At Zenith Studios, a starlet plots an escape to Hollywood with her lover and the murder of her superfluous husband.

It was made at Cricklewood Studios in North London for British Instructional Films.

The novelisation of the film was written by the popular novelist E. Charles Vivian.

[2] Shooting Stars was restored in 2015 by the British Film Institute with a new score by John Altman.

The new print premiered as the Archive Gala of the 2015 London Film Festival.