{"id":6075,"date":"2009-01-29T15:23:50","date_gmt":"2009-01-29T22:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=6075"},"modified":"2020-12-31T22:53:31","modified_gmt":"2021-01-01T05:53:31","slug":"maisie-1939","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=6075","title":{"rendered":"Maisie (1939)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;ll talk ya deaf, dumb, and blind, and sometimes I&#8217;ll make ya so mad you&#8217;ll want to kill me &#8212; but I&#8217;ll never lie to ya, Slim, or cheat ya.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/Maisie-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/Maisie-Poster-198x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-60903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/Maisie-Poster-198x300.png 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/Maisie-Poster-675x1024.png 675w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/Maisie-Poster-84x128.png 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/Maisie-Poster-178x270.png 178w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/Maisie-Poster.png 735w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAn out-of-work actress (Ann Sothern) finagles a job as a maid on a ranch run by a gunshy cowpoke named Slim (Robert Young). Soon she finds herself falling in love with Slim, and running interference in a rocky marriage between the gentle ranch owner (Ian Hunter) and his cheating wife (Ruth Hussey).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ann Sothern Films<\/li>\n<li>Ian Hunter Films<\/li>\n<li>Marital Problems<\/li>\n<li>Robert Young Films<\/li>\n<li>Romance<\/li>\n<li>Strong Females<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nBrassy blonde Ann Sothern earned her greatest fame playing the title character in this MGM B-level &#8220;comedy adventure&#8221; and its nine sequels (including <em>Congo Maisie<\/em>, <em>Maisie Goes to Reno<\/em>, and <em>Undercover Maisie<\/em>, to name just a few). The 75-minute faux-western storyline &#8212; involving a dysfunctional wealthy couple, a suspected murder, a reticent romance, a courtroom revelation, buffalo, and more &#8212; is clumsy and far-fetched, but ultimately beside the point: the primary reason to watch, naturally, is Sothern&#8217;s sassy performance as Maisie; she&#8217;s an appealing enough spitfire that we almost don&#8217;t mind watching her maneuver through such a drivelly plot. With that said, <em>Maisie<\/em> will primarily be of interest either to fans of Sothern, or to die-hard film fanatics curious to see what once passed as popular entertainment; otherwise, it can&#8217;t rightly be called must-see viewing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ann Sothern as Maisie<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/Maisie-Sothern2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/Maisie-Sothern2-1024x765.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"478\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-60905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/Maisie-Sothern2-1024x765.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/Maisie-Sothern2-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/Maisie-Sothern2-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/Maisie-Sothern2-768x574.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/Maisie-Sothern2-361x270.png 361w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/Maisie-Sothern2.png 1377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s worth a look if you stumble upon it.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0031608\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/movies.nytimes.com\/movie\/review?_r=1&#038;res=9B0CE2DB163BE333A25750C2A9609C946894D6CF\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/295\/maisie#articles-reviews?articleId=88746\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll talk ya deaf, dumb, and blind, and sometimes I&#8217;ll make ya so mad you&#8217;ll want to kill me &#8212; but I&#8217;ll never lie to ya, Slim, or cheat ya.&#8221; Synopsis: An out-of-work actress (Ann Sothern) finagles a job as a maid on a ranch run by a gunshy cowpoke named Slim (Robert Young). Soon she finds herself falling in love with Slim, and running interference in a rocky marriage between the gentle ranch owner (Ian Hunter) and his cheating&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=6075\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6075"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60907,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6075\/revisions\/60907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}