Review(s): DVD My Little Margie - DVD Collection #1
Childhood Memories
Really enjoyed these DVD's, they reminded me of when I was a youngster. Thanks for the memories.
First-rate Comedy from Televisions Golden Age
I proudly own both DVD collections, & am eager for more! I've spent an entire Sunday watching a good portion of the episodes contained on these DVD's. Gale Storm & Charles Farrell are excellent in this series & have a fine chemistry that is apparent in this sitcom.
Gertrude Hoffman is also a treat as Mrs. Odetts, always dragging Margie into another of her screwball schemes. That Mrs. Odetts is one agile & feisty old Lady. LOL.
As all 195o's sitcoms, it's a bit dated, but still manages to hold up quite well, even today. I'd gladly take this show over all of the garbage on the tube today. To me, it's a timeless time capsule to the infancy of tv comedy when comedy was truly funny & didn't need to resort to tactics of vulgarity to get a laugh. My Little Margie was & still is funny & highly entertaining. Hopefully season sets will be put out at some point, this series deserves to be put back into mainstream syndication on Television as well, rather than to sit on a shelf collecting dust somehwere.
All who feel the same about wanting to see upcoming DVD releases of this series, please register & cast your vote at the following link...
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Chloe
The 3rd rock of 1952
Usually you look back at old programs like the Lone Ranger and think how hokey they were. Then you realize that you, being a kid at the time could enjoy them as they were.
Then there is "Topper" the TV show. It was one big smoking commercial.
Well I sort of counted on this happening with "My Little Margie" (Gale Storm.) Boy was I surprised. The plots are complex for the small period of time they have to execute in. Hokey or not they had me laughing. And Price per pound, you get so many episodes. I am working my way through them all and find some how they are comforting like an old friend. It is fun t spot the different actors in movies and say I saw that person on "My Little Margie."
After viewing, I will put them on the shelf and they look good as a collection.
Related DVD's My Little Margie - DVD Collection #1
Usually you look back at old programs like the Lone Ranger and think how hokey they were. Then you realize that you, being a kid at the time could enjoy them as they were.
Then there is "Topper" the TV show. It was one big smoking commercial.
Well I sort of counted on this happening with "My Little Margie" (Gale Storm.) Boy was I surprised. The plots are complex for the small period of time they have to execute in. Hokey or not they had me laughing. And Price per pound, you get so many episodes. I am working my way through them all and find some how they are comforting like an old friend. It is fun t spot the different actors in movies and say I saw that person on "My Little Margie."
After viewing, I will put them on the shelf and they look... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Hal Yates - Nate Watt DVD Release Date: Released the 19 December 2000 Usually ships in 24 hours
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All these episodes were funny, but the ones that were the funniest were not included in these. I hope there will be more in the future. More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Joan Davis DVD Release Date: Released the 24 February 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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ANN SOTHERN WAS ONE OF 'THE GREATS'...A TYPE of GIFT THAT HOLLYWODD HAS FORGOTTON HOW TO GRACE THE WORLD WITH. ANN (BORN HARRIET LAKE) WAS A REAL TALENT:COMIC GENIOUS,GLAM-QUEEN... WHEN 'GLAM' WAS ABOVE and FAR BEYOND THE STARVED - WAIF STATE IT HAS PLUMMETTED TO. ANN WAS A CLASS-ACT. SHE STARRED IN THE DELIGHTFUL 'MAISIE' FILM SERIES and LATER BROUGHT MAISIE TO RADIO. SHE WAS A MAJOR STAR FOR FOUR DECADES. SHE WAS JERRY VAN DYKE'S MOTHER-TURNED-1928-PORTER's VOICE IN 1960's SITCOM 'MY MOTHER THE CAR'....FUNNY,GLAMOUROUS,SMART,GORGEOUS & FUEL EFFIECIENT...WHAT MORE COULD A GUY ASK FOR? More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Ann Sothern DVD Release Date: Released the 31 May 2005 Usually ships in 6 to 8 days
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Alpha releases 4 more classic episodes from Ann Sothern's delightful sitcom PRIVATE SECRETARY. PRIVATE SECRETARY featured Ann Sothern as Susie Camille MacNamara, the secretary to New York talent mogul Peter Sands (Don Porter). However, Susie often gets confused as to the limitations of her job and gets frequently entangled in the lives of Peter and his clients. Snappy dialogue and great comic support is provided by Ann Tyrrell as Susie's workmate Vi Praskins. When the series later went into syndication, the title of the show was inexplicably changed to SUSIE.
With the following episodes (presented under the SUSIE title):
"Cat in a Hot Tin File" - Vi and Susie attempt to keep a stray cat in the office, despite Peter's important new client being allergic.
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I bought this DVD, because I had a vague recollection that I had loved this television series as a child. I also have always had a great liking for the actor Leo G. Carroll. Moreover, the price of the DVD seemed to be a bargain.
Based upon the characters created by Thorne Smith in his best selling book of the same name, this television series followed on the heels of the success of the Topper films that were made for the silver screen. The television series was also a hit and ran for several years during the nineteen fifties. I am not surprised at its success, given the quality of some of the writing. A number of the episodes were written by Stephen Sondheim, who later went on to greater fame and fortune. Mr. Sondheim's involvement in the television series was something of... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Leo G. Carroll DVD Release Date: Released the 21 October 2003 Usually ships in 24 hours
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