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Bright Star

1952

Bright Star

31 surviving broadcasts held in the archive

BRIGHT STAR Bright Star , also called The Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray Show , used big film stars to add to the appeal of the show and gain listeners. Best known for her films with Cary Grant, Irene Dunne left film action in 1952 to save her legacy as Hollywood’s First Lady. She had been nominated for five Academy awards in such films as The Awful Truth and Love Affair , but failed to win the award. Later President Eisenhower chose her to be the alternate U.N. delegate of the General Assembly in 1959. Though a prolific film actor through the 1930s and 1940s, Fred MacMurray is best known as Steve Douglas the patriarch on My Three Sons (1960-1972). A personal friend of Walt Disney, MacMurray starred in many Disney films including The Shaggy Dog , The Absent Minded Professor , and Son of Flubber . Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Bright_Star_Singles”; these recordings are in the public domain.

Source collection: OTRR_Bright_Star_Singles

The surviving run

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1952 · year only

No. 1

r (01) The Oil Swindle

Running time

26 min

BRIGHT STAR Bright Star , also called The Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray Show , used big film stars to add to the appeal of the show and gain listeners. Best known for her films with Cary Grant, Irene Dunne left film action in 1952 to save her legacy as Hollywood’s First Lady. She had been nominated for five Academy awards in such films as The Awful Truth and Love Affair , but failed to win the award. Later President Eisenhower chose her to be the alternate U.N. delegate of the General Assembly in 1959. Though a prolific film actor through the 1930s and 1940s, Fred MacMurray is best known as Steve Douglas the patriarch on My Three Sons (1960-1972). A personal friend of Walt Disney, MacMurray starred in many Disney films including The Shaggy Dog , The Absent Minded Professor , and Son of Flubber . Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Bright_Star_Singles”;

Transmission

1952 · year only

No. 2

r (02) Susan Runs For Mayor

Running time

26 min

BRIGHT STAR Bright Star , also called The Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray Show , used big film stars to add to the appeal of the show and gain listeners. Best known for her films with Cary Grant, Irene Dunne left film action in 1952 to save her legacy as Hollywood’s First Lady. She had been nominated for five Academy awards in such films as The Awful Truth and Love Affair , but failed to win the award. Later President Eisenhower chose her to be the alternate U.N. delegate of the General Assembly in 1959. Though a prolific film actor through the 1930s and 1940s, Fred MacMurray is best known as Steve Douglas the patriarch on My Three Sons (1960-1972). A personal friend of Walt Disney, MacMurray starred in many Disney films including The Shaggy Dog , The Absent Minded Professor , and Son of Flubber . Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Bright_Star_Singles”;

Transmission

1952 · year only

No. 3

r (03) Hillsdale Becomes Mumdad

Running time

26 min

BRIGHT STAR Bright Star , also called The Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray Show , used big film stars to add to the appeal of the show and gain listeners. Best known for her films with Cary Grant, Irene Dunne left film action in 1952 to save her legacy as Hollywood’s First Lady. She had been nominated for five Academy awards in such films as The Awful Truth and Love Affair , but failed to win the award. Later President Eisenhower chose her to be the alternate U.N. delegate of the General Assembly in 1959. Though a prolific film actor through the 1930s and 1940s, Fred MacMurray is best known as Steve Douglas the patriarch on My Three Sons (1960-1972). A personal friend of Walt Disney, MacMurray starred in many Disney films including The Shaggy Dog , The Absent Minded Professor , and Son of Flubber . Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Bright_Star_Singles”;

Transmission

1952 · year only

No. 4

r (04) Miss America Visits

Running time

26 min

BRIGHT STAR Bright Star , also called The Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray Show , used big film stars to add to the appeal of the show and gain listeners. Best known for her films with Cary Grant, Irene Dunne left film action in 1952 to save her legacy as Hollywood’s First Lady. She had been nominated for five Academy awards in such films as The Awful Truth and Love Affair , but failed to win the award. Later President Eisenhower chose her to be the alternate U.N. delegate of the General Assembly in 1959. Though a prolific film actor through the 1930s and 1940s, Fred MacMurray is best known as Steve Douglas the patriarch on My Three Sons (1960-1972). A personal friend of Walt Disney, MacMurray starred in many Disney films including The Shaggy Dog , The Absent Minded Professor , and Son of Flubber . Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Bright_Star_Singles”;

Transmission

1952 · year only

No. 5

r (05) George The Informer

Running time

26 min

BRIGHT STAR Bright Star , also called The Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray Show , used big film stars to add to the appeal of the show and gain listeners. Best known for her films with Cary Grant, Irene Dunne left film action in 1952 to save her legacy as Hollywood’s First Lady. She had been nominated for five Academy awards in such films as The Awful Truth and Love Affair , but failed to win the award. Later President Eisenhower chose her to be the alternate U.N. delegate of the General Assembly in 1959. Though a prolific film actor through the 1930s and 1940s, Fred MacMurray is best known as Steve Douglas the patriarch on My Three Sons (1960-1972). A personal friend of Walt Disney, MacMurray starred in many Disney films including The Shaggy Dog , The Absent Minded Professor , and Son of Flubber . Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Bright_Star_Singles”;

Transmission

1952 · year only

No. 6

r (06) The Crooked Carnival

Running time

26 min

BRIGHT STAR Bright Star , also called The Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray Show , used big film stars to add to the appeal of the show and gain listeners. Best known for her films with Cary Grant, Irene Dunne left film action in 1952 to save her legacy as Hollywood’s First Lady. She had been nominated for five Academy awards in such films as The Awful Truth and Love Affair , but failed to win the award. Later President Eisenhower chose her to be the alternate U.N. delegate of the General Assembly in 1959. Though a prolific film actor through the 1930s and 1940s, Fred MacMurray is best known as Steve Douglas the patriarch on My Three Sons (1960-1972). A personal friend of Walt Disney, MacMurray starred in many Disney films including The Shaggy Dog , The Absent Minded Professor , and Son of Flubber . Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Bright_Star_Singles”;

Transmission

1952 · year only

No. 7

r (10) The Boxer

Running time

27 min

BRIGHT STAR Bright Star , also called The Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray Show , used big film stars to add to the appeal of the show and gain listeners. Best known for her films with Cary Grant, Irene Dunne left film action in 1952 to save her legacy as Hollywood’s First Lady. She had been nominated for five Academy awards in such films as The Awful Truth and Love Affair , but failed to win the award. Later President Eisenhower chose her to be the alternate U.N. delegate of the General Assembly in 1959. Though a prolific film actor through the 1930s and 1940s, Fred MacMurray is best known as Steve Douglas the patriarch on My Three Sons (1960-1972). A personal friend of Walt Disney, MacMurray starred in many Disney films including The Shaggy Dog , The Absent Minded Professor , and Son of Flubber . Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Bright_Star_Singles”;

Transmission

1952 · year only

No. 8

r (11) Dramatic Lessons

Running time

26 min

BRIGHT STAR Bright Star , also called The Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray Show , used big film stars to add to the appeal of the show and gain listeners. Best known for her films with Cary Grant, Irene Dunne left film action in 1952 to save her legacy as Hollywood’s First Lady. She had been nominated for five Academy awards in such films as The Awful Truth and Love Affair , but failed to win the award. Later President Eisenhower chose her to be the alternate U.N. delegate of the General Assembly in 1959. Though a prolific film actor through the 1930s and 1940s, Fred MacMurray is best known as Steve Douglas the patriarch on My Three Sons (1960-1972). A personal friend of Walt Disney, MacMurray starred in many Disney films including The Shaggy Dog , The Absent Minded Professor , and Son of Flubber . Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Bright_Star_Singles”;

Transmission

1952 · year only

No. 9

r (12) French Dress Designer

Running time

26 min

BRIGHT STAR Bright Star , also called The Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray Show , used big film stars to add to the appeal of the show and gain listeners. Best known for her films with Cary Grant, Irene Dunne left film action in 1952 to save her legacy as Hollywood’s First Lady. She had been nominated for five Academy awards in such films as The Awful Truth and Love Affair , but failed to win the award. Later President Eisenhower chose her to be the alternate U.N. delegate of the General Assembly in 1959. Though a prolific film actor through the 1930s and 1940s, Fred MacMurray is best known as Steve Douglas the patriarch on My Three Sons (1960-1972). A personal friend of Walt Disney, MacMurray starred in many Disney films including The Shaggy Dog , The Absent Minded Professor , and Son of Flubber . Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Bright_Star_Singles”;

Transmission

1952 · year only

No. 10

r (17) George Covers Hillsdale Fire

Running time

27 min

BRIGHT STAR Bright Star , also called The Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray Show , used big film stars to add to the appeal of the show and gain listeners. Best known for her films with Cary Grant, Irene Dunne left film action in 1952 to save her legacy as Hollywood’s First Lady. She had been nominated for five Academy awards in such films as The Awful Truth and Love Affair , but failed to win the award. Later President Eisenhower chose her to be the alternate U.N. delegate of the General Assembly in 1959. Though a prolific film actor through the 1930s and 1940s, Fred MacMurray is best known as Steve Douglas the patriarch on My Three Sons (1960-1972). A personal friend of Walt Disney, MacMurray starred in many Disney films including The Shaggy Dog , The Absent Minded Professor , and Son of Flubber . Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Bright_Star_Singles”;

Transmission

1952 · year only

No. 11

r (18) George Coaches Hillsdale High

Running time

27 min

BRIGHT STAR Bright Star , also called The Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray Show , used big film stars to add to the appeal of the show and gain listeners. Best known for her films with Cary Grant, Irene Dunne left film action in 1952 to save her legacy as Hollywood’s First Lady. She had been nominated for five Academy awards in such films as The Awful Truth and Love Affair , but failed to win the award. Later President Eisenhower chose her to be the alternate U.N. delegate of the General Assembly in 1959. Though a prolific film actor through the 1930s and 1940s, Fred MacMurray is best known as Steve Douglas the patriarch on My Three Sons (1960-1972). A personal friend of Walt Disney, MacMurray starred in many Disney films including The Shaggy Dog , The Absent Minded Professor , and Son of Flubber . Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Bright_Star_Singles”;

Transmission

1952 · year only

No. 12

r (19) The Haunted House

Running time

26 min

BRIGHT STAR Bright Star , also called The Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray Show , used big film stars to add to the appeal of the show and gain listeners. Best known for her films with Cary Grant, Irene Dunne left film action in 1952 to save her legacy as Hollywood’s First Lady. She had been nominated for five Academy awards in such films as The Awful Truth and Love Affair , but failed to win the award. Later President Eisenhower chose her to be the alternate U.N. delegate of the General Assembly in 1959. Though a prolific film actor through the 1930s and 1940s, Fred MacMurray is best known as Steve Douglas the patriarch on My Three Sons (1960-1972). A personal friend of Walt Disney, MacMurray starred in many Disney films including The Shaggy Dog , The Absent Minded Professor , and Son of Flubber . Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Bright_Star_Singles”;

Transmission

1952 · year only

No. 13

r (20) Rodeo Star

Running time

26 min

BRIGHT STAR Bright Star , also called The Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray Show , used big film stars to add to the appeal of the show and gain listeners. Best known for her films with Cary Grant, Irene Dunne left film action in 1952 to save her legacy as Hollywood’s First Lady. She had been nominated for five Academy awards in such films as The Awful Truth and Love Affair , but failed to win the award. Later President Eisenhower chose her to be the alternate U.N. delegate of the General Assembly in 1959. Though a prolific film actor through the 1930s and 1940s, Fred MacMurray is best known as Steve Douglas the patriarch on My Three Sons (1960-1972). A personal friend of Walt Disney, MacMurray starred in many Disney films including The Shaggy Dog , The Absent Minded Professor , and Son of Flubber . Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Bright_Star_Singles”;

Transmission

1952 · year only

No. 14

r (21) Scientific Living

Running time

26 min

BRIGHT STAR Bright Star , also called The Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray Show , used big film stars to add to the appeal of the show and gain listeners. Best known for her films with Cary Grant, Irene Dunne left film action in 1952 to save her legacy as Hollywood’s First Lady. She had been nominated for five Academy awards in such films as The Awful Truth and Love Affair , but failed to win the award. Later President Eisenhower chose her to be the alternate U.N. delegate of the General Assembly in 1959. Though a prolific film actor through the 1930s and 1940s, Fred MacMurray is best known as Steve Douglas the patriarch on My Three Sons (1960-1972). A personal friend of Walt Disney, MacMurray starred in many Disney films including The Shaggy Dog , The Absent Minded Professor , and Son of Flubber . Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Bright_Star_Singles”;

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1952 · year only

No. 15

r (22) New Homemaker Page Editor

Running time

26 min

BRIGHT STAR Bright Star , also called The Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray Show , used big film stars to add to the appeal of the show and gain listeners. Best known for her films with Cary Grant, Irene Dunne left film action in 1952 to save her legacy as Hollywood’s First Lady. She had been nominated for five Academy awards in such films as The Awful Truth and Love Affair , but failed to win the award. Later President Eisenhower chose her to be the alternate U.N. delegate of the General Assembly in 1959. Though a prolific film actor through the 1930s and 1940s, Fred MacMurray is best known as Steve Douglas the patriarch on My Three Sons (1960-1972). A personal friend of Walt Disney, MacMurray starred in many Disney films including The Shaggy Dog , The Absent Minded Professor , and Son of Flubber . Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Bright_Star_Singles”;

Transmission

1952 · year only

No. 16

r (23) George's Old Flame

Running time

26 min

BRIGHT STAR Bright Star , also called The Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray Show , used big film stars to add to the appeal of the show and gain listeners. Best known for her films with Cary Grant, Irene Dunne left film action in 1952 to save her legacy as Hollywood’s First Lady. She had been nominated for five Academy awards in such films as The Awful Truth and Love Affair , but failed to win the award. Later President Eisenhower chose her to be the alternate U.N. delegate of the General Assembly in 1959. Though a prolific film actor through the 1930s and 1940s, Fred MacMurray is best known as Steve Douglas the patriarch on My Three Sons (1960-1972). A personal friend of Walt Disney, MacMurray starred in many Disney films including The Shaggy Dog , The Absent Minded Professor , and Son of Flubber . Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Bright_Star_Singles”;

Transmission

1952 · year only

No. 17

r (24) Aunt Sophia Plays Matchmaker

Running time

26 min

BRIGHT STAR Bright Star , also called The Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray Show , used big film stars to add to the appeal of the show and gain listeners. Best known for her films with Cary Grant, Irene Dunne left film action in 1952 to save her legacy as Hollywood’s First Lady. She had been nominated for five Academy awards in such films as The Awful Truth and Love Affair , but failed to win the award. Later President Eisenhower chose her to be the alternate U.N. delegate of the General Assembly in 1959. Though a prolific film actor through the 1930s and 1940s, Fred MacMurray is best known as Steve Douglas the patriarch on My Three Sons (1960-1972). A personal friend of Walt Disney, MacMurray starred in many Disney films including The Shaggy Dog , The Absent Minded Professor , and Son of Flubber . Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Bright_Star_Singles”;

Transmission

1952 · year only

No. 18

r (25) The Talking Parrot

Running time

26 min

BRIGHT STAR Bright Star , also called The Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray Show , used big film stars to add to the appeal of the show and gain listeners. Best known for her films with Cary Grant, Irene Dunne left film action in 1952 to save her legacy as Hollywood’s First Lady. She had been nominated for five Academy awards in such films as The Awful Truth and Love Affair , but failed to win the award. Later President Eisenhower chose her to be the alternate U.N. delegate of the General Assembly in 1959. Though a prolific film actor through the 1930s and 1940s, Fred MacMurray is best known as Steve Douglas the patriarch on My Three Sons (1960-1972). A personal friend of Walt Disney, MacMurray starred in many Disney films including The Shaggy Dog , The Absent Minded Professor , and Son of Flubber . Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Bright_Star_Singles”;

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1952 · year only

No. 19

r (26) Patience's Romance

Running time

26 min

BRIGHT STAR Bright Star , also called The Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray Show , used big film stars to add to the appeal of the show and gain listeners. Best known for her films with Cary Grant, Irene Dunne left film action in 1952 to save her legacy as Hollywood’s First Lady. She had been nominated for five Academy awards in such films as The Awful Truth and Love Affair , but failed to win the award. Later President Eisenhower chose her to be the alternate U.N. delegate of the General Assembly in 1959. Though a prolific film actor through the 1930s and 1940s, Fred MacMurray is best known as Steve Douglas the patriarch on My Three Sons (1960-1972). A personal friend of Walt Disney, MacMurray starred in many Disney films including The Shaggy Dog , The Absent Minded Professor , and Son of Flubber . Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Bright_Star_Singles”;

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1952 · year only

No. 20

r (27) Sammy And Shirley

Running time

26 min

BRIGHT STAR Bright Star , also called The Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray Show , used big film stars to add to the appeal of the show and gain listeners. Best known for her films with Cary Grant, Irene Dunne left film action in 1952 to save her legacy as Hollywood’s First Lady. She had been nominated for five Academy awards in such films as The Awful Truth and Love Affair , but failed to win the award. Later President Eisenhower chose her to be the alternate U.N. delegate of the General Assembly in 1959. Though a prolific film actor through the 1930s and 1940s, Fred MacMurray is best known as Steve Douglas the patriarch on My Three Sons (1960-1972). A personal friend of Walt Disney, MacMurray starred in many Disney films including The Shaggy Dog , The Absent Minded Professor , and Son of Flubber . Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Bright_Star_Singles”;

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1952 · year only

No. 21

r (28) Fight For Beaver Park

Running time

26 min

BRIGHT STAR Bright Star , also called The Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray Show , used big film stars to add to the appeal of the show and gain listeners. Best known for her films with Cary Grant, Irene Dunne left film action in 1952 to save her legacy as Hollywood’s First Lady. She had been nominated for five Academy awards in such films as The Awful Truth and Love Affair , but failed to win the award. Later President Eisenhower chose her to be the alternate U.N. delegate of the General Assembly in 1959. Though a prolific film actor through the 1930s and 1940s, Fred MacMurray is best known as Steve Douglas the patriarch on My Three Sons (1960-1972). A personal friend of Walt Disney, MacMurray starred in many Disney films including The Shaggy Dog , The Absent Minded Professor , and Son of Flubber . Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Bright_Star_Singles”;

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1952 · year only

No. 22

r (29) Susan's Cousin Emily

Running time

26 min

BRIGHT STAR Bright Star , also called The Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray Show , used big film stars to add to the appeal of the show and gain listeners. Best known for her films with Cary Grant, Irene Dunne left film action in 1952 to save her legacy as Hollywood’s First Lady. She had been nominated for five Academy awards in such films as The Awful Truth and Love Affair , but failed to win the award. Later President Eisenhower chose her to be the alternate U.N. delegate of the General Assembly in 1959. Though a prolific film actor through the 1930s and 1940s, Fred MacMurray is best known as Steve Douglas the patriarch on My Three Sons (1960-1972). A personal friend of Walt Disney, MacMurray starred in many Disney films including The Shaggy Dog , The Absent Minded Professor , and Son of Flubber . Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Bright_Star_Singles”;

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1952 · year only

No. 23

r (30) Susan's Poetry

Running time

27 min

BRIGHT STAR Bright Star , also called The Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray Show , used big film stars to add to the appeal of the show and gain listeners. Best known for her films with Cary Grant, Irene Dunne left film action in 1952 to save her legacy as Hollywood’s First Lady. She had been nominated for five Academy awards in such films as The Awful Truth and Love Affair , but failed to win the award. Later President Eisenhower chose her to be the alternate U.N. delegate of the General Assembly in 1959. Though a prolific film actor through the 1930s and 1940s, Fred MacMurray is best known as Steve Douglas the patriarch on My Three Sons (1960-1972). A personal friend of Walt Disney, MacMurray starred in many Disney films including The Shaggy Dog , The Absent Minded Professor , and Son of Flubber . Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Bright_Star_Singles”;

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1952 · year only

No. 24

r (31) A Flower For Susan

Running time

30 min

BRIGHT STAR Bright Star , also called The Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray Show , used big film stars to add to the appeal of the show and gain listeners. Best known for her films with Cary Grant, Irene Dunne left film action in 1952 to save her legacy as Hollywood’s First Lady. She had been nominated for five Academy awards in such films as The Awful Truth and Love Affair , but failed to win the award. Later President Eisenhower chose her to be the alternate U.N. delegate of the General Assembly in 1959. Though a prolific film actor through the 1930s and 1940s, Fred MacMurray is best known as Steve Douglas the patriarch on My Three Sons (1960-1972). A personal friend of Walt Disney, MacMurray starred in many Disney films including The Shaggy Dog , The Absent Minded Professor , and Son of Flubber . Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Bright_Star_Singles”;

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1952 · year only

No. 25

r (32) Box Supper

Running time

27 min

BRIGHT STAR Bright Star , also called The Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray Show , used big film stars to add to the appeal of the show and gain listeners. Best known for her films with Cary Grant, Irene Dunne left film action in 1952 to save her legacy as Hollywood’s First Lady. She had been nominated for five Academy awards in such films as The Awful Truth and Love Affair , but failed to win the award. Later President Eisenhower chose her to be the alternate U.N. delegate of the General Assembly in 1959. Though a prolific film actor through the 1930s and 1940s, Fred MacMurray is best known as Steve Douglas the patriarch on My Three Sons (1960-1972). A personal friend of Walt Disney, MacMurray starred in many Disney films including The Shaggy Dog , The Absent Minded Professor , and Son of Flubber . Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Bright_Star_Singles”;

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1952 · year only

No. 26

r (33) The Chorus Girl

Running time

26 min

BRIGHT STAR Bright Star , also called The Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray Show , used big film stars to add to the appeal of the show and gain listeners. Best known for her films with Cary Grant, Irene Dunne left film action in 1952 to save her legacy as Hollywood’s First Lady. She had been nominated for five Academy awards in such films as The Awful Truth and Love Affair , but failed to win the award. Later President Eisenhower chose her to be the alternate U.N. delegate of the General Assembly in 1959. Though a prolific film actor through the 1930s and 1940s, Fred MacMurray is best known as Steve Douglas the patriarch on My Three Sons (1960-1972). A personal friend of Walt Disney, MacMurray starred in many Disney films including The Shaggy Dog , The Absent Minded Professor , and Son of Flubber . Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Bright_Star_Singles”;

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1952 · year only

No. 27

r (34) The Society Burglar

Running time

26 min

BRIGHT STAR Bright Star , also called The Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray Show , used big film stars to add to the appeal of the show and gain listeners. Best known for her films with Cary Grant, Irene Dunne left film action in 1952 to save her legacy as Hollywood’s First Lady. She had been nominated for five Academy awards in such films as The Awful Truth and Love Affair , but failed to win the award. Later President Eisenhower chose her to be the alternate U.N. delegate of the General Assembly in 1959. Though a prolific film actor through the 1930s and 1940s, Fred MacMurray is best known as Steve Douglas the patriarch on My Three Sons (1960-1972). A personal friend of Walt Disney, MacMurray starred in many Disney films including The Shaggy Dog , The Absent Minded Professor , and Son of Flubber . Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Bright_Star_Singles”;

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1952 · year only

No. 28

r (35) One Word Cablegram

Running time

30 min

BRIGHT STAR Bright Star , also called The Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray Show , used big film stars to add to the appeal of the show and gain listeners. Best known for her films with Cary Grant, Irene Dunne left film action in 1952 to save her legacy as Hollywood’s First Lady. She had been nominated for five Academy awards in such films as The Awful Truth and Love Affair , but failed to win the award. Later President Eisenhower chose her to be the alternate U.N. delegate of the General Assembly in 1959. Though a prolific film actor through the 1930s and 1940s, Fred MacMurray is best known as Steve Douglas the patriarch on My Three Sons (1960-1972). A personal friend of Walt Disney, MacMurray starred in many Disney films including The Shaggy Dog , The Absent Minded Professor , and Son of Flubber . Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Bright_Star_Singles”;

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1952 · year only

No. 29

r (36) Missing Childhood Sweetheart

Running time

30 min

BRIGHT STAR Bright Star , also called The Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray Show , used big film stars to add to the appeal of the show and gain listeners. Best known for her films with Cary Grant, Irene Dunne left film action in 1952 to save her legacy as Hollywood’s First Lady. She had been nominated for five Academy awards in such films as The Awful Truth and Love Affair , but failed to win the award. Later President Eisenhower chose her to be the alternate U.N. delegate of the General Assembly in 1959. Though a prolific film actor through the 1930s and 1940s, Fred MacMurray is best known as Steve Douglas the patriarch on My Three Sons (1960-1972). A personal friend of Walt Disney, MacMurray starred in many Disney films including The Shaggy Dog , The Absent Minded Professor , and Son of Flubber . Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Bright_Star_Singles”;

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1952 · year only

No. 30

r (51) George's Old Girlfriend

Running time

27 min

BRIGHT STAR Bright Star , also called The Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray Show , used big film stars to add to the appeal of the show and gain listeners. Best known for her films with Cary Grant, Irene Dunne left film action in 1952 to save her legacy as Hollywood’s First Lady. She had been nominated for five Academy awards in such films as The Awful Truth and Love Affair , but failed to win the award. Later President Eisenhower chose her to be the alternate U.N. delegate of the General Assembly in 1959. Though a prolific film actor through the 1930s and 1940s, Fred MacMurray is best known as Steve Douglas the patriarch on My Three Sons (1960-1972). A personal friend of Walt Disney, MacMurray starred in many Disney films including The Shaggy Dog , The Absent Minded Professor , and Son of Flubber . Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Bright_Star_Singles”;

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1952 · year only

No. 31

r (52) Susan's Cousin, Emily (Last Show)

Running time

27 min

BRIGHT STAR Bright Star , also called The Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray Show , used big film stars to add to the appeal of the show and gain listeners. Best known for her films with Cary Grant, Irene Dunne left film action in 1952 to save her legacy as Hollywood’s First Lady. She had been nominated for five Academy awards in such films as The Awful Truth and Love Affair , but failed to win the award. Later President Eisenhower chose her to be the alternate U.N. delegate of the General Assembly in 1959. Though a prolific film actor through the 1930s and 1940s, Fred MacMurray is best known as Steve Douglas the patriarch on My Three Sons (1960-1972). A personal friend of Walt Disney, MacMurray starred in many Disney films including The Shaggy Dog , The Absent Minded Professor , and Son of Flubber . Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Bright_Star_Singles”;