My Little Margie

My Little Margie

1952
My Little Margie
My Little Margie

My Little Margie

7.7 | NR | en | Comedy

My Little Margie is an American situation comedy starring Gale Storm and Charles Farrell that alternated between CBS and NBC from 1952 to 1955.

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EP39  Margie's Elopement
May. 25,1955
Margie's Elopement

Margie helps the daughter of one of Vern's clients elope against her father's wishes. Vern thinks it is Margie who has eloped.

EP38  Vern's Butterflies
May. 18,1955
Vern's Butterflies

Margie tricks Vern into going on vacation by telling him a prospective client is at the hotel she has chosen for his rest.

EP37  Margie's Baseball Player
May. 11,1955
Margie's Baseball Player

Margie tries to help Vern get a contract with the owner of a baseball club.

EP36  Countess Margie
May. 04,1955
Countess Margie

Margie switches identities with a countess who wants to test her boyfriend's motives.

EP35  Matinee Idol
Apr. 27,1955
Matinee Idol

Margie gets involved with an actor who is trying to make his leading lady jealous and the leading lady uses Vern for the same purpose.

EP34  Papa and Mambo
Apr. 20,1955
Papa and Mambo

Mr. Honeywell has promised Vern that he will step down and give Vern the presidency of the company, but when the time comes, he's not ready to retire. He says that if Vern gets a contract with an important client, he will step down, but if Mr. Honeywell himself gets it, he will remain president. Vern agrees, but Mr. Honeywell tricks Margie into working against her father.

EP33  Margie's Recipe
Apr. 13,1955
Margie's Recipe

Vern tries to impress a prospective client by having Margie cook a fancy dinner. When Margie learns he heads a local opera company, she decides she wants to sing for him.

EP32  The Big Telecast
Apr. 06,1955
The Big Telecast

Margie lets a group of circus performers stay at the Albright apartment, unaware that Vern has arranged to be interviewed there on live television.

EP31  Mr. Uranium
Mar. 30,1955
Mr. Uranium

Vern and Margie set out to locate a reclusive man who has a uranium claim. Vern thinks he has found the right man, but it turns out it's actually another man with whom Vern has been fighting.

EP30  Corpus Delecti
Mar. 23,1955
Corpus Delecti

Freddie has a new job working for a private eye and when he and Margie find a murderer's diary in an old trunk they decide to investigate. The trail ends up leading them to one of Vern's clients.

EP29  Margie's New Boyfriend
Mar. 16,1955
Margie's New Boyfriend

Vern tells Margie that Freddie is too much of a weakling and she should find a real man. Her answer is to come home with an obnoxious Marine judo expert, which makes Vern long for the presence of the once-hated Freddie.

EP28  Vern's Flying Saucer
Mar. 09,1955
Vern's Flying Saucer

Margie messes up a live TV show sponsored by one of Vern's clients and Vern and Mr. Honeywell end up thinking aliens have landed when they wander onto a science fiction set.

EP27  Las Vegas Story
Mar. 02,1955
Las Vegas Story

In Las Vegas, Margie gambles in a client's casino as a favor to the man's niece. When he gets suspicious of her winning streak, Margie hides out in a masked beauty contest.

EP26  Hawaii Story
Feb. 23,1955
Hawaii Story

When a client of Vern's prefers younger men, Margie has to pretend she is 12 years old.

EP25  Make Up Your Mind
Feb. 16,1955
Make Up Your Mind

Margie and Mrs. Odetts try to convince a client to make a trip to Hawaii because they will also get to go along.

EP24  Too Many Ghosts
Feb. 09,1955
Too Many Ghosts

In England, Margie tries to help a client sell one of his castles. However, the prospective buyer only wants it if it is haunted, so Margie has to provide the ghosts too.

EP23  Vern's Mother-In-Law
Feb. 02,1955
Vern's Mother-In-Law

Vern tells the story of how he married Margie's mother and was hired by Honeywell & Todd.

EP22  Mardi Gras
Jan. 26,1955
Mardi Gras

Margie and Vern go to New Orleans during Mardi Gras where a prospective client asks their help in getting his obnoxious brother-in-law to leave.

EP21  The Unexpected Guest
Jan. 19,1955
The Unexpected Guest

When Mr. Honeywell lends the Albright's apartment to a client and then Margie and Vern return unexpectedly, they are forced into pretending they are the maid and butler.

EP20  Murder in Bermuda
Jan. 12,1955
Murder in Bermuda

While vacationing in Bermuda with her father, Margie thinks she has witnessed a murder, but no one will believe her.

EP19  Miss Whoozis
Jan. 05,1955
Miss Whoozis

Margie gets a job modeling clothes for a fashion designer. When she wants to date the photographer, she breaches her contract by posing for another campaign. The designer is outraged, and what she doesn't realize is that he is one of Vern's clients. She then must try to hide the fact that she is Vern's daughter in order to save her father's contract with him.

EP18  Margie's Client
Dec. 29,1954
Margie's Client

Vern and Mr. Honeywell tell Margie they want her help getting a client to renew his contract, when what they are really hoping is that she will mess things up so much that he will cancel.

EP17  The New Neighbor
Dec. 22,1954
The New Neighbor

Margie takes a job with her new neighbor, an inventor, so she can pay for a mink coat she bought.

EP16  Subconcious Approach
Dec. 15,1954
Subconcious Approach

Margie tries to make Vern stand up to Mr. Honeywell by playing records with messages on them while he sleeps. Vern catches on and teaches her a lesson by pretending it worked and he got fired.

EP15  Operation Rescue
Dec. 08,1954
Operation Rescue

Margie tries to help Vern get out of a romance by pretending the family is insane. The only problem is, she mistakes a woman client for the girlfriend and endagers Vern's business deal.

EP14  San Francisco Story
Dec. 01,1954
San Francisco Story

In San Francisco, Vern's rival tricks Margie into interfering in a Chinese family feud, not realizing one of the men is Vern's client.

EP13  Vern's Winter Vacation
Nov. 24,1954
Vern's Winter Vacation

Margie poses as Freddie's bride after he wins a trip to Palm Beach by using a phony story.

EP12  Big Chief Vern
Nov. 17,1954
Big Chief Vern

Margie gets carried away with flying lessons. To distract her, Vern plants a fake map which supposedly leads to an Indian gold mine in Mrs. Odetts' trunk.

EP11  Switzerland Story
Nov. 10,1954
Switzerland Story

Vern and Margie try desparately to locate a client. They rush to Switzerland thinking they have found him at a chess match, but it turns out to be the man's 10-year-old brother.

EP10  A Job for Freddie
Nov. 03,1954
A Job for Freddie

Vern thinks Freddie takes too much money from Margie. He tells Margie if Freddie keeps a job for one week he will double her allowance, if not, he won't give her any. Margie gets Freddie a job in a restaurant and then tries to help him keep it.

EP9  Shipboard Story
Oct. 27,1954
Shipboard Story

Margie wants Vern to take her to London. When he refuses, she hires a man to pretend they are going to elope as soon as Vern leaves.

EP8  Convention Story
Oct. 20,1954
Convention Story

At a Miami convention, Vern is dating a man's daughter so he will vote for Mr. Honeywell in an election. Margie and Roberta misunderstand and conspire to break the pair up.

EP7  The Do-Gooder
Oct. 13,1954
The Do-Gooder

Margie tries to prove to Vern that she isn't spoiled by doing a good deed, but ends up getting involved in secret Air Force mission.

EP6  Real George
Oct. 06,1954
Real George

When a man who wants to date Margie and accidentally gets the wrong name, Mrs. Odetts thinks she has a secret admirer.

EP5  Parrot Gold
Sep. 29,1954
Parrot Gold

Mr. Honeywell is made trustee of an eccentric millionaire's fortune, but doesn't know where the money is hidden. He enlists the help of Vern and Margie in finding the money.

EP4  Star of Khyber
Sep. 22,1954
Star of Khyber

Margie tries to help a private detective find a maharaja's stolent jewel, but only succeeds in making everyone think she's involved in the theft.

EP3  Vern's Guilty Feeling
Sep. 15,1954
Vern's Guilty Feeling

When Vern feels Margie isn't coming to him with her problems, she makes up a phony story about being jilted.

EP2  The All American
Sep. 08,1954
The All American

Vern refuses to take Margie along on a trip to sign up a football player, but Margie just happens to run into him right here at home.

EP1  Kangaroo Story
Sep. 01,1954
Kangaroo Story

Roberta is trying to convince her visiting father that New York is a respectable place to live. Things go awry because Freddie just happens to be babysitting a kangaroo in the Albright's apartment.

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7.7 | NR | en | Comedy | More Info
Released: 1952-06-16 | Released Producted By: Roland Reed Productions , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
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My Little Margie is an American situation comedy starring Gale Storm and Charles Farrell that alternated between CBS and NBC from 1952 to 1955.

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Gale Storm , Charles Farrell , Gertrude Hoffmann

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scopitone Have to give My Little Margie a 10 as I find myself laughing out loud several times per episode. Something about a top notch cast of talented / seasoned veterans willing to take prat-falls, being chased by monkeys and donning disguises strictly for the sake of laughter that brings out a refreshing charm. Every character is genuinely funny and love the way each one at times can be pivotal to the storyline or just appear supplying funny fuel to the shenanigans. Plus the show features a multi-generational cast of silly heads who eventually all get into hot water, eat crow and make situations worse by trying to be smart. Even though these characters may be stereotypical, knucklehead father, grouchy cheapskate boss, goofy unemployed boyfriend, feisty old neighbor (the amazing Gertrude Hoffman as Mrs. Odettes), suspicious girlfriend and Margie (always in need of money and a larger allowance) I find these characters and the show itself more honest and well rounded than most TV shows broadcast today .....including dramas. Seems many shows today are focused on it lead stars, same age group, with little character support from others. My Little Margie mixes it up and provides laughter from a creative ensemble of goof-balls and high spirited interaction amongst them. Priceless joy and enjoying these airings on RTV.
Jay Raskin I was born in 1953, so I was not old enough to watch the series when it originally aired from 1952 to 1956, yet I remember most of the episodes, so I must have seen them in reruns in the late 50's and early 60's.I've watched about a dozen of them this week since hearing that Gail Storm passed away last week. I've been surprised by the variable quality. Some of them are ridiculous and poorly written, while others are masterful gems, as clever and inventive as any comedy series that has been on television.So far I've noticed that one episode is almost the pilot for the Beverly Hillbillies (including the use of the name Ellie Mae for the daughter), while other episodes seem to play riffs on crime, detective, Captain Midnight and quiz shows.When we are children, we don't know what the world outside our home and school is really like (at least that was the case growing up in the 1950's). I found the world on "My Little Margie" to be quite realistic when I was a child. She wasn't famous, she wasn't rich, and nobody ever got killed or died. So it was like the real world to me. Although people got punched in the world of Margie more frequently than occurred in the real world (generally about two times per episode).Margie was easily able to fool people with virtually any disguise she chose from episode to episode. However, that seemed realistic to me. For some reason I figured the world would be that way when I grew up. I would put on disguises to fool and trick people into doing things they would ordinarily refuse to do. I am sorry that I grew up and found that the world is not like the world in "My Little Margie". People are not easily tricked and I have never found an occasion to pretend to be anything but what I am.When I watch the show now, I remember myself being 5 or 6 or 7 and watching and enjoying it. It brought much joy to me then and does so now 50 years later.Everybody in the cast is a delight and has great comic timing, which I suspect is to the credit of the director Hal Yates.Of the three top women stars of 1950's American television, Lucille Ball, Joan Davis and Gail Storm, we should remember that Lucy and Joan were in their 40's, while Gail Storm was only 30 when her show started. While I thought that Lucy and Joan would make great moms, Gail was the woman who I really wanted as a wife-girlfriend-playmate. She was my first crush. She often acted the wild child, but could also play sophisticated and sexy really well.I would love it if someone came out with the full series on DVD. I think it would be the only full series that I would want to watch all 140 episodes again.
aimless-46 The 126 episodes of the screwball situation comedy "My Little Margie" originally ran from 1952-1955 CBS and NBC. The "Vci Video" release "My Little Margie-Vol. #1" contains six of these episodes (150 minutes). I have listed them below with their original airdates. Rather than six consecutive episodes these span the entire time period that the show ran. The characters are somewhat strange for the period as back then sitcoms were almost entirely about traditional nuclear families (Ricardos, Nelsons, Rileys, Andersons, etc.). This is a notable exception as it features Gale Storm as 21-year old Margie Albright who lives with her widowed father Vern (Charles Farrell). Vern is the standard ineffectual dad of the 1950's. He works for an investment firm and is very much under the thumb of his boss George Honeywell (Clarence Kolb). Their working relationship is very much like the Darrin Stevens- Larry Tate one in "Bewitched" as Vern panders shamelessly to Mr. Honeywell and to the firm's perspective clients. This dynamic makes for some nice comic moments. Vern also spends a lot of time searching for romance and when Margie is not causing him embarrassment she is trying to keep him out of trouble with the ladies. Some of the best episodes have Margie teaming up with Mrs. Odetts (their busybody neighbor played by Gertrude Hoffman) to keep Vern from falling for the legion of wily widows in their town. Margie has a boyfriend, Freddie Wilson (Don Hayden) but if there ever was a romantic side to their relationship the spark went out when the series began. Part of the problem is that Storm was 30 years old when the series started and dressed like a teenager trying to affect a grown-up look. This got worse with each year and I did not really appreciate Storm until she started acting her age in her next series, "The Gale Storm Show" (a/k/a "Oh, Susanna"). Volume # includes: Margie's Phantom Lover 28 Oct 1953, The Missing Link 25 October 1952, Hillbilly Margie 12 Feb 1953, Vern's Mother-In-Law 2 Feb 55, Trapped Freddy 12 March 1953, Buried Treasure 2 April 1953. Then again, what do I know? I'm only a child.
timmauk They don't make them this sweet and pure anymore. Even "Family Matters' and "Full House" weren't as innocent as this show. This starred former "B movie" queen Gale Storm and major Silent Screen star Charles Farrell. They make quite a TV pair those two, almost like a husband and wive, but they're father and daughter. Get this, they spent ALL their vacations together which is kind of weird even back in the 50's. Gale Storm plays Margie Albright. Margie is nearly 30, not married, no job, lives at home, AND still getting an allowance! She spends her time whining about how little money she gets, scheming to find ways of making more money or helping her Dad out of a jam. All this usually gets her into a jam. Her Father, Vern Albright, is played by Charles Farrell. He works for Honeywell & Todd, an investment firm. Vern is always getting the firm new clients and trying to become a partner in the business. Mr Honeywell will not let that happen. How about Mr Todd?? You never get to see him. There is a cast of characters to add to the fun. Hilary Brooks(The Enchanted Cottage, Fuller Brush Man,...) as Vern's on/off girlfriend, Don Hayden as Margie's on/off boyfriend, and Gertrude Hoffman as crazy old Mrs. Odetts. I use to watch this show when I was a kid. They showed repeats of it after church on Sundays. I thought it was neat how they started off the show with their pictures talking. My husband thinks the show is one of the best ever made and laughs like crazy when we watch his "My Little Margie" VHS box sets(!). I think that the show is an interesting and sweet, and that my husband needs to get out more......