My Little Margie #19

When Margie Albright agrees to a horseback riding demonstration to purchase an outfit at a bridle path shop, she finds herself unexpectedly swept up in a runaway horse chase—complete with a thief desperate to make his getaway. As the criminal commandeers her mount and the situation spirals from one mishap to another, Margie has to think fast to turn the tables and save the day. A wild 1958 romp that proves even a reluctant rider can catch a crook when the stakes are high enough.

Margie pesters her father Vern into teaching her to drive the family car, but one wild ride convinces him to find someone else for the job—so she turns to their neighbor Joe and his peculiar new truck that rises and falls like an elevator. What follows is a hilarious series of mishaps as Margie discovers that operating Joe's vertical vehicle is far trickier than she bargained for, with disastrous results for everyone involved.

Margie Albright suspects that beauty contest judge Casanova P. Lombago is a fraud—unable to see the contestants clearly without his glasses—so she hatches a scheme to expose him by entering the competition herself. When her plan backfires and another contestant unexpectedly wins, Margie learns that sometimes the best revenge is letting someone else reap the rewards of their own dishonesty.

When Susie agrees to attend the masquerade ball with whoever shows up in the nicest costume, Dumbo and Goldwater each scheme to impress her with their outfits—one borrowing his family's ancestral armor, the other cobbling together a ragtag Revolutionary War soldier getup. Though Goldwater's shiny suit wins the judges' favor, a well-meaning locking gesture leaves him stuck rigid just as the dancing begins, giving Dumbo an unexpected second chance at the evening he'd been hoping for.

Margie Albright finds herself fascinated by the famously frightening actor Victor Mennis when he arrives in town, and she's determined to meet him at the train station. After a spirited encounter, she manages to smuggle the surprisingly mild-mannered villain into the theater—then brings him home to meet her father, Vern Albright, whose reaction to Mennis's sinister appearance sends the household into hilarious chaos. It takes all of Margie's scheming and negotiating to keep the peace between her startled dad and his unexpected houseguest.