My Little Margie

My Little Margie is an American situation comedy starring Gale Storm and Charles Farrell that alternated between CBS and NBC from 1952 to 1955. The series was created by Frank Fox and produced in Los Angeles, California at Hal Roach Studios by Hal Roach, Jr. and Roland D. Reed.

My Little Margie premiered on CBS as the summer replacement for I Love Lucy on June 16, 1952, under the sponsorship of Philip Morris cigarettes (when the series moved to NBC for its third season in the fall of 1953, Scott Paper Company became its sponsor). In an unusual move, the series—with the same leads—aired original episodes on CBS Radio, concurrently with the TV broadcasts, from December 1952 through August 1955. Only 23 radio broadcasts are known to exist in recorded form.

Synopsis

Set in New York City, the series stars Gale Storm as 21-year-old Margie Albright and former silent film star Charles Farrell as her widowed father, 50-year-old Vern Albright. They share an apartment at the Carlton Arms Hotel. Vern Albright is the vice-president of the investment firm of Honeywell and Todd, where his bosses are George Honeywell (Clarence Kolb) and Todd (George Meader). Roberta Townsend (Hillary Brooke) is Vern's girlfriend, and Margie's boyfriend is Freddy Wilson (Don Hayden). Mrs. Odetts (played by Gertrude Hoffmann on TV, Verna Felton on radio) is the Albrights' next-door neighbor and Margie's sidekick in madcap capers reminiscent of Lucy and Ethel in I Love Lucy. When Margie realizes she has blundered or gotten into trouble, she makes an odd trilling sound. Michael Richards of Seinfeld cites this as the inspiration for the occasional odd vocal utterances of his character on the program.

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Gale Storm, TV Star of 'My Little Margie,' Dies at 87

The New York Times 30 Jun 2009

Gale Storm, the Texas-born actress who made wholesome perkiness a defining element of television's golden age on two hit sitcoms, "My Little Margie" and "The Gale Storm Show," died on Saturday in Danville, Calif ... Storm looked back on her greatest success, "My Little Margie," and the difficulties of doing a weekly series for several years.

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The Bloomington native starred in 'My Little Margie' and 'The Gale Storm Show.'

Austin American Statesman 29 Jun 2009

Before landing "My Little Margie" in 1952, Storm appeared in numerous movies opposite such stars as Roy Rogers, Eddie Albert and Jackie Cooper.

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Another celebrity mourned: Gale Storm, TV's 'My Little Margie'

The Examiner 29 Jun 2009

  "My Little Margie" from VCI ... She was best known as Margie Albright, also known as "My Little Margie", the wacky young daughter of widow Vern Albright, played by Charles Farrell ... Margie was a sort Lucy Ricardo with dark hair ... "My Little Margie" is available in two collections by VCI on DVD.

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Gale Storm, star of hit 1950s TV show 'My Little Margie' and several films, dead ...

Newsday 29 Jun 2009

FILE- This undated file photo shows Actress Gale Storm, whose wholesome appearance and perky personality made her one of early television's biggest stars on "My Little Margie" and "The Gale Storm Show ." ... Before landing the starring role in "My Little Margie" in 1952, Storm starred in numerous B movies opposite such stars as , and .

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My Little Margie star Gale Storm dies at 87

Houston Chronicle 28 Jun 2009

LOS ANGELES - Gale Storm, whose wholesome appearance and perky personality made her one of early television's biggest stars on "My Little Margie" and "The Gale Storm Show," has died at age 87 ... "My Little Margie" debuted on CBS as a summer replacement for "I Love Lucy" in 1952.