Shooting Stars 1928 123movies

Watch: Shooting Stars 1928 123movies, Full Movie Online – The husband and wife acting team of Mae Feather and Julian Gordon is torn apart when he discovers she is having an affair with the screen comedian Andy Wilks. Mae hatches a plot to kill her husband by putting a real bullet in the prop gun which will be fired at him during the making of their new film, ‘Prairie Love’..
Plot: The husband and wife acting team of Mae Feather and Julian Gordon is torn apart when he discovers she is having an affair with the screen comedian Andy Wilks.
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Fascinating look at the silent era
British films set in film studios are as rare as hens teeth.I can only recall about 5 in all.So this film probably represents our only ever opportunity to view Elstree as a silent era.studio.What makes this film quite Erie is the fact that like her character in the film Annette Benson literally disappeared from films after two 1931talking pictures.In fact there is virtually no biographical information about her whatsoever.Brian Aherne her leading man went on to a fine Hollywood career.Donald Calthrop was a fine actor but alas became an alcoholic and died young.Anthony Asquith went on to a distinguished directorial career.certainly one of the most interesting of the British silent films still extant.

A film of interest for any film (history) fan
I had the good fortune of seeing this film the other day in the Brussels film museum. The only names I had heard of were those of Anthony Asquith and Brian Aherne. What a discovery this unique look behind the scenes of British film-making of the twenties was!

At heart Shooting Stars is a melodrama, but what makes it special is the fact that it is set in a British film studio (plus some location work at the seaside). If you’re just interested in film history, you can sit back and marvel at the scenes where several silent movies are made a the same time in one studio. While two main characters are filming a western, the third lead is filming slapstick on the neighboring set. During the location scenes it is shown how bystanders are watching scenes being shot, sometimes just feet away from the actors. That was possible in the silent days. The character of Andy Wilkes clearly references Charlie Chaplin, and – as he is anything but a happy clown or even a nice man off the set – you may wonder whether some criticism of Chaplin is meant here.

Yet, there is more. Annette Benson, Brian Aherne and Donald Calthrop create believable characters, even for viewers used to the modern acting style. There is still a bit of that slight overacting typical of the silent movies, but especially Donald Calthrop uses as little movement as possible to convey emotion. The fact that you can also see the three leads in their sightly more hysterical movie character roles helps you to appreciate the naturalistic style of the more intimate scenes. Memorable moments are Brian Aherne’s enjoyment of his own film (he gets caught up, like the audience in the cinema, in the excitement of a film he made) and Annette Benson’s character realizing her horrible mistake.

A third reason to watch this film is its technical quality. There’s a moment where the camera follows Benson’s character leave the set, walk up some stairs and visit another set. To get that focus and the lighting right, must have entailed painstaking preparations. At other times important pieces of information are framed beautifully, sometimes in the corner of the screen, in such a way that your eye is drawn to them.

Two final remarks. The film ends with a jump ahead in time, with one of the characters now a film director. Apparently Asquith didn’t believe in talkies yet, because the fictional director is still making silent films in the future. And then there’s Annette Benson. Her character disappears at the end of the film. When you look up Miss Benson’s bio, you discover that there is no information about her after the early thirties…

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 20 min (80 min), 1 hr 10 min (70 min) (USA), 1 hr 40 min (100 min) (restored)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Drama, Romance
Director Anthony Asquith, A.V. Bramble
Writer Anthony Asquith, J.O.C. Orton
Actors Annette Benson, Brian Aherne, Donald Calthrop
Country United Kingdom
Awards N/A
Production Company N/A
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Technical Information:

Sound Mix Silent
Aspect Ratio 1.33 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length 2,160.75 m (7 reels)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm