Save a Little Sunshine

Save a Little Sunshine

Dave Willis, Annabel Maule & Marian Dawson
Directed by Norman Lee
Produced by Warwick Ward
Written by Victor Kendall
Gilbert Gunn
Vernon Clancey
Based on the play Lights Out at Eleven by W. Armitage Owen [1]
Starring Dave Willis
Pat Kirkwood
Tommy Trinder
Music by John Reynders
Noel Gay
Cinematography Ernest Palmer
Edited by E. Richards
Production
company
Distributed by Pathé Pictures International
Release dates
October 1938
Running time
75 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English

Save a Little Sunshine is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Norman Lee and starring Dave Willis, Pat Kirkwood and Tommy Trinder.[2][3]

Production

The film was based on the play Lights Out at Eleven by Armitage Owen. It was made by Welwyn Studios, an affiliate of ABC Pictures, at their Welwyn Garden City Studio. The songs "Save a Little Sunshine" and "Nothing Can Worry Me Now" were composed by Noel Gay. Willis and Kirkwood made a further film together in 1939 - Me and My Pal, also at Welwyn.

Plot

After he is sacked from his job, Dave Smalley buys a share in a hotel, but has to resort to working there when all other financial schemes fail. His girlfriend Pat however, comes up with the idea of turning the property into a smart restaurant, and business takes off beyond all expectation.

Cast

Critical reception

TV Guide called it "a harmless entry which offers nothing of value but a few hummable tunes" ; [4] and Britishpictures.com wrote of Tommy Trinder and Max Wall, "these familiar faces provide a smile or two. Certainly the chief interest of the film is to see Max Wall before he developed his legendary grotesque act (and while he still had a full head of hair)." [5]

References

  1. "The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film". google.co.uk.
  2. "Save a Little Sunshine (1938)". BFI.
  3. Sandra Brennan. "Save a Little Sunshine (1938) - Norman Lee - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.
  4. "Save A Little Sunshine". TVGuide.com.
  5. David Absalom. "ARCHIVE S - Sa: British films of the 30s, 40s and 50s". britishpictures.com.


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