The project was put on hold until 1939, when Ann Sothern was hired to star in the film with Robert Young as leading man.

In Mary C. McCall, Jr.'s screenplay, Maisie is stranded penniless in a small Wyoming town, takes a job at a ranch, and gets caught in a web of romantic entanglements.

When Brooklyn burlesque showgirl Maisie Ravier arrives at a small Wyoming town, she finds her new employer has folded after a single performance, leaving her stranded and nearly penniless.

Slim's demeanor is the result of past hard luck: he confessed to embezzlement to protect his girlfriend and spent a year in prison, only to discover after his release that she had run off with another man.

Frank Nugent, critic for The New York Times, wrote, "Don't let all this advertising talk about 'Maisie, the Explosive Blonde' ... mystify you too unbearably.

It's just Ann Sothern, who is probably already one of your favorite flouncers, flouncing through an unconventional Western comedy ... Incidentally, the character of Maisie is, as promised, 'explosive.'

Miss Sothern, hitherto a reasonably restrained actress, throws left hooks, gags and fits of temperament with surprising abandon.

"[1] A concurrent spin-off radio series, The Adventures of Maisie, also starring Ann Sothern in the leading role, was launched in 1945.