undercover maisie
actor mark daniels at the time of his appearance in the 1947 movie undercover maisie .
maisie the showgirl joins the police force and risks her life to expose a phony psychic in undercover maisie (1947) .
maisie the showgirl joins the police force and risks her life to expose a phony psychic in undercover maisie (1947). >
actor mark daniels at the time of his appearance in the 1947 movie undercover ...
after the war, nelson starred in a string of movies, including “undercover maisie, ” “time to kill” and “tenth avenue angel. ”
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movie trailer for the film undercover maisie, the final in the mgm “maisie” series. the movie follows a stranded showgirl that joins the police force and risks her life to expose a phony psychic. maisie ravier is a popular fictional character, played by ann sothern, and was the star of ten films and a radio show in the late 1930s through the 1940s .
revere joins police force to be near her latest beau. after an amusingly grueling training session she goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of confidence tricksters headed by willis .
working with the british secret service on an undercover mission, maisie dobbs is sent to hitler s germany in this thrilling tale of danger and intrigue the twelfth novel in jacqueline winspear s new york times bestselling series that seems to get better with each entry (wall street journal) .
final maisie film sees maisie (ann sothern) ripped off by a con artist. she files a report with the police and mustachioed police lieutenant barry nelson thinks she' s a natural detective. so he talks her into joining the police academy and learning to be a cop. this leads to one of the more amusing segments of the movie, where maisie learns self defense. after becoming a cop, maisie goes undercover to help stop a phony psychic (leon ames). the maisie series comes to an end with a pleasant, enjoyable episode. sothern is great as usual. dependable leon ames is good as the fake psychic. barry nelson, here sporting a risible mustache, is ok. maisie' s love interests in these movies never seemed to match her charisma and nelson is no exception. i enjoyed the maisie series a lot. they' re simple, fun stories with the adorable ann sothern at her most lovable .
maisie revere (ann sothern) decides to join the los angeles police force. this she does primarily to be near her latest beau, lt. paul scott (barry nelson). after an amusingly grueling training session, our heroine goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of confidence tricksters, headed by phony swami willis farnes (leon ames) .
undercover maisie is very much of its period. i can see why it was popular in 1947, but later crime comedies are more sophisticated. still, it would be of interest to those who like period movies, or who want to see what l. a. looked like then, and how people dressed and the cars they drove .
a strong end of the series. maisie ends up working for the police department bunco squad. the bunco squad works at busting con games. maisie is perfect with her street - smarts and gutsy personality .
this is brave cancer survivor maisie dury comparing hats and giving no - nonsense budget advice to ed balls .
after graduating college maisie becomes involved both professionally and personally joe morton, who' s just developed a revolutionary helicopter .
maisie was diagnosed with a central neurocytoma tumour in the centre of her brain in 2007 - and underwent major surgery .
showgirl maisie ravier finds herself once again out of work. she meets a wealthy playboy who hires her to be his family' s new maid. maisie soon finds herself trying to mend the family' s... see full summary »
chorus girl maisie (ann sothern) helps a los angeles police detective (barry nelson) catch a gang of con artists .
it is great to have maisie, sandra and billie back in the old office working on investigations again. feels like the book is back on track. world war ii has started and for all the veterans of wwi and their families it is a difficult time. dr. francesca thomas of the belgium embassy and secret service has hired maisie to solve a murder of a belgium refugee from wwi. then three more murders occur of people maisie has spoken to during the investigation. maisie has also taken in some children into t
ah, maisie! ! i was so glad to finally get my hands on a new maisie dobbs, and i was not disappointed! time continues to pass and now britain is on the cusp of another war! for maisie and many of her friends and co - workers, the last war was the worst thing ever, but now mr hitler wants to rule the world. maisie is contacted by an old acquaintance in the secret service and asked to look into a murder that may not be receiving all the attention it deserves from the police, who are understandably bu
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 bit her lip. she had learned that sometimes it was best to let words die of their own accord, rather than fight them. ”
jacqueline winspear’s maisie dobbs is one of the most creatively written characters in fiction today, and in this grave hour is an outstanding addition to the series. the story begins on september 3, 1939, the day great britain officially declared war on germany thereby formally entering world war 2. when maisie returns home that evening, a secret service agent is waiting to hire maisie to find the murderer of a man who had escaped occupied belgium during the great war. this investigation leads
after setting the two previous books in other countries, winspear puts maisie back in london where she started 20 years ago with the cast of characters we have come to know and love. this books starts with maisie gathered with her friend priscilla and family around the radio as mcmillan declares war on germany on september 3, 1939. at the forefront of this story are the murders of belgian refugees who immigrated to britain during wwi. maisie is contracted by a woman she' s worked with before from
during her london trip, maisie also met actress sheila hancock – whose grandson jack survived a brain tumour – and sat in the same chair as her idol ed sheeran .
yes, and no... though each maisie dobbs book follows the story line of a discrete, standalone mystery, i really (really, really) recommend you read them from the beginning, if only to see maisie' s character development. there are also a lot of reoccurring characters, each with their own backstory with maisie (13 books' worth of backstory, to be exact !). you might miss a lot of the subtext that makes these books so freaking great. (less )
maisie ravier finds herself stranded in an arizona ghost town with a family of migrant dust bowl refugees. the ghost town, it turns out, may have a gold mine .
easy going crime book based at at the start of ww2 with several people killed by similar methods and maisie is employed to find the killer and the connections between each victim .
maisie dobbs is hired by a member of the belgian embassy in this 13th installment of the series. a belgian refugee has been murdered and the embassy wants more of an investigation than the police are providing. things are in turmoil in london as germany and england are preparing to go to war yet again. as long time readers know, the series started at the end of wwi where maisie had served as a combat nurse in france. now war is back in the picture. as maisie' s investigation progresses, she disc
i had skipped the last two of the maisie dobbs series that venture into foreign lands, mainly because of the reviews, but had read the previous ten. now maisie is back in london with her private investigations and her old cohorts at hand. it did feel a little like old home week when one after the other familiar characters appear. i had been brought up to speed on maisie' s personal situation from the reviews - how she had lost her husband and unborn child, which a lot of readers were upset about
yes, and no... though each maisie dobbs book follows the story line of a discrete, standalone mystery, i really (really, really) recommend you read …more
the last few maisie dobbs books have found maisie in germany and spain, away from her friends and family, trying to heal from a horrible tragedy. the latest book, in this grave hour, maisie is back in london and back to work as a private investigator and psychologist. that means that the characters we have grown to love - her assistants billy and sandra, her father and stepmother brenda, best friend priscilla and pris' husband and sons - are back too. they were sorely missed. as the story opens in 1
i noticed in the opening credits that
undercover maisie
was written by a woman (thelma robinson), which probably accounts for the strong feminist stance of the movie: even at the end, when the conventions of the genre demand that maisie get kidnapped and imprisoned by the villains, she fights them - ultimately successfully - all by herself, putting her self - defense training to practical use. but while this aspect of the film is fun to watch, the film itself is plodding and, at a full 90 minutes, too long (this kind of programmer usually works better at around an hour). maisie has a few (too few !) memorable lines (
my head... . my hand... . my knees !
), but the best line in the film, and a quite suggestive one at that, is by far the last one, belonging to barry nelson, which is worth sitting around for. * * out of 4 .
jacqueline winspear continues to hone her skills and develop her characters. this book opens at the start of britain' s declaration of war in 1939. maisie is hired by a former colleague who holds dual citizeship - - belgium and the u. k. a man living in england, a past belgium refugee from wwi who' d made his permanent home in london, has been murdered. the yard hasn' t made much progress is solving the case, so maisie is asked to take it on. there is a hint that other murders might follow if maisie
a female investigator every bit as brainy and battle - hardened as lisbeth salander .
— maureen corrigan, npr' s fresh air, on maisie dobbs sunday september 3rd 1939. at the moment prime minister neville chamberlain broadcasts to the nation britain’s declaration of war with germany, a senior secret service agent breaks into maisie dobbs' flat to await her return. dr. france
the last of mgm' s 10
maisie
frolics released between 1939 and 1947, this film was the only installment which failed to net a contemporary new york times review. see more »
maisie returned to her fife home yesterday to make dozens of cakes as she prepare for ‘wear a hat’ fundraising day on friday 27 march and she revealed the london trip had left her very tired .
maisie barricades herself in her guest room and leaves early the next morning. when she finally arrives at the café, 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 and her team are back doing what they do best... ... investigating murder. lots of new wwii storylines opened for future books. this one recharged my enthusiasm for the series .
parting company with her on - stage partner professor orco partly due to the job being potentially hazardous to her health, streetwise but kind - hearted vaudeville performer maisie ravier, in... see full summary »
the premise was a stretch, but the overall movie was funny and cute. my favorite was the last scene... . i was laughing so hard and shouting ,
get' em maisie !
traveling into the heart of nazi germany, maisie encounters unexpected dangers and finds herself questioning whether it s time to return to the work she loved. but the secret service may have other ideas... .
the british government is not alone in its interest in maisie s travel plans. her nemesis the man she holds responsible for her husband s death has learned of her journey, and is also desperate for her help .
streetwise but kind - hearted maisie ravier has put her vaudeville life behind her, but not its associated outward good looks, flash and glamor. trying to get to new york for a job, she instead gets stranded in los angeles literally with only the clothes on her back. lt. paul scott of the lapd bunco squad sees in maisie what he believes would be assets to his team. paul is eventually able to convince his boss, captain mead, that he is not interested in her on a romantic basis, and as such, maisie is placed on the fast track program through the necessary training. during the training, maisie learns that paul is a hard - nosed, straight laced and outwardly unfeeling man, where she finds officer chip dolan, who was formerly in bunco and is trying to get back into the squad, is more a kindred soul. if maisie is able to make it through the training, she may get to work on the case of fortune teller who is swindling people out of vast sums of money, but not through the fortune readings in and ...
street - smart maisie from brooklyn lands a job at an airplane assembly plant during wwii and falls in love with handsome pilot
breezy
mclaughlin. breezy, however, falling in love with and... see full summary »
streetwise but kind - hearted maisie ravier has put her vaudeville life behind her, but not its associated outward good looks, flash and glamor. trying to get to new york for a job, she... see more »
streetwise but kind - hearted maisie ravier has put her vaudeville life behind her, but not its associated outward good looks, flash and glamor. trying to get to new york for a job, she... see full summary »
young undefeated boxer terry dolan, who' s been lying to his invalid mother about his career, confides to maisie that he hates and is terrified by boxing and wants out. not wanting to let... see full summary »
as war is declared in britain, maisie dobbs' finds herself investigating the death of an belgian expat living in england. dr. francesca thomas who works in intelligence and is original belgian hires her on the part of the belgian embassy but as maisie digs deeper into the case she begins to wonder what dr. thomas is hiding from her. the longer she investigates the more bodies start to pile up, all belgian expats who came to england during wwi and settled down there. while trying to figure out the thread connecting the murder victims maisie must also help out at her family home when a little girl name anna is staying but has trouble telling anyone anything about where she' s from. this was my first maisie dobbs and i don' t think choosing to start on the thirteenth book was the best. i actually hadn' t know it was a series. the mystery was solid but i thought the ending was kind of dumb ,
maisie - who was diagnosed with a brain tumour when she was just two - years - old - was among patients and their families, carers, scientists and charities who presented a new manifesto from the charity brain tumour research to mps .
i read this earc courtesy of harper books and edelweiss. pub date 03 / 14 / 17 well, maisie dobbs is at it again. traipsing all over the country and then across the continent trying to make sense of, and find the connection between, men who seem to find themselves dead. murdered. in a horrible, almost executionary style. of course, we know that in the end, maisie will be victorious. but getting there is more than half the fun .
in this grave hour is the latest in the maisie dobbs series. we have read about her developing an investigator practice after being a nurse in world war i. in the latest books we have witnessed her personal tragedy and how she rebuilds her life. the next war is approaching and winspear’s latest books have communicated the dread the citizens in britain could have been feeling. now war is declared and people are moving into motion. maisie is caught up in murders that are related to the last war, w
as war is declared in britain, maisie dobbs' finds herself investigating the death of an belgian expat living in england. dr. francesca thomas who works in intelligence and is original belgian hires her on the part of the belgian embassy but as maisie digs deeper into the case she begins to wonder what dr. thomas is hiding from her. the longer she investigates the more bodies start to pile up, all belgian expats who came to england during wwi and settled down there. while trying to figure out the
maisie is overworked at her defense job and is ordered to take a two week vacation. when she meets tommy, he offers her a job singing with his band in reno, but she has to get there on her... see full summary »
the next morning the family is informed that their gold vein is worthless, and the disappointed davis family get ready to go back onto the road, looking for work elsewhere. maisie explains to bill that they never came to find a fortune, but to survive because they had nowhere else to go. bill takes pity on the poor family and offers them to irrigate some land in a nearby valley with water from his estate, so that they can stay and become farmers. maisie then leaves to find her own fortune .
loved it. great storyline, superb characters, all the emotion. the problem with these maisie dobbs books is that i want to read them quickly to see what happens, but then am so upset that i have to wait so long for the next book !
on the day britain enters world war ii, private detective maisie dobbs gets a visit from her old colleague, dr. francesca thomas. francesca, a belgian national, asks maisie to investigate the death of frederick addens - a belgian refugee who came to britain as a teenager during world war i... .. and never went home. instead, addens made a life in england and became a railway engineer. addens was shot in the head while kneeling, which seems like deliberate murder to francesca. however, detective chi
my love for maisie dobbs has never wavered. some books in this epic series are better than others, and this one is definitely a 4 - star book. she is sensible and compassionate and vastly intelligent. i always appreciate winspear' s historical details of the time period. when i first started this series, maisie was a teenager during the first world war, and now she is of middle age, closer to my age, and i relate to her much more. the murder mystery plot was clear and very interesting, and while th
vanessa said: “ed balls, sheila and jack were fantastic with maisie, she had a lot of fun meeting all of them. ed had a great laugh trying on the hats and it was great to meet someone like jack who has survived a tumour and moved on with his life. ”
it s early 1938, and maisie dobbs is back in england. on a fine yet chilly morning, as she walks towards fitzroy square a place of many memories she is intercepted by brian huntley and robert macfarlane of the secret service. the german government has agreed to release a british subject from prison, but only if he is handed over to a family member. because the man s wife is bedridden and his daughter has been killed in an accident, the secret service wants maisie who bears a striking resemblance to the daughter to retrieve the man from dachau, on the outskirts of munich .
review: ann sothern' s
maisie
series drew to a close after eight years with this 10th entry, in which the flippant blonde goes under cover with the los angeles police in order to finger a gang of confidence men. she' s nearly suspected of being a real gangster bef… (more )
barry nelson, 27 years old at the time but looking about 18 has a wispy mustache that needs to be seen to be believed. the idea seemed to be to try and make him look older as he plays a lieutenant detective on the bunco squad. ann sothern does her usual good job as maisie although at one point her characters age is mentioned as 25. that is stretching it a bit. it' s a shame this film was the last in the maisie series. they were starting to look and feel like bowery boys or abbott & costello movies by this time. cheap with a lot of good character actors .
maisie takes pity on the poor family who has been tricked to come to arizona, and persuades them to set up camp on bill' s 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 .
ann sothern' s
maisie
series drew to a close after eight years with this 10th entry, in which the flippant blonde goes under cover with the los angeles police in order to finger a gang of confidence men. she' s nearly suspected of being a real gangster before she manages to bring in the culprits .
on the way to an audition at the hula parlor café, singer maisie ravier (ann sothern) gets trouble with her car in the middle of nowhere in arizona. she manages to get to a ranch nearby, owned by a grumpy man named bill anders (lee bowman), who gets overly friendly during the night .
it' s early 1938, and maisie dobbs is back in england. on a fine yet chilly morning, as she walks towards fitzroy square - - a place of many memories - - she is intercepted by brian huntley and robert macfarlane of the secret service. the german government has agreed to release a british subject from... full description
this is a fun, fairly lighthearted movie. it' s part of a series of ten maisie movies. i saw them all on tcm but for some reason the ending of this one was cut off abruptly. thank goodness it was available on amazon; otherwise i would have been really upset and wondering what happened in the last few minutes. it would have driven me crazy !
my love for maisie dobbs has never wavered. some books in this epic series are better than others, and this one is definitely a 4 - star book. she is sensible and compassionate and vastly intelligent. i always appreciate winspear' s historical details of the time period. when i first started this series, maisie was a teenager during the first world war, and now she is of middle age, closer to my age, and i relate to her much more. the murder mystery plot was clear and very interesting, and while the big reveal was not too shocking, it wasn' t a given either. maudie' s relationships with her friends and family continue to grow, with the addition of a 5yo evacuee named anna. i suspect more complications in that relationship as the series and the war continue .
this book is the first that i have read in the series, and i wasn' t lost. the times that the author referred to earlier events, she gave plenty of details about it. i loved maisie. this woman is an established investigator with complicated war and personal backgrounds. the story is so well structured that i never guessed who the killer that she was investigating was. many thanks for the signed first edition provided by the publisher !
maisie joins the family in their search of gold, making a deal with the head of the family, bert davis (john f. hamilton). they dig for days without finding anything, but suddenly they strike upon a vein of gold. they report their finding and wait for the paperwork to be finished. meanwhile, a storm comes in over the ranch, destroying the family' s camp, forcing them to take refuge in bill' s house .
september 3, 1939. great britain declares war on germany and this novel begins. another excellent installment of the maisie dobbs series. the main story involves belgian refugees in england from the great war, but along the way we see the minutiae of the country preparing for another war. barrage balloons tied up over london (to make it difficult for low flying planes to enter the airspace, children being sent to the country to stay where it was deemed safer, and the return of women volunteering
i am always seduced into reading maisie dobbs' novels by the settings and the period but i am afraid that more often than not i am most disappointed. and this is the case with' in this grave hour'. it is an intense beginning as prime minister neville chamberlain broadcasts to the nation britain’s declaration of war with germany. it is also a poignant and touching ending as a young girl and her grandmother bond, but in between the story rambles around with not very much exciting happening. the tale
this is the latest in a steady stream of more than a dozen maisie dobbs mysteries to appear since 2003. it is my first encounter with this heroine, whose business card describes her as “psychologist and investigator” (which must have been an unusual combination in 1939 britain). i suspect that died - in - the - wool dobbs fans will also happily welcome back any number of familiar faces: billy, masie’s plain - speaking gumshoe assistant; sandra, her secretary (largely absent this time around, laid low by
originally published at reading reality welcome to the sitzkrieg, or as it was better known in britain, the phoney war. as this 13th book in the maisie dobbs series opens in the fall of 1939, britain declares war on nazi germany after its invasion of poland. then nothing happens. and nothing continues to happen for eight months, until germany invades france and the low countries (belgium, luxembourg, the netherlands) in may of 1940. but during the period of this book, nothing much happens on the wa
september 3, 1939. great britain declares war on germany and this novel begins. another excellent installment of the maisie dobbs series. the main story involves belgian refugees in england from the great war, but along the way we see the minutiae of the country preparing for another war. barrage balloons tied up over london (to make it difficult for low flying planes to enter the airspace, children being sent to the country to stay where it was deemed safer, and the return of women volunteering for the war effort. excellent .
i am amazed that maisie is now up to book 13 (14 actually as there is one more published that i have not read yet) and we have spanned all the time from the first great war to the beginning of the second. there is a lot of interesting historical fact in this book. i got goose bumps during the scene where they listen to neville chamberlain announcing the start of the war on the wireless. wireless - that' s a lovely word we do not use any more! also fascinating was the description of the hospital w
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a stranded showgirl joins the police force and risks her life to expose a phony psychic .
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i agree that it' s best to read the masie dobbs books in sequence - - although i' ve skipped a few and need to fill in the blanks: - (. the novels are a …more
i agree that it' s best to read the masie dobbs books in sequence - - although i' ve skipped a few and need to fill in the blanks: - (. the novels are a carefully - wrought continuous story and winspear excels at developing her characters' self - awareness, most notably masie' s, as the extended narrative over several decades evolves. (less )
, it just felt like the whole murder spree was unwarranted. i also found the whole story line with anna really boring, not sure why but i just didn' t care what was going to happen to the little girl, i really just wanted to know why people were being killed for leaving a country as refugees years ago. the writing was pretty good and the book seemed more historical accurate than most. though the book was a little dry for my tastes, not the biggest fan of political conspiracies and intelligence agencies or pending wars, i do think someone who likes historical fiction or mysteries could really like this one, especially someone more picky about accuracy. also maybe if i had read the other books i' d care more about the other characters but most of the time i just got annoyed when the plot moved away from the investigation .
this is a series that engaged my interest, my heart, and my mind from the very first book. although i waited a long time for this one to come available through the library on overdrive, it was definitely worth the wait. jacqueline winspear’s writing is exceptionally good. at first i thought maybe this could be read as a standalone, but to be honest, one would miss so much of the bonding experience with all the characters, their backgrounds, and how they all connected without reading the whole set
this series is like a comforting bowl of porridge for me. i like the historical details, and it' s been interesting finding out little things about how england came out of the first world war in the first book in this series, all the way to this book, with england entering the second world war .
it' s okay, but not up to her other books which were solid 5 - stars. i know i' m in the minority here, which is okay, but i personally found the story line rather boring and tedious. in the past i could read her books in a day or two. i found myself putting this book aside often. the wrap - up was contrived and kind of a let - down. the only bright spot for me was the anna storyline. i do look forward to her next book as i love the characters .
i have enjoyed each addition to this wonderful series, which often leaves me thoughtful, or touches me in some way. this volume caused me to think about the way we behave during a time of grieving, and most particularly on how humor can provide a brief respite from the heavy burden of deep sorrow. in the story, wwii is declared and there is grim news each day of death and destruction, which sows seeds of fear of what is to come next. so, it is with almost incredulous wonder that one character ta
absolutely masterful. a perfect build on the series - - which continues to be a great combination that gets better with each book .
i really enjoy history and mysteries. combining the two is perfect. i get to be engaged and interested while maybe learning a thing or two. in this case, i learned about some things that went on during wwi and wwii .
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jacqueline winspear was born and raised in the county of kent, england. following higher education at the university of london’s institute of education, jacqueline worked in academic publishing, in higher education and in marketing communications in the uk. she emigrated to the united states in 1990, and while working in business and as a personal / professional coach, jacqueline embarked upon a li
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