 ", commenting on the departure of Garbo's serious and melancholy image as she transferred to comedy.Favoured by critics and box-office success in the United States and abroad, it was banned in the Soviet Union.With George Cukor's "Two-Faced Woman" (1941), MGM attempted to capitalize on Garbo's success in "Ninotchka" by re-teaming her with Melvyn Douglas in another romantic comedy which sought to transform her into a chic, modern woman.