Maisie Gets Her Man

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Maisie Gets Her Man
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Directed by Roy Del Ruth
Written by Elizabeth Reinhardt
Ethel Hill
Screenplay by Mary C. McCall Jr.
Elizabeth Reinhardt
Wilson Collison
Produced by J. Walter Ruben
Starring Ann Sothern
Red Skelton
Leo Gorcey
Cinematography Harry Stradling Sr.
Edited by Frederick Y. Smith
Music by Lennie Hayton
Production
company
Distributed by Loew's Inc.
Release date
  • June 1942 (1942-06)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$424,000 [1]
Box office$1 million [1]

Maisie Gets Her Man is a 1942 American romance film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Ann Sothern and Red Skelton. It is the sixth of the ten-film Maisie series. [2]

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Plot

An unemployed showgirl meets an obnoxious comedian and when he has stage fright she gets him mixed up with a bootlegger/scammer.

Cast

Reception

According to MGM records, the film earned $824,000 in the US and Canada and $188,000 elsewhere, making the studio a profit of $258,000. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. "Maisie Gets Her Man (1942) - Roy del Ruth | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".