Maisie Gets Her Man (1942)

• Director
  • Roy Del Ruth
• Writers
  • Elizabeth Reinhardt(screen play)
  • Mary C. McCall Jr.(screen play)
  • Ethel Hill(original story)
• Stars
  • Ann Sothern
  • Red Skelton
  • Leo Gorcey

  The combination of Ann Sothern and Red Skelton pays off in giggles, chortles and guffaws in Maisie Gets Her Man. Broke and stranded once more, showgirl Maisie Revere briefly works as the wrong end of a knife-throwing act, then dedicates herself to helping would-be comedian Hap Hixby (Skelton) overcome his debilitating stage fright. The plot then goes off on an entirely new tangent, as the hapless Hap gets mixed up with cherubic con artist Denningham (Lloyd Corrigan). Things end happily for both Maisie and Hap, but not quite in the way that either one of them would have predicted. It's a tribute to the comedy genius of Red Skelton that he can raise laughs while playing a character who can't raise laughs!