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Two-Faced Woman

  • 19411941
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
1.9K
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Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas in Two-Faced Woman (1941)
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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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.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.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.
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
1.9K
YOUR RATING
    • George Cukor
  • Writers
    • S.N. Behrman(original screenplay)
    • Salka Viertel(original screenplay)
    • George Oppenheimer(original screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Greta Garbo
    • Melvyn Douglas
    • Constance Bennett
    • George Cukor
  • Writers
    • S.N. Behrman(original screenplay)
    • Salka Viertel(original screenplay)
    • George Oppenheimer(original screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Greta Garbo
    • Melvyn Douglas
    • Constance Bennett
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 41User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
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    Greta Garbo in "Two Faced Woman", 1941.
    Greta Garbo in "Two Faced Woman," 1941.
    Greta Garbo in Two-Faced Woman (1941)
    Constance Bennett, Greta Garbo, and Melvyn Douglas in Two-Faced Woman (1941)
    Constance Bennett and Greta Garbo in Two-Faced Woman (1941)
    Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas in Two-Faced Woman (1941)
    Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas in Two-Faced Woman (1941)
    Constance Bennett, Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, and Robert Sterling in Two-Faced Woman (1941)
    Constance Bennett in Two-Faced Woman (1941)
    Constance Bennett in Two-Faced Woman (1941)
    Constance Bennett in Two-Faced Woman (1941)
    Greta Garbo, Robert Sterling, and Roland Young in Two-Faced Woman (1941)

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    Greta Garbo
    Greta Garbo
    • Karin Blake
    Melvyn Douglas
    Melvyn Douglas
    • Larry Blake
    Constance Bennett
    Constance Bennett
    • Griselda Vaughn
    Roland Young
    Roland Young
    • O.O. Miller
    Robert Sterling
    Robert Sterling
    • Dick Williams
    Ruth Gordon
    Ruth Gordon
    • Miss Ellis
    Frances Carson
    Frances Carson
    • Miss Dunbar
    Robert Alton
    • Cecil
    • (uncredited)
    William Bailey
    William Bailey
    • Nightclub Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Olive Blakeney
    Olive Blakeney
    • Phyllis
    • (uncredited)
    Lulu Mae Bohrman
    • Nightclub Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Tex Brodus
    • Nightclub Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Hillary Brooke
    Hillary Brooke
    • Dress Shop Clerk Hotel-Caller
    • (uncredited)
    Frederika Brown
    • Nightclub Guest
    • (uncredited)
    George Calliga
    George Calliga
    • Hotel Clerk
    • (uncredited)
    James Carlisle
    • Nightclub Patron
    • (uncredited)
    André Cheron
    • Headwaiter
    • (uncredited)
    George Cleveland
    George Cleveland
    • Undetermined Secondary Role
    • (uncredited)
      • George Cukor
    • Writers
      • S.N. Behrman(original screenplay)
      • Salka Viertel(original screenplay)
      • George Oppenheimer(original screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      Greta Garbo's last film.
    • Goofs
      Larry tells 'Katherine' that she looks younger than Karin; 'Katherine' responds that she is by fifteen minutes. 'Katherine' next says to Larry, "How lucky you are to have captured my little sister", instead of saying that Karin is her bigger or older sister as she should have. 'Katherine', from thereon, continues to call Karin her little sister.
    • Quotes

      Katherine Borg: I like older men. They're so grateful.

    • Alternate versions
      Although given a PCA approval certificate, the released film was heartily condemned by the Catholic Church, which applied enough pressure to force MGM to revise the film, and replace the existing copies for future bookings. The major problem was that Melvyn Douglas thought he was seducing his wife's twin sister in the original version, which also had a few risque scenes. These were eliminated, and a scene was added where Douglas calls the ski lodge to find out his wife left, so that he knows the twin is really his wife. The net effect was to reduce the movie's running time to 90 minutes (from the original 94 minutes). This is the version Turner Classic Movies shows every once in a while. This also might also explain the late copyright date and copyright length of 90 minutes.
    • Connections
      Edited into Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
    • Soundtracks
      Chica-Choca
      (uncredited)

      Music by Bronislau Kaper

      Lyrics by Roni

      Danced by Greta Garbo, Robert Alton and chorus of nightclub patrons

    User reviews41

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    Featured review
    6/10
    Garbo Gets Plastered And Rumbas
    Two Faced Woman became the unexpected swan song for screen legend Greta Garbo. 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.

    Garbo's a Swedish ski instructor who lands magazine executive Melvyn Douglas on a skiing vacation. But away from the winter wonderland, Garbo's not being quite the wife Douglas expected.

    Catching Douglas in a compromising position with former flame Constance Bennett, sends Greta on the warpath. She concocts a plan to masquerade as her twin sister, her more glamorous and sexy twin. Suffice it to say, she confuses the rest of the cast for almost the rest of the film.

    Garbo's playing a role better suited to such comedy veterans as Myrna Loy or Irene Dunne. Still she gets a few laughs in, getting plastered and doing a mean rumba. And she certainly puts Constance Bennett down quite nicely.

    Still Greta was miscast and the film gets less than stellar reviews from the critics at the time and from me. But the legend lives on.
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    • Will we ever be able to see the original, unedited version of Garbo's final movie?

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    • Release date
      • March 2, 1942 (United Kingdom)
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • near, Reno, Nevada, USA
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    • 1 hour 30 minutes
      • Black and White

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