Maisie (film)
1939 film by Edwin L. Marin / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
Maisie | |
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Directed by | Edwin L. Marin |
Written by | Mary C. McCall, Jr. |
Based on | Dark Dame 1935 novel by Wilson Collison |
Produced by | J. Walter Ruben |
Starring | Ann Sothern Robert Young Cliff Edwards |
Cinematography | Leonard Smith |
Edited by | Fredrick Y. Smith |
Music by | Edward Ward |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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.