Maisie Goes to Reno (1944)
Directed by Harry Beaumont
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
In this eighth film in MGM's "Maisie" series, Ann Sothern is back as ever-stranded chorus girl Maisie Revier. As the story opens, Maisie has a steady non-showbiz job as a defense plant riveter (it's wartime, of course); still, she utilizes a two-week vacation to take a singing job in a Reno night spot. This small Nevada town being the Divorce Capital of America, Maisie finds herself involved in the crumbling marriage between a GI (Tom Drake) and his wealthy wife (Ava Gardner). Meanwhile, Maisie's own well-being is threatened by a conniving businessman who has her committed to an asylum when she threatens to squeal about his crooked business practices. Like most "Maisie" pictures, Maisie Goes to Reno suffers from a surfeit of plotting, but is redeemed by the insouciant Ann Sothern.
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asylum [mental hospital], blackmail, card-dealer, chorus-girl, defense [military], divorce, employment, loot, marital-problems, marriage, mediator, mistaken-identity, romance, scheme, showgirl, soldier, trip, vacation, wife
