Bright Star - The Crooked Carnival

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.


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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.