Louis Mason
USA
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Carlos Ruffino
Mexico
Best movies:
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Odette Myrtil
France
Best movies:
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Strangers on a Train (1951)
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