Stars in Your Eyes Blu-ray and DVD 14 Dec.

[John Green]

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The quintessential British comedy-musical-romance, Stars in Your Eyes is a love letter to the last days of Variety that has lost none of its warmth and heart in the six decades since it was first filmed. With fabulous musical numbers, sparkling comedy routines and tear-jerking romance it showcases a terrific cast of stars of the day, and stars in the making: Pat Kirkwood, Dorothy Squires (in her only big screen appearance), Nat Jackley and Bonar Colleano feature alongside Joan Sims, Jimmy Clitheroe, Freddie Frinton and Vera Day. Directed by Maurice Elvey from a script by Talbot (Carry On) Rothwell, Adelphi Films' classic feature is presented here as a brand-new High Definition restoration from original film elements in its original Camerascope theatrical aspect ratio.

This release also includes these special features from the Adelphi Films collection:

[] A Ray of Sunshine (1950, 54 mins)
[] The Nitwits on Parade (1949, 24 mins)
[] The Kilties are Coming (1952, 52 mins)
[] Original theatrical trailers for Stars in Your Eyes and A Ray of Sunshine
[] Image galleries for all four films
[] Special commemorative booklet

[John Green]

For the 'Kilties on Parade' extra, an IMDB reviewer notes:

Despite the title this is not exclusively comprised of Scottish artists,there is a 16 year old singer from Manchester.It shows how times are changing that the show takes place in a mock up Of a television studio rather than in a variety theatre.There are vox pop interviews by broadcaster MacDonald Hobley.He interviews the family Of the young singer.For some reason he asks them about their favourite foods.These included potatoes pie,tripe and onions and black pudding!For the rest there are singers,comedians and dancers.One can just wonder if the makers of this film realised the irony of the situation.Here they are imitating a television show when television was strangling the life out of the cinema.Furthermore television was already taking over the mantle of variety and provide really big stars for nothing whereas cinema patrons were paying to see second eaters. www.imdb.com/title/tt5775878/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_6

[Kevin Clark]

Network have posted an HD trailer but the colours look a bit off to me: youtu.be/HJrLMFLfgMk

[John Green]

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[Peter Stirling]

Nov 30, 2020 9:04:59 GMT Kevin Clark said:

Network have posted an HD trailer but the colours look a bit off to me: youtu.be/HJrLMFLfgMk

It's a trailer not the actual movie. Trailers are often hard to find and often printed on cheap stock as they are ephemeral and alterations (ie they are junked) maybe made for a update in a future release.

[John Green]

Dec 1, 2020 22:43:21 GMT Peter Stirling said:

Nov 30, 2020 9:04:59 GMT Kevin Clark said:

Network have posted an HD trailer but the colours look a bit off to me: youtu.be/HJrLMFLfgMk

It's a trailer not the actual movie. Trailers are often hard to find and often printed on cheap stock as they are ephemeral and alterations (ie they are junked) maybe made for a update in a future release.

Good point. I'd been thinking in terms of a trailer that Network had put together.

Where trailers are merely scenes from the film stitched together, it irritates me that no attempt is ever made, even with big films, to reconstitute them so that they look as nice as the movie-or at least as nice as the trailer did back in the day!

[Peter Stirling]

Dec 2, 2020 1:34:22 GMT John Green said:

Dec 1, 2020 22:43:21 GMT Peter Stirling said:

It's a trailer not the actual movie. Trailers are often hard to find and often printed on cheap stock as they are ephemeral and alterations (ie they are junked) maybe made for a update in a future release.

Good point. I'd been thinking in terms of a trailer that Network had put together.

Where trailers are merely scenes from the film stitched together, it irritates me that no attempt is ever made, even with big films, to reconstitute them so that they look as nice as the movie-or at least as nice as the trailer did back in the day!

..and don't you think those old voice overs are just great especially if you have the gravitas of someone like Tim Turner, Patrick Allen etc or an American?

[Richard Marple]

I remember a lot of trailers in the 1980s were narrated by a Canadian (can't remember the name but he died a few years ago) with a gravelly voice which has been much imitated.