Shooting Stars    Britain   1928  (Silent)    1h 20 mins  

This was Asquith’s first film  and gets excellent reviews. All comment on the skill with which  Asquith induces belief in the characters and slowly twists the emotions. Essentially a film within a film ( it’s set in a film studio) the theme is the age old one of  the eternal triangle.  It begins lightly with comedy but subtly and slowly gets darker  and ends in tragedy. The film has been digitally remastered by the BFI.