it seem a shame that greta garbo end her illustrious career at the age of 36 with this ridiculous mistaken identity marital romp . come off the success of her first romantic comedy and ernst lubitsch masterful ninotchka ( 1939 ) and where she be ideally cast a an austere russian envoy and garbo be reunite with her leading man melvyn douglas for a sitcom level story that have her playing karin borg and a plain jane ski instructor who impulsively marry publish executive larry blake when he become smitten with her . once he make clear that work be his priority and karin inadvertently decide to masquerade a her high living twin sister katherine to test her husband fidelity when he be back in manhattan . it surprise that this infamous 1941 misfire be direct by george cukor and who lead garbo to her great dramatic performance in 1937 camille and because this be a unflattering a vehicle a one could imagine for the screen legend . only someone with carole lombard natural sense of ease and mischief could have get away with the shenanigan present in the by the number script by s. n. behrman and salka viertel and george oppenheimer . mgm intent behind this comedy be to contemporize and americanize garbo image for wartime audience whom the studio head felt be not interested in the tragic period character she favor in the thirty . however and garbo appear ill at ease mostly a the bogus party girl katherine and especially compare to expert farceurs like douglas and constance bennett a romantic rival griselda . photograph unflatteringly by joseph ruttenberg and garbo look tire in many scene and downright hideous in her teased hairdo for the chica choca dance sequence . the story end conventionally but with the addition of a lengthy physical sequence where larry try to maneuver his ski on a series of mountain cliff that unfortunately remind me of sonny bono death . roland young and ruth gordon ( in a rare appearance at this point of her career ) show up in comic support role a douglas associate . this movie be not yet on dvd and and i wouldn not consider it priority for transfer a it represent a curio in garbo otherwise legendary career . she be reportedly quite unhappy during the filming . i can see why .