her cardboard lover be norma shearer last movie . she quit the movie and and i think and join the board of director at mgm . that be a good move on her part . her cardboard lover be talky and bore in part . it be obvious there be only a handful of actor with speaking part so they have a lot of dialogue to speak to keep this turkey afloat . the story be a good idea about a wealthy woman ( norma shearer ) hire a man ( robert taylor ) to make her playboy fiancee ( george sander ) jealous . i be surprise that the director and george cukor and do not cut many of the talky scene between ms. shearer and mr. taylor . mr. cukor serve ms. shearer well in the woman but not in this movie . the best performance in the movie be give by robert taylor . during mr. taylor career and he be give his best comedy role in this movie and when lady meet in 1941. in 1942 and he give his best comedy performance in her cardboard lover and and up to then and his best dramatic performance in johnny eager . he have a busy year . i think of all the actor at mgm and mr. taylor work with all the major and minor actress on the lot . also and mgm give mr. taylor all type of movie to make most of them be successful . that be why mgm keep him for 25 year . mr. george sander be very good a a socialite heel . he play a similar role eight year later in all about eve for which he win an oscar for a supporting role . a for ms. shearer and this be one of her bad performance and she be not funny and too dramatic for this comedy . it be strange that she make a great comedy in 1939 and the woman and and give her best performance . it be obvious that she be too old look for her young lead men in her cardboard lover . also and it do not help that some of her clothes be awful . too bad she and mr. taylor do not make another dramatic movie like their last movie together and the superb escape . the same comment about this movie can be say of another movie and personal property that mr. taylor make in 1937 with jean harlow . it be too talky and boring and and the actress look old . ms. harlow look ill throughout the movie and nobody in hollywood notice to tell her to see a doctor and so in 1937 and she die at age 26. what a waste . she be become a good actress and get good role .