Maisie Goes to Reno

Maisie Goes to Reno is the eighth film starring Ann Sothern as Maisie Ravier, preceded by Swing Shift Maisie and followed by Up Goes Maisie. John Hodiak plays her love interest in this 1944 romantic comedy.

When she goes to the bus station, she encounters Sergeant Bill Fullerton Tom Drake, who is also going to Reno. He wants to stop his wealthy wife, Gloria Ava Gardner, from divorcing him. When his leave is canceled because his unit is relocating, he begs Maisie to deliver a letter to Gloria in person.In Reno, blackjack dealer Flip Hennahan John Hodiak knows where Gloria is staying and drives Maisie to the isolated resort. However, Maisie is fooled into believing that Glorias private secretary, Wini Ashbourne, is Gloria. Wini and Glorias business manager, Roger Pelham Paul Cavanagh, want the divorce to go through for their own never explained reasons. They get J. E. Clave Bernard Nedell to forge another letter to give Gloria the impression that Bill only married her for her money. ........

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