Give Me the Stars

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Leni Lynn, as Toni, sings well but acts unconvincingly; Will Fyffe makes a good MacTavish; and Jackie Hunter, as an American comedian friend of Toni's, works hard, if not very successfully, for laughs. Direction is adequate, though the film moves too slowly, particularly in its more naive and sentimental sequences. The supporting cast is a good one, but the situations are all too obvious to test them."^[3]

Kine Weekly wrote: "Crowded musical comedy drama ... It employs every conceivable cliche, but happily the majority of its players rise superior to story material. Leni Lynn's singing, done proud by the recordists, and Will Fyfie's inimitable humour alone justify the ample expenditure of celluloid. And there's mischievous and likeable Cockney kids for good measure. ... The play leaves absolutely nothing out ... but although it strenuously tries to please all classes and tastes it limits its appeal in the end by filling its transparent cup a little too full. Nevertheless, its co-stars decanter its palatable mild, and never bitter, with practised hand. So does its director. It'll slake unsophisticated thirsts all right."^[4]

Picturegoer wrote: "Musical comedy drama which has all the well-known ingredients relative to its type, but it still does not jell particularly. ... Leni Lynn is in excellent form histrionically and vocally, while Jackie Hunter is apt to overact."^[5]

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