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26 July 1940 (USA)
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Tagline:
IT'S A LAUGH RUSH! (original print ad - all caps) See more »
Plot:
Maisie becomes attached to a dirt-poor farmer and his family as they try to make ends meet joining hundreds...
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There's gold in them thar hills
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Cast
(in credits order) (verified as complete) | Ann Sothern | ... | Maisie Ravier |
 | Lee Bowman | ... | Bill Anders |
 | Slim Summerville | ... | Fred Gubbins |
 | Virginia Weidler | ... | Jubilee 'Jubie' Davis |
 | Mary Nash | ... | Sarah Davis |
| John F. Hamilton | ... | Bert Davis |
| Scotty Beckett | ... | Harold Davis |
| Irving Bacon | ... | Harry Gilpin |
| Louis Mason | ... | Elmo Beecher |
| Victor Kilian Jr. | ... | Ned Sullivan (as Victor Killian Jr.) |
| Wallace Reid Jr. | ... | Matt Sullivan |
| Virginia Sale | ... | Mrs. Harry Gilpin |
| Frank Orth | ... | Harris |
| Kathryn Sheldon | ... | Mrs. Sullivan |
| Eddy Waller | ... | Ben Hartley |
| Charles Judels | ... | Hula Paradise Cafe owner |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Eddy Chandler | ... | (scenes deleted) |
| Lew Harvey | ... | (scenes deleted) |
| Mitchell Lewis | ... | Miggs (scenes deleted) |
| Henry Sylvester | ... | Prospector (scenes deleted) |
 | Ray Teal | ... | Prospector (scenes deleted) |
| Dorothy Appleby | ... | Hatcheck Girl (uncredited) |
| Jessie Arnold | ... | Wife of Prospector Hearing About Free Land (uncredited) |
| Barbara Bedford | ... | Mrs. Hartley (uncredited) |
| Margaret Bert | ... | Mrs. Carter (uncredited) |
| Clem Bevans | ... | 'Pop' Graybeard (uncredited) |
| Anna Chandler | ... | Mrs. Beecher (uncredited) |
| Naomi Childers | ... | Mrs. Tyler (uncredited) |
| Martin Faust | ... | Mr. Joe Carter (uncredited) |
| Wesley Giraud | ... | Albert Tyler (uncredited) |
| Eddie Gribbon | ... | Gus - Customer (uncredited) |
| William Jackie | ... | Prospector Hearing About Free Land (uncredited) |
| Cy Kendall | ... | Assayer (uncredited) |
| Buck Mack | ... | Frank Tyler (uncredited) |
| Robert Middlemass | ... | Charlie - Camp Owner (uncredited) |
 | Charles Middleton | ... | Camp Owner with a Pig (uncredited) |
| Ivan Miller | ... | Spencer Smith (uncredited) |
| Ed O'Neill | ... | Prospector (uncredited) |
| Tex Parker | ... | Sqaure Dance Caller (uncredited) |
| Lee Phelps | ... | Man Outside General Store (uncredited) |
| Baby Quintanilla | ... | Gladys Davis - Baby (uncredited) |
| Henry Roquemore | ... | Customer in Harry's Diner (uncredited) |
| Albert Russell | ... | Prospector (uncredited) |
| John Sheehan | ... | Drunk Greeting 'Pop' (uncredited) |
Directed by | |||
| Edwin L. Marin | |||
| J. Walter Ruben | (uncredited) | ||
| Norman Taurog | (uncredited) | ||
Writing credits | ||
| Wilson Collison | (story) | |
| Elizabeth Reinhardt | (screenplay) (as Betty Reinhardt) and | |
| Mary C. McCall Jr. | (screenplay) | |
Produced by | |||
| J. Walter Ruben | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| David Snell | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Charles Lawton Jr. | (as Charles Lawton) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Fredrick Y. Smith | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Cedric Gibbons | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Edwin B. Willis | |||
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Robert A. Golden | .... | assistant director (uncredited) | |
Art Department | |||
| Gabriel Scognamillo | .... | associate art director | |
Sound Department | |||
| Douglas Shearer | .... | recording director | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Dolly Tree | .... | wardrobe | |
Music Department | |||
| Wally Heglin | .... | orchestrator (uncredited) | |
Other crew | |||
| William Kaplan | .... | assistant to producer (uncredited) | |
| Tex Parker | .... | dance instructor (uncredited) | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1940) (USA) (theatrical)
- Warner Home Video (2012) (USA) (DVD) (DVD-R)
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82 min
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Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #6358) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)
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Norman Taurog and J. Walter Ruben took over directorial duties during Edwin L. Marin's illness.See more »
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"Gold Rush Maisie" has Maisie (Ann Sothern) prospecting in this 1940 entry into the series. Maisie's car breaks down, and she becomes stranded and has to ask for help from an isolated, nasty rancher (Lee Bowman) who shares his house with another sourpuss (Slim Somerville). These films all followed the same formula - Maisie's charm, no-nonsense attitude and warmth melt the icebergs she meets. Later on, she meets a family of farmers who have lost their farm and become migrant workers. Now they're on their way to prospect for gold. Maisie is stunned at how little they have and sets out to help them.
The atmosphere of "Gold Rush Maisie" is a little more down than usual, and the actions of the rancher played by Lee Bowman are inexplicable. First he's nasty, then he abruptly puts the moves on Maisie, becomes nasty again and later, after she tells him off, he becomes nice. Bowman was Sothern's leading man in the series more than once, as was James Craig - I prefer James Craig, who had more energy and variety in his acting.
One does really feel for the family, and that helps to hold one's interest. Sothern does her usual bang-up job. The previous reviewer has it right - she would have been a bigger star in an earlier era. But if huge movie stardom eluded her, she still played some wonderful roles, and her two series are a treasure, as is the actress herself.