Save a Little Sunshine
Dave Willis, Annabel Maule & Marian Dawson
Directed by	Norman Lee
Written by	Victor Kendall Gilbert Gunn Vernon Clancey
Based on	the play Lights Out at Eleven by W. Armitage Owen [1]
Produced by	Warwick Ward
Starring	Dave Willis Pat Kirkwood Tommy Trinder
Cinematography	Ernest Palmer
Edited by	E. Richards
Music by	John Reynders Noel Gay
Production company	Welwyn Studios
Distributed by	Pathé Pictures International
Release date	19 September 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]

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

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.

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]