Disappointing 1941 film with Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas in the leads. Constance Bennett is given little to do and the one surprise in the film is how rather pretty Ruth Gordon looked. This came a year after her memorable turn with Raymond Massey in "Abe Lincoln in Illinois."
The story is rather routine here. In one swirl, editor Douglas marries ski instructor Garbo, but when Garbo comes to N.Y. to surprise him, she is not happy to see him around Constance Bennett. To top matters, his partner sees Garbo as she is fleeing before Douglas sees her. To the rescue comes Douglas's faithful secretary, Ruth Ellis, played with charm and wit by Ruth Gordon. She invents the story that he saw her twin. Soon aware of this facade, the rest of the film is devoted to Garbo and Douglas playing off on each other. The "twin" forces Garbo to be the woman she really isn't and this just goes on and on.
The story is rather routine here. In one swirl, editor Douglas marries ski instructor Garbo, but when Garbo comes to N.Y. to surprise him, she is not happy to see him around Constance Bennett. To top matters, his partner sees Garbo as she is fleeing before Douglas sees her. To the rescue comes Douglas's faithful secretary, Ruth Ellis, played with charm and wit by Ruth Gordon. She invents the story that he saw her twin. Soon aware of this facade, the rest of the film is devoted to Garbo and Douglas playing off on each other. The "twin" forces Garbo to be the woman she really isn't and this just goes on and on.