Her Cardboard Lover (1942)
Director:
George CukorWriters:
Jacques Deval (play), Valerie Wyngate (play)Stars:
Norma Shearer, Robert Taylor, George SandersNo 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 on it goes, with the three stars trying to make this wearisome old yarn worth watching. Of the three film versions of Her Cardboard Lover, this one isn't anywhere near as entertaining as the 1932 Buster Keaton vehicle The Passionate Plumber (which was no great shakes itself!)
Here is the link to the film at the Internet Movie database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034846/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
