Jon Mirsalis on Piano "Britain's own Sunset Boulevard...a moving, exciting and ultimately very poignant film that deserves to be far better known than it is" (William K. Everson). "Shooting Stars is one of the best films about movie-making and studio life in that it actually shows how films are shot and faked! The story, concerning a famous actress who plans to kill her husband when he discovers she is having an affair, is used for both satirical and romantic purposes. There are few intertitles and one feels that (despite the shared credit) Asquith must have been responsible for the sustained invention in photography and staging" (John Gillett, NFT).