My Little Margie #19

Margie Albright is pressured into riding a horse named Clarence to prove she can afford a new outfit, but her attempts to escape the ride only lead to increasingly chaotic mishaps. When she accidentally ends up on Clarence’s back during a wild ride through town, she’s mistaken for a thief—forcing her to stay mounted while the horse gallops uncontrollably.

Margie convinces her father, Vern, to let her learn to drive in their family car, but her first attempt ends in chaos when she accidentally activates the elevator lever instead of the brake. After a series of mishaps with Joe’s unusual truck—rising into the air, nearly crashing into trees, and nearly stealing a nest—Margie returns to her father, confident she’s ready to drive his car.

Margie convinces Vern to enter a beauty contest, only to sabotage the event by tricking the blind judge into crowning her as queen. When the judge’s poor vision leads to a ridiculous outcome, Margie must outwit the situation before the truth is revealed.

In a lighthearted teen humor tale, Susie must choose between two boys for the masquerade ball, each dressed in wildly mismatched costumes — Goldwater in borrowed family armor and Dumbo as a Revolutionary War soldier with a tin can and a rifle. As the competition heats up, a silly mishap with a lock and a lost key turns the contest into a comedic twist, leaving Susie to decide who gets to be her date.

Margie convinces her father, Vern, to meet Victor Mennis, a notorious horror movie star, at the train station—despite his fears, she’s thrilled to be scared by him. When Mennis arrives, he plays up his villainous persona, scaring everyone, but Margie enjoys every moment, even when he turns his act on her father.