sentences:  Pleased with the financial and critical success of Garbo's previous film "Ninotchka" (1939), MGM decided to pair Garbo and Douglas in another romantic comedy.George Cukor, who had previously directed Garbo in "Camille" (1936), which is generally regarded as her best film, was assigned to direct.Constance Bennett, a major leading lady earlier in the 1930s whose career was waning, was cast in a supporting role through the efforts of her friend Cukor.