The Goose and the Gander
When Georgiana Summers learns that the woman who stole and married her husband is planning a romantic tryst with a new love, she hatches a giddy plot to expose the rendezvous and pay her back.
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Plot Summary
A wealthy socialite, frustrated by her husband's philandering, decides to teach him a lesson by feigning an affair with another man. However, her plan begins to unravel as real feelings start to develop, leading to a comedic entanglement of misunderstandings and jealousies.
Critical Reception
The Goose and the Gander was generally met with lukewarm reviews, typical of many screwball comedies of the era. Critics often pointed to its predictable plot but praised the performances of its lead actors, particularly Kay Francis, for bringing charm to the proceedings. Audiences found it an agreeable if unremarkable diversion.
What Reviewers Say
- A lighthearted romantic comedy with a familiar premise.
- Kay Francis and George Brent provide charming performances.
- Suffers from a somewhat predictable storyline.
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Fun Fact
The film's title is a play on the idiom 'What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander,' suggesting that actions permissible for one sex should be permissible for the other, a theme explored in the plot.
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