Connection
Shooting Stars is a British film of genre Drama directed by A.V. Bramble with Brian Aherne
Shooting Stars (1928)
If you like this film, let us know!
Add to a movie listShooting Stars is a 1927 British drama film directed by Anthony Asquith and A.V. Bramble and starring Annette Benson, Brian Aherne and Wally Patch.
^ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/50513
Synopsis
Une actrice espère profiter d'un tournage pour tuer son mari en utilisant une vraie balle à la place d'une balle à blanc.Actors
Brian Aherne
(Julian Gordon)
Donald Calthrop
(Andy Wilkes)
Wally Patch
(Property Man)
Chili Bouchier
(Winnie)
Ian Wilson
(Reporter)
Comments
Leave comment :
Suggestions of similar film to Shooting Stars
There are 140 films with the same actors, 63 films with the same director, 63915 with the same cinematographic genres (including 991 with exactly the same 2 genres than Shooting Stars), to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.If you liked Shooting Stars, you will probably like those similar films :
Underground (1928)
, 1h24Directed by Anthony Asquith
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Brian Aherne, Elissa Landi, Norah Baring
Rating72%
An electrician and a porter both fall in love with a shop girl they meet on the London Underground.
Chick (1928)
Directed by A.V. Bramble
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Bramwell Fletcher, Chili Bouchier
We Dive at Dawn (1943)
, 1h38Directed by Anthony Asquith
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Politique, Transport films, La bataille de l'Atlantique, Underwater action films, Submarine films, Political films
Actors John Mills, Eric Portman, Jack Watling, Reginald Purdell, Niall MacGinnis, Edwin Styles
Rating66%
Lieutenant Taylor (John Mills) and the rest of the crew of the submarine Sea Tiger are given a week's leave after an unsuccessful patrol. Hobson (Eric Portman) goes home to save his marriage, while a reluctant Corrigan (Niall MacGinnis) heads off to his wedding. Then the crew are called back to duty, much to Corrigan's relief, though he later has second thoughts. Sea Tiger is assigned the top secret mission of sinking Nazi Germany's new battleship, the Brandenburg, before she enters the Kiel Canal to begin sea trials in the Baltic Sea.
While the Sun Shines (1947)
, 1h30Directed by Jack Clayton, Anthony Asquith
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Bonar Colleano, Ronald Howard, Ronald Squire, Brenda Bruce, Miles Malleson, Margaret Rutherford
Rating10%
Lady Elisabeth Randall is an English Air Force corporal during World War II. She is on her way to marry her fiancé when she finds herself being romanced by two different men. The first man is Colbert, a Frenchman residing in England. The second man is Joe Mulvaney, an American lieutenant. Difficulties ensue as Randall finds that due to these romances both her military career and her impending marriage are in danger.
The Way to the Stars (1945)
, 1h49Directed by Anthony Asquith
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Films based on plays, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Michael Redgrave, John Mills, Rosamund John, Rosamund Greenwood, Stanley Holloway, Douglass Montgomery
Rating72%
Pilot Officer Peter Penrose (John Mills) is posted in the summer of 1940 as a pilot to (the fictional) No. 720 Squadron, at a new airfield, RAF Station Halfpenny Field, as a very green "15-hour sprog" Bristol Blenheim pilot and is assigned to B Flight, under Flight Lieutenant David Archdale (Michael Redgrave).
Two Fathers (1944)
, 13minutesDirected by Anthony Asquith
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Bernard Miles, Paul Bonifas, Arthur Young
Rating61%
An Englishman (Bernard Miles) and a Frenchman (Paul Bonifas) find themselves sharing a room in a hotel in an unidentified English location, and fall into conversation. The Englishman's son is in the Royal Air Force, and when the Frenchman shows him a photograph of his daughter, the Englishman remarks that it is less worrisome to have a daughter than a son at this time of war. The Frenchman replies that his daughter, a nurse by profession, is currently an active member of the Maquis. The Englishman says that he has received news that his son was forced to bail out of his plane over France the previous day, and the Frenchman observes that there are many thousands of French men and women who will risk their own safety to help a downed British airman.
Fanny by Gaslight (1944)
, 1h47Directed by Anthony Asquith
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Actors Phyllis Calvert, James Mason, Stewart Granger, Wilfrid Lawson, John Laurie, Jean Kent
Rating64%
Fanny (Phyllis Calvert) finishes at boarding school in 1880 and returns to London, where she witnesses Lord Manderstoke (James Mason) fight and kill her supposed father. She soon learns that her family has run a brothel next door to her home and (on her mother's death) that he was not her real father. She goes to meet her real father – a respected politician – and falls in love with Harry Somerford (Stewart Granger), his advisor. Manderstoke continues to thwart her happiness.
The Demi-Paradise (1943)
, 1h54Directed by Anthony Asquith, George Pollock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Laurence Olivier, Margaret Rutherford, Penelope Dudley-Ward, Felix Aylmer, Guy Middleton, Michael Shepley
Rating61%
A Russian inventor by the name Ivan Kouzetsoff travels to England to introduce the British shipping industry to his newly invented and improved propeller blade. When he is in England Kouzetsoff meets the socialite woman Anne Tisdall, and falls head over heels for her. Meeting Anne and hearing her views turn his own previous views and conceptions about the capitalist system and its degenerates up side down. After a lovers' quarrel, Ivan heads back to Russian only to be recalled to England a year later to smooth out imperfections in his design. Despite his efforts, his modifications prove to be unsound and he seems destined to return to the Soviet Union in disgrace.
Uncensored (1942)
, 1h48Directed by Anthony Asquith
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Eric Portman, Phyllis Calvert, Griffith Jones, Frederick Culley, Raymond Lovell, Peter Glenville
Rating64%
Before the Nazi occupation of Belgium, Brussels nightclub owner André Delange (Portman) used to publish an anti-Nazi newspaper called La Libre Belgique (Free Belgium) which was distributed secretly. In the aftermath of the German occupation, his underground colleagues in the Belgian resistance suggest reviving the newspaper, to which Delange agrees. With the help of his chief assistant Julie Lanvin (Calvert) and a small band of helpers, La Libre Belgique once more begins to circulate. When the Germans find out of its existence, they offer a reward to anyone who is prepared to identify those responsible for its publication.
Cottage to Let (1941)
, 1h30Directed by Michael Anderson, Anthony Asquith
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Spy
Themes Spy films, Théâtre, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Films based on plays, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Leslie Banks, Alastair Sim, John Mills, George Cole, Carla Lehmann, Michael Wilding
Rating66%
Upper class Mrs. Barrington (Jeanne de Casalis) takes in two child evacuees from London, including cocky teenager Ronald (George Cole), lodging them in a cottage she owns. However, it has already been let to annoyingly inquisitive Charles Dimble (Alastair Sim). To compound the confusion, Mrs. Barrington had also agreed to allow it to be converted into a military hospital. Spitfire pilot Flight Lieutenant Perry (John Mills) parachutes into the nearby loch and becomes the first patient, tended by Mrs. Barrington's pretty daughter Helen (Carla Lehmann). Mrs. Barrington moves Ronald to the main house, while Dimble and Perry remain in the cottage.