Shooting Stars (1927 film) explained

Shooting Stars
Director:	Anthony Asquith A. V. Bramble
Producer:	Harry Bruce Woolfe
Starring:	Annette Benson Brian Aherne Donald Calthrop Wally Patch
Cinematography:	Henry Harris Stanley Rodwell
Studio:	British Instructional Films
Distributor:	New Era Films Aywon Pictures (US)
Runtime:	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 as Mae Feather
• Brian Aherne as Julian Gordon
• Donald Calthrop as Andy Wilkes
• Wally Patch as Property Man
• David Brooks as Turner
• Ella Daincourt as Asphodel Smythe, Journalist
• Chili Bouchier as Winnie, Bathing Beauty
• Tubby Phillips as Fatty
• Ian Wilson as Reporter
• Judd Green as Lighting Man
• Jack Rawl as 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

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20081012104903/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/50513 BFI.org
2. Shooting Stars. From the film by Anthony Asquith. Adaptation by E. C. Vivian. Hurst & Blackett, London, 1928.