# SAUCE FOR THE GANDER 1940 HOTPOINT APPLIANCE SALES FILM w/ ALAN LADD (REEL 1) 10674

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com Made by the Hotpoint appliance company to promote their electric appliances, "Sauce for the Gander" is a 1940 comedy starring Damien O'Flynn, Joan Woodbury and a very young Alan Ladd in an un-credited role. (This may very well be Ladd's earliest big screen appearance.) The plot of this film revolves around Tom Tupper (Damian O'Flynn) who is stopped by a 'man on the spot' reporter (Alan Ladd) during his daily commute. Asked for his opinion on male/female relations, Tom tells the radio audience that he thinks men could do a better job running the household than women. When he arrives home, his infuriated wife Margaret (Joan Woodbury) proposes that her husband put his money where his mouth is. The couple switch roles, with Margaret going to the office and Tom cooking and cleaning. While Margaret becomes a successful entrepreneur, Tom is a complete failure and comes close to having a nervous breakdown. Tom eventually begs Margaret to go back to the way things were, but his now-independent wife isn't interested. The film was directed by Jean Yarbrough, a Hollywood veteran who had a long career. His biggest successes were in directing comedy teams like Abbott and Costello, The Bowery Boys, and horror/cult movies that are still fondly remembered to this day, such as The Devil Bat, King of the Zombies, She-Wolf of London, and House of…

- Kind: Film
- By: PeriscopeFilm
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/10674sauceforthegandervwr)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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