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Her Cardboard Lover

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1hr 33min
Genres:
Comedy,Musical,Romance
Release:
1942
Director:
George Cukor
Starring:
Norma Shearer, Robert Taylor, George Sanders  ...more
Synopsis: No one will ever know what possessed MGM's reigning screen queen Norma Shearer to select the tired old stage farce Her Cardboard Lover as her final film. Set in Florida, the creaky plotline finds Consuelo Croyden (Shearer) attempting to make her disinterested sweetheart Tony Barling (George Sanders) jealous. To this end, Consuelo orders her personal secretary, Terry Trindale (Robert Taylor) to pretend to be her lover. This suits Terry fine, since he's always been crazy about Consuelo. And on and ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
Norma Shearer ended her film career on a less than stellar note with the forgettable Her Cardboard Lover. Although filmed twice before, the property has never worked especially well onscreen, perhaps least of all in this incarnation. The story is tired and filled with mechanisms we've all seen used to better effect elsewhere, and there's little in the dialogue that is fresh, enlivening or enlightening. ... Full Review
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Norma Shearer
Consuelo Croyden
Robert Taylor
Terry Trindale
George Sanders
Tony Barling
Frank McHugh
Chippie Champagne
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