Star Dust (film)

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Star Dust is a 1940 Americancomedy drama film directed byWalter Lang and starringLinda Darnell andJohn Payne,Roland Young andCharlotte Greenwood.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Star Dust
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Walter Lang
Screenplay by	Helen Logan Robert Ellis
Based on	Jesse Malo Kenneth Earl Ivan Kahn (based on a story by)
Produced by	Kenneth Macgowan Darryl F. Zanuck
Starring	Linda Darnell John Payne Roland Young Charlotte Greenwood
Cinematography	J. Peverell Marley
Edited by	Robert L. Simpson
Music by	David Buttolph
Color process	Black and white
Production company	20th Century Fox
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	April 6, 1940 (1940-04-06)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

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Amalgamated Pictures is seeking new stars for its motion pictures. Talent scout Thomas Brooke hits the road, looking for newcomers to bring back for screen tests, hopefully to impress the studio's boss, Dane Wharton.

Brooke discovers a football player in Arizona who can sing, Bud Borden, and a talented Texas singer, Mary Andrews. On a visit to Arkansas, his presence is discovered by aspiring actress Carolyn Sayres, who schemes to get Brooke to take an interest in her. He does, at least until he finds out she's still a bit too young.

Everyone travels to Hollywood for screen tests and a visit toGrauman's Chinese Theatre, where they get a kick out of the footprints of movie stars immortalized in cement. Brooke encounters the casting director's own new find, June Lawrence, a singer. He clashes with the studio, which offers a contract only to Mary and sends his other discoveries home.

Carolyn does not take no for an answer and comes back. Brooke now gets in her corner and schemes to insert footage from her screen test into a theater's newsreel. The next thing they all know, not only is Carolyn a star, Grauman's is inviting her to be immortalized in cement.