Stars in Your Eyes

1956

Action / Comedy / Musical

6
IMDb Rating 5.4/10 10 65 65

film restoration musical stage show music hall lost film variety show

Plot summary

A group of feisty, talented young performers pool their resources and buy a dilapidated theatre to showcase their acts – but unscrupulous property developers also want the theatre and resort to dirty tricks to disrupt the first night's performance!

Director

Maurice Elvey Photo
Maurice Elvey

Top cast

Vera Day Photo
Vera Day as Maureen Temple
Melvyn Hayes Photo
Melvyn Hayes as Bit part
Joan Sims Photo
Joan Sims as Walter's Secretary
Freddie Frinton Photo
Freddie Frinton as Landlord of Pub
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890.16 MB
1280*544
English 2.0
NR
24 fps
1 hr 36 min
Seeds ...
1.61 GB
1920*816
English 2.0
NR
24 fps
1 hr 36 min
Seeds ...

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by richardchatten 3 / 10

One for the teenagers

Historically notable as the sole film of Dorothy Squires - as well as showcasing in widescreen and Eastman Colour the comely charms of Vera Day and Pat Kirkwood - 'Stars in Your Eyes' was also one of the final films to proudly proclaim itself "Devised and directed by Maurice Elvey".Although today justly neglected Elvey's name once carried sufficient weight to be responsible for a handful of pioneering works in the history of British colour filmmaking; being responsible for the first feature entirely in Dufaycolor, and for one of his final films he was entrusted with Adelphi's sole venture in colour.His technique, alas, was still rooted in the silent era, his idea of mise en scene being to photograph the action as if from the front of the stalls.
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Reviewed by killmore999 10 / 10

A film long forgotten

A film dated when it was made ! with a dreadful plot.......trouping company wish to save a dying theatre,but a wonderful cast Nat Jackley - his excellent routines,especially with Jimmy Clitheroe being preserved for all time,Pat Kirkwood showing why she was top of the tree in her day,belting out her final number,Bonar Colleano showing his virsitility Freddie Frinton,Hubert Gregg(looking like Nicholas Parsons)Joan Sims though especially the presence of the wonderful Dorothy Squires in her only film appearance.I had the pleasure to see a rerun of this movie at Preston last year.What a treat.Watch it folks......if only for Dot and Bonar singing "I Saw That Look in Your Eyes"

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