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Bright Star

Heard
1952
Episodes
31

BRIGHT STAR

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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. Lasting only one season, Bright Star is about Susan Armstrong (Dunne) the editor of a struggling newspaper the Hillsdale Morning Star. MacMurray plays George Harvey an idealist star reporter who often conflicts with his editor over stories. MacMurray and Dunne have a good rapport as both have excellent comedic timing. Overall, this is a charming show that will delight fans of both Fred MacMurray and Irene Dunne. This series synopsis is courtesy of www.otrcat.com. From the Old Time Radio Researchers Group. See "Notes" below for more information on the OTRR.

Episodes, in broadcast order

  1. The Oil Swindle

    · No. 1 · 27 min

  2. Susan Runs For Mayor

    · No. 2 · 27 min

  3. Hillsdale Becomes Mumdad

    · No. 3 · 27 min

  4. Miss America Visits

    · No. 4 · 27 min

  5. George The Informer

    · No. 5 · 27 min

  6. The Crooked Carnival

    · No. 6 · 27 min

  7. The Boxer

    · No. 10 · 27 min

  8. Dramatic Lessons

    · No. 11 · 27 min

  9. French Dress Designer

    · No. 12 · 27 min

  10. George Covers Hillsdale Fire

    · No. 17 · 28 min

  11. George Coaches Hillsdale High

    · No. 18 · 28 min

  12. The Haunted House

    · No. 19 · 27 min

  13. Rodeo Star

    · No. 20 · 27 min

  14. Scientific Living

    · No. 21 · 27 min

  15. New Homemaker Page Editor

    · No. 22 · 27 min

  16. George's Old Flame

    · No. 23 · 27 min

  17. Aunt Sophia Plays Matchmaker

    · No. 24 · 27 min

  18. The Talking Parrot

    · No. 25 · 27 min

  19. Patience's Romance

    · No. 26 · 27 min

  20. Sammy And Shirley

    · No. 27 · 27 min

  21. Fight For Beaver Park

    · No. 28 · 27 min

  22. Susan's Cousin Emily

    · No. 29 · 27 min

  23. Susan's Poetry

    · No. 30 · 27 min

  24. A Flower For Susan

    · No. 31 · 30 min

  25. Box Supper

    · No. 32 · 27 min

  26. The Chorus Girl

    · No. 33 · 27 min

  27. The Society Burglar

    · No. 34 · 27 min

  28. One Word Cablegram

    · No. 35 · 31 min

  29. Missing Childhood Sweetheart

    · No. 36 · 30 min

  30. George's Old Girlfriend

    · No. 51 · 28 min

  31. Susan's Cousin, Emily (Last Show)

    · No. 52 · 27 min

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The archive items its episodes are played from, best first, with each one’s rights as its archive states them. An episode two sets both hold is played from the first.

  1. Bright Star - Single Episodes

    Old Time Radio Researchers · Old Time Radio Researchers Group · 31 episodes here · archive.org

    CC BY-NC-ND 2.5: CC BY-NC-ND 2.5, as its uploader states it at the Internet Archive.

A set by the Old Time Radio Researchers Group (otrr.org), at the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio collection.

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