Gold Rush Maisie

Gold Rush Maisie is a 1940 drama film, the third of ten films starring Ann Sothern as Maisie Ravier, a showgirl with a heart of gold. In this entry in the series, she joins a gold rush to a ghost town. The film was directed by Edwin L. Marin.

Maisie barricades herself in her guest room and leaves early the next morning. When she finally arrives at the caf, her position is already filled. Maisie meets a little girl named Jubie Davis Virginia Weidler and hears rumors about a gold rush in a nearby abandoned smalltown. The same day she leaves for Phoenix, riding with the Davis family, who are there because of the gold findings.Maisie takes pity on the poor family who has been tricked to come to Arizona, and persuades them to set up camp on Bills land instead of in the smalltown, where hustlers are working the new arrivals for their savings. Bill eventually gives in, letting the Davis family raise their tent on his ranch. ........

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