Brooklyn showgirl Maisie gets stranded in the African jungle with a romantic doctor.Brooklyn showgirl Maisie gets stranded in the African jungle with a romantic doctor.Brooklyn showgirl Maisie gets stranded in the African jungle with a romantic doctor.
William Broadus
- Third Witch Doctor
- (uncredited)
Tom Farrell
- Sergeant
- (uncredited)
Joel Fluellen
- Native
- (uncredited)
Buddy Harris
- Second Witch Doctor
- (uncredited)
Darby Jones
- First Witch Doctor
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaThis film is based on the 1934 novel "Congo Landing" by Wilson Collison and is not a remake of Red Dust (1932). Although the two films are similar, and promotional material for Congo Maisie compared them, Red Dust was based on the 1928 play of the same name, also by Collison. The play was adapted in a second version as Mogambo (1953) with the setting changed from Indochina to Africa.
- GoofsWhen Dr. Shane is trying to hold off the natives at the end, Maisie comes out and does some magic tricks - a color-changing scarf, and cards appearing from nowhere. Dr. Shane tells her to do more, and she says that's all she has. Yet earlier, she was doing a trick with a disappearing ball. And later she comes out doing a water trick.
- Quotes
Dr. Michael Shane: Little girls that listen at keyholes don't go to heaven.
- ConnectionsFollowed by Gold Rush Maisie (1940)
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Maisie Goes Dramatic
Since it's a Maisie, I was expecting more of a comedy. But the laughs, such as they are, are secondary to a rather dramatic plot. Due to a series of mishaps, our girl ends up in a medical research station in darkest Africa. There she mingles with a strapping fellow refugee (Carroll), along with the current research doctor (Strudwick) and his classy wife (Johnson). In the background lurks a restive native tribe and their jealous witch doctors. Naturally, emotions wander while the natives grow more restless.
Sothern's brassy persona remains intact but with many more dramatic moments than usual for the series. And that's despite a really clever opening. Looks to me like the studio was still unsure of the series direction. Not so with the handsome Carroll, who's clearly a Clark Gable hopeful in both voice and manner, and getting a lot of screen time, to boot. Fortunately, Maisie gets some snappy lines, along with the movie's highlight where she out-performs the witch doctors with a magic act. And catch her slinky outfit that's a real eye-catcher. Too bad for Rita Johnson's rather dour and dowdy role as the neglected wife.
All in all, it's a well-mounted B-picture whose sets and effects reflect MGM's concern with quality. Nevertheless, the 71-minutes largely fails to show off Maisie's street-wise comedic appeal to best effect. The series would soon find a surer footing for that appeal.
Sothern's brassy persona remains intact but with many more dramatic moments than usual for the series. And that's despite a really clever opening. Looks to me like the studio was still unsure of the series direction. Not so with the handsome Carroll, who's clearly a Clark Gable hopeful in both voice and manner, and getting a lot of screen time, to boot. Fortunately, Maisie gets some snappy lines, along with the movie's highlight where she out-performs the witch doctors with a magic act. And catch her slinky outfit that's a real eye-catcher. Too bad for Rita Johnson's rather dour and dowdy role as the neglected wife.
All in all, it's a well-mounted B-picture whose sets and effects reflect MGM's concern with quality. Nevertheless, the 71-minutes largely fails to show off Maisie's street-wise comedic appeal to best effect. The series would soon find a surer footing for that appeal.
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- dougdoepke
- Mar 21, 2017
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- Boginja Konga
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- Runtime1 hour 11 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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