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Margie (TV series)

Field	Value
image	Cynthia Pepper Margie 1962.JPG
caption	Cynthia Pepper as Margie
based_on	1946 film of the same name
developer	Hal Goodman
Larry Klein
runtime	30 minutes
starring	Cynthia Pepper
Penny Parker
Dave Willock
Wesley Tackitt
Tommy Ivo
producer	Hal Goodman
Larry Klein
theme_music_composer	Con Conrad
J. Russel Robinson
Benny Davis
composer	Warren Barker
company	20th Century Fox Television
country	United States
language	English
network	ABC
first_aired
last_aired
num_seasons	1
num_episodes	26

Larry Klein Penny Parker Dave Willock Wesley Tackitt Tommy Ivo Larry Klein J. Russel Robinson Benny Davis Margie is an American television sitcom starring Cynthia Pepper that was broadcast on ABC from October 12, 1961 to August 31, 1962.

Premise

Margie was set in the Roaring Twenties. Margie Clayton lived with her parents, a little brother, and an aunt. Maybelle Jackson (her best friend) was a flapper. Two boys, Heywood Batts and Johnny Green, vied for Margie's affection. The locale was Madison, a small town "somewhere in New England".

The series was adapted from the 1946 film of the same name. Larry Klein, one of the producers, said "We have preferred to create our own family and situations rather than rely on fixed characters created by someone else." Among the differences, the film had Margie living with her grandmother because her mother had died when the title character was a little girl.

Cast

Cynthia Pepper as Margie Clayton
Dave Willock as Harvey Clayton
Wesley Tackitt as Nora Clayton
Tommy Ivo as Haywood Botts
Penney Parker as Maybelle Jackson
Richard Gering as Johnny Green
Hollis Irving as Aunt Phoebe
Johnny Bangert as Cornell Clayton

Production

20th Century Fox Television produced ''Margie'''s 26 episodes. They were in black-and-white, and they included a laugh track. Crest toothpaste, Prell shampoo, and Ralston-Purina were among the sponsors.

William Self was the executive producer. Harry Goodman and Klein were the producers. Among the directors were Rod Amateau, Jack Donohue, Gene Reynolds, Don Richardson, James Sheldon, and Jack Sher.

The theme song was the "Margie" (1920) by Con Conrad, Benny Davis, and J. Russel Robinson.

Publications

Dell Publishing produced two issues of Margie comic books based on the TV series.

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
EpisodeNumber = 1	Title = The Vamp	DirectedBy = Jack Sher	WrittenBy = Hal Goodman & Larry Klein	1961	10	12}}

References

(2009). "The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present". Random House Publishing Group.
(2012). "Single Season Sitcoms, 1948-1979: A Complete Guide". McFarland.
(2010). "Lost Laughs of '50s and '60s Television: Thirty Sitcoms That Faded Off Screen". McFarland.

Wikipedia Source

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