Maisie (1939 film)
| 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 | 
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.