Annette

The Newcomer (1x1)

Uitzenddatum: Feb 11, 1958

Annette Funicello gets her own serial on the third and final year of "The Mickey Mouse Club". The serial was based on Janette Sebring Lowrey's 1950 book "Margaret" and was filmed between November and December, 1957. This was the first installment, although the day before, on February 10, 1958, there was a special introduction to the serial to get kids interested. Annette McCloud, an orphaned teenager from rural Nebraska, shows up on the doorstep of her Uncle Archie and Aunt Lila in the town of Ashford. Her father has just passed and she needs a place to stay.