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Maisie (1939)

Maisie poster
Directed by
Edwin L. Marin
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 15m
Rated
NR
Rating
4.8 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A penniless woman gets stranded in a small Wyoming town. She takes a job at a ranch and becomes tangled in romantic situations.

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What happens

Maisie is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Edwin L. Marin based on the 1935 novel Dark Dame by Wilson Collison. The rights to the novel were originally purchased by MGM for a Jean Harlow film, but Harlow died in 1937 before a shooting script could be completed. The project was put on hold until 1939, when Ann Sothern was hired to star in the film with Robert Young as leading man. This was the first of 10 films starring Ann Sothern as Maisie Ravier, a fictional character (1939–1947). In Mary C. McCall, Jr.'s screenplay, Maisie is stranded penniless in a small Wyoming town, takes a job at a ranch, and gets caught in a web of romantic entanglements. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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