Shooting Stars (1927 film)
| Shooting Stars | |
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| Directed by | Anthony Asquith A. V. Bramble |
| Written by | Anthony Asquith John Orton |
| Produced by | Harry Bruce Woolfe |
| Starring | Annette Benson Brian Aherne Donald Calthrop Wally Patch |
| Cinematography | Henry Harris Stanley Rodwell |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | New Era Films |
Release date | 10 June 1928 (US) |
Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Shooting Stars is a 1927 British drama film directed by Anthony Asquith and A. V. Bramble and starring Annette Benson, Brian Aherne and Wally Patch.[1] The screenplay concerns a starlet who plots an escape to Hollywood.
Premise
At Zenith Studios, a starlet plots an escape to Hollywood with her lover and the murder of her superfluous husband.
Cast
- Annette Benson - Mae Feather
- Brian Aherne - Julian Gordon
- Donald Calthrop - Andy Wilkes
- Wally Patch - Property Man
- David Brooks - Turner
- Ella Daincourt - Asphodel Smythe, Journalist
- Chili Bouchier - Winnie, Bathing Beauty
- Tubby Phillips - Fatty
- Ian Wilson - Reporter
- Judd Green - Lighting Man
- Jack Rawl - Hero
Production
It was Asquith's first film as a director. It was made at Cricklewood Studios in North London for British Instructional Films. The novelisation of the film was written by the popular novelist E. Charles Vivian.[2]
Restoration
Shooting Stars was restored in 2015 by the British Film Institute with a new score by John Altman. The new print premiered as the Archive Gala of the 2015 London Film Festival.
References
- ^ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/50513
- ^ Shooting Stars. From the film by Anthony Asquith. Adaptation by E. C. Vivian. Hurst & Blackett, London, 1928.
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