Maisie (1939 film)

Maisie
Theatrical release poster
Directed byEdwin L. Marin
Written byMary C. McCall, Jr.
Based onDark Dame
1935 novel
by Wilson Collison
Produced byJ. Walter Ruben
StarringAnn Sothern
Robert Young
Cliff Edwards
CinematographyLeonard Smith
Edited byFredrick Y. Smith
Music byEdward Ward
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • June 22, 1939 (1939-06-22)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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.