Stars in Your Eyes (1956)

Stars in Your Eyes: Directed by Maurice Elvey. With Nat Jackley, Pat Kirkwood, Bonar Colleano, Dorothy Squires. A group of talented young performers buy a dilapidated theatre to showcase their acts – but unscrupulous property developers plan dirty tricks to disrupt the first night’s performance.

“With a screenplay by Talbot u0026quot;Carry Onu0026quot; Rothwell and a cast of stars as long as your arm, this 96 minutes musical extravaganza — delightfully filmed in Eastman Color and a CinemaScope-compatible anamorphic process called CameraScope — is not only a sheer delight from start to finish, but a real credit to Britainu0026#39;s pioneer director, Maurice Elvey. With so many great acts to choose from, itu0026#39;s hard to single out the very best, but I would certainly go for the top stars, Nat Jackley and Pat Kirkwood. Hubert Gregg and Joan Sims are also delightful. Even Bonar Colleano (not one of my favorites by any means) and Dorothy Squires impress.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAdd to the cast: Rosemary Treston as a television announcer, and Marianne Lincoln as a blonde. Gladys Henson plays u0026quot;Bessieu0026quot;. The movie went into general release in the U.K. on March 16, 1957, A Grand Alliance production, it was distributed in the U.K. by British Lion.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;Stars In Your Eyesu0026quot; is one of the very, very few films that my colleague, F. Maurice Speed, who prided himself on reviewing (or noticing) every new film trade-shown in London, missed. However, perhaps it could be argued that u0026quot;Stars In Your Eyesu0026quot; is not so much a movie but a filmed variety show. Itu0026#39;s certainly a u0026quot;mustu0026quot; for Nat Jackley fans.”