This Is Alice

This Is Alice is an American situation comedy 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). 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.