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In the late 1940s, the ''Junior Miss'' radio program starred [[Barbara Whiting Smith|Barbara Whiting]], who had appeared in the 1945 film as Fuffy Adams. This series ran from [[April 3]], [[1948]] to [[December 30]], [[1950]], sponsored by Lever Brothers. the music was composed and conducted by [[Walter Schumann]]. The 1948-50 cast returned for a series in various formats and timeslots from [[October 2]], [[1952]] to [[July 1]], [[1954]].
==Television==
One curiosity is the connection of this property with the candy [[Junior Mints]], introduced in 1949 by the [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]]-based [[James O. Welch Co.|James O. Welch Company]]. The name of the product is a pun on Sally Benson's ''Junior Miss''. According to one past official company history, when James Welch developed and launched the product in 1949, he named the candy after his favorite Broadway show. Yet the candy came six years after the play had closed on Broadway. The ''Junior Miss'' radio series was being broadcast weekly on [[CBS]] at the time Junior Mints were first marketed in 1949. Thus, Welch had cleverly created a product sold at movie theater concession stands and identified with a specific movie and then-current radio series and displaying a name that sounded almost exactly like that property--yet different enough that it avoided any fees for licensing and merchandising. ▼
''Junior Miss'' came to television on December 20, 1957 as a production of [[CBS]]' ''[[DuPont Show of the Month]]''. [[Carol Lynley]] had the lead role of Judy Graves with [[Don Ameche]] and [[Joan Bennett]] as her parents and Susanne Sidney as Fuffy Adams. Others in the cast were [[Diana Lynn]], [[Paul Ford]], [[Jill St. John]] and [[David Wayne]].
==The curious candy connection==
▲One curiosity is the
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