Hedy + Garbo
I just saw both of their movies that were similar in content...spoofing communist Russia..."Ninotchka and Comrade X " and only a year apart when made. Their parts were almost alike with the same 'russian' voice and definitely both dressed down in deglamorizing them, if there is such a word. Of the two, the "plain Hedy" won in my book over the plain "Garbo". They were both very good in their roles, but for some reason I enjoyed Hedy's Theodore. She was fiesty, strong willed and funny..a part I never saw in her. Why MGM did not capitalize on her comedic side after this film, we will never know. I read where she did make one other comedy in later years with Paramount, "My Favorite Spy", where the previewers said she stole the movie from Bob Hope..so Paramount had to edit the movie before its release and cut out some of Hedy's good scenes to allow Bob remain the king of comedy on Paramount. I also remember reading a Garbo fans reaction to Hedy's performance in "C X'...he/she said that Hedy mimicked Garbo's russian Ninotchka voice. That being the case, then Cyd Charise, Katie Hepburn did the same thing by mimicking both Garbo and Hedy...in their roles of similar characters...Cyd in the musical version of "Ninotchka", "Silk Stockings" and Katie in " Iron Petticoat".
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