A Star is lost

Canada, 1974

Film
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A musical comedy feature about the trials and tribulations of making an old-time musical spectacular a la Busby Berkeley era of MGM. Take an inexperienced studio head, add a villainous competitor, an eccentric director, and an exquisite star who has never sung a note in her life, and you’ve got problems! But they’re nothing to compare with the situation once your exquisite star … is lost.

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Credits

director

John Howe

co-producer

Daisy Bellefeuille

John Smith

production company

National Film Board of Canada

Duration

01:15:05:00

Production places
Canada
Production dates
1974

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

316290

Language

English

Subject categories

Comedy

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Canada

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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