Two-Faced Woman

film by Cukor [1941]

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Two-Faced Woman (1941) is a film directed by George Cukor and starring Greta Garbo in her final film role. The movie is a romantic comedy where Garbo plays twin sisters, one a prim and proper wife and the other a seductive cabaret singer, who vie for the attention of the same man.12

The film is often cited as a reason for the end of Garbo's screen career, with some suggesting that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer executives intentionally cast her in a role they knew would not be successful, given the dwindling European markets due to World War II. Despite this, Garbo was nearly lured back to acting twice after this film but ultimately chose permanent retirement.1

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…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…
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