Maisie Was a Lady (1941) on Netflix

Plot summary

Maisie Ravier, a showgirl, loses her carnival job as the Headless Woman when wealthy Bob Rawlston, who drinks heavily, causes the trouble. The two meet in court, where the judge orders Bob to hire Maisie for two months at the same wages. Rather than take money for nothing, she offers to work as a maid in the Rawlston mansion under Walpole, the butler. Her arrival coincides with a weekend party given by Bob's sister Abby to mark her engagement to Link Phillips. Abby is sweet and naive, out of step with the pretentious friends filling the house, and she longs for attention from her absent father, Cap, who sends money and gifts rather than come home. The guests mock Maisie for her lack of refinement, and Abby apologizes and takes her on as her personal maid.