… the other an unrepentantly vampish ladies’ man. ![]() ![]() Directed by George Cukor, it’s a piffle of a romantic comedy, without much substance, yet not particularly offensive indeed, Garbo appears to be having quite a bit of fun playing such radically different screen personae - one a down-to-earth, sporty, independent woman: Two-Faced Woman is perhaps best known as the film that ended Greta Garbo’s career - or, more accurately, the final movie she made before retiring permanently from the screen. As Douglas makes repeated excuses for failing to visit her, Karin (Garbo) decides to surprise him with a visit - but when she spots him with a close female friend (Constance Bennett), she quickly changes her plan of action, presenting herself to Douglas as her worldly, vampish twin sister, Katherine, instead. “It’s a wise man that knows his own wife.”Ī hard-working editor (Melvyn Douglas) marries a ski instructor (Greta Garbo) he meets at a resort in Idaho, but their marriage is immediately compromised when she refuses to follow him back to New York.
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