They also adopt new names: "Josephine" (Joe) and "Geraldine" (Jerry).In the smooth transition to the next scene, they have reluctantly completed their masquerade and are hobbling and wobbling down the train platform - viewed from behind - in their first pair of stiletto high-heeled shoes.One of the poignant film""s posters declared it:"A love story of today""s love and laughter."At the time, it was the longest and most expensive Hollywood film since producer David O.Selznick""s ownGone with the Wind (1939).Producer David O.Selznick""s lavish film was an attempt to outdo his previous classic 1939 epic and Best Picture winner, and it was his first production since his other Best Picture Oscar winnerRebecca (1940).[Note: This was shades of an earlier campaign for her talkie debut inAnna Christie (1930)- "Garbo Talks!"] Additional ads proclaimed: "Don""t Pronounce It - See It!"Masterfully produced and directed by Ernst Lubitsch, known for sophisticated, witty, and stylish comedies, this film was major star Greta Garbo""s 26th film (and only Lubitsch film), and considered to be her last great film." The law sought to "prevent performance in which human life is needlessly imperiled to satisfy either.