This Is Alice is an American television sitcom starring nine-year-old Patty Ann Gerrity. The program aired in first-run syndication from October 1958 to August 1959, distributed by the NTA Film Network.
Synopsis Alice Holliday is a precocious nine-year-old girl who lives in the fictional town of River Glen, Georgia (although some sources say the show was set in River Glen, New Jersey).This Is Alice, Nostalgia Central Accessed 4 March 2022 Alice is bright and bubbly and she means well, but no matter how well-intentioned she is, her efforts always seem to backfire, leading to comic adventures and making her the female equivalent and precursor of Dennis the Menace.
Alice's father, Chet Holliday, is a newspaperman. Her mother is Clarissa Mae Holliday, and her grandfather, a former Georgia peanut farmer, is known as "The Colonel." Alice attends River Glen Elementary School, where her best friend is Sally and she also is friends with "Soapy" Weaver — a frequent co-conspirator in her adventures — and Susan Gray.
Cast Alice Holliday...Patty Ann Gerrity Clarissa Mae Holliday...Phyllis Coates Chester ‘Chet’ Holliday...Tommy Farrell Sally...Kathy Garver Clarence ‘Soapy’ Weaver...Stephen Wootton The Colonel...Lucien Littlefield Susan Gray...Nancy DeCarl
Production This Is Alice was produced by National Telefilm Associates and filmed at Desilu Productions. Sidney Salkow created, produced, and directed the series. Production of the series halted in mid-1959.
Kathy Garver, who played Sally, later appeared on Family Affair.
Broadcast history Thirty-nine episodes were produced. The series ran in first-run syndication from October 1958 to August 1959. Previously broadcast episodes continued to air as late as July 1961.
Episode status All 39 episodes are held by the UCLA Film and Television Archive.UCLA Film and Television Archive
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This Is Alice opening credits on YouTube