Molested by a tumbleweed as the coyotes howl, stranded Maisie faces being stuck in the middle of nowhere as she heads towards a singing job. Unfortunately, she never makes it, her car unfixable and the thought of a nearby gold rush tempting her to stay. Grizzled Lee Bowman gives her a hard time and you know romance may blossom because well, fighting men and women are really lovers in denial, at least in these old MGM comedies, especially when sassy Ann Sothern is involved. As usual, Sothern's Maisie takes over in solving everybody's problems in record time, moving on just like Dorothy after saving Oz from those wicked witches.
Sothern plays the role with much empathy as well as humor, showing she can hold her own with Bowman, yet with just a minimal shake of her head shows her sympathy for struggling mother Mary Nash whose daughter Virginia Wiedler she had earlier befriended. It's nice to see Nash in a sympathetic role, having been notoriously cruel to Shirley Temple in "Heidi". That old hound dog, Slim Summerville, plays Biwman's crabby companion, creating laughs simply by being miserable. It's a combination of comedy and drama, the funny scenes classic, and the dramatic elements as forced as those in MGM's other series, that one concerning the Hardy family. Still, there's no beating Maisie, pick in hand, taking a crack at mother earth
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