Brilliant and touching

Watch something else. There are very few redeeming qualities to this film.

One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

Kay Francis is Ralph Forbes' ex-wife, because Genevieve Tobin stole him away from her. But, when Kay meets Ralph after two years apart and sees his wife with another man, she gets it in her mind to trap her and force the wife out of the marriage, so Kay can get Ralph back. But the other man just so happens to be George Brent, who sees Kay at a fancy party and appears to like what he sees. She, too, but maybe just to be playing with him. The plan is to get him and the wife at her country place, where she asked her ex to show up for lunch, thereby putting them all in an awkward situation. But, what she doesn't count on is John Eldridge and Claire Dodd, a married couple who are jewel thieves and who must make a quick getaway. Because they stole Genevieve's car, they are brought to Kay's place. (Watch it to understand.) When they're all together, things happen. The film's quick one-liners and the chemistry of Kay and George make this feel like a guilty pleasure, especially since Kay is great at being enticing. How can such a funny and fulfilling picture be so unknown? If you've never heard of The Goose and the Gander, then you need to discover Ms. Kay Francis at her sizzling best.

I happened across this film as it aired on TCM, and I found myself unable to stop watching. I've never been a great fan of Kay Francis, but this is delightfully entertaining. It fits in with those zany, intricate plots of 1930s comedies with mistaken identities, multiple couples, and all a "to-do" with the wealthy upper classes...fitting right in with the usual Depression Era escapist fare - which I admit I usually enjoy!Others' reviews give one enough of an idea of the plot and the context behind the making of the film. All I want to add is that for those that may want to acquire this film, TCM is now providing it from their TCM Vaults (Warners Archive). Visit WWW.TCM.COM for more...

This is the best of the Kay Francis vehicles, and I had never heard of it before a couple days ago.Kay is stylish, George Brent actually looks handsome. And there is a real plot, not just cutesy and/or tear-jerking posturing.Married couples, formerly married couples. And -- a couple who are jewel thieves.It zings along and is great, amusing, romantic fun.

Enjoyed viewing this great film classic and the great acting of Kay Francis (Georgiana Summers),"Play Girl",'41 who loved to fool around with George Brent("Bob" McNear),"The Great Lie",'41 who was a married man. It seemed that everyone else in the picture played husband and wife with lots of infidelity and everyone telling little white lies about who is married to who and why we have to have different rooms to sleep in and why we have twin beds in our rooms. It seems that being divorced was a very evil thing and talking about their "EX" husbands was the in THING!. Genevieve Tobin (Betty Summers),"The Petrified Forest",'36 and John Eldridge (Lawrence Thurston),"Superman",'73 enjoyed stealing automobiles(coupe type) and even going into being a jewel thief. It was great viewing this film and seeing just what people were watching during the YEAR 1935. This film was probably considered X rated. The old gas stations, furniture and women's fashions, plus the modern auto's in the 1930's made this a great film classic with all these young actors starting out in their film careers.