Salvage with a Smile
| Salvage with a Smile | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Adrian Brunel |
| Screenplay by | Adrian Brunel |
| Produced by | Ministry of Supply |
| Starring | Aubrey Mallalieu Ronald Shiner Kathleen Harrison |
| Cinematography | Leslie Rowson |
| Edited by | Ernest Aldridge |
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Release date |
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Running time | 6 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Salvage with a Smile is a 1940 British short black-and-white public information film directed and written by Adrian Brunel and starring Aubrey Mallalieu, Kathleen Harrison, Ronald Shiner and Phyllis Morris.[1][2] It was produced by Ealing Studios and the Ministry of Supply for the Ministry of Information.
Synopsis
The educational film aims to help the "people back home" save paper, bones and metal, for the war effort.[3]
Cast
- Aubrey Mallalieu as the professor
- Kathleen Harrison as the housekeeper
- Ronald Shiner as the dustman
- Phyllis Morris as Miss Green
Reception
Kine Weekly wrote: "For those wishful to help but uncertain of the method, the M.O.I. offers simple suggestions and illustrate the many uses to which the nation's salvage is put."[4]
References
- ^ "Salvage with a Smile". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
- ^ "SALVAGE WITH A SMILE (1940)". BFI Film & TV Database. Archived from the original on 2 September 2009.
- ^ The National Archives | Focus on Film | 1900-45 | World War Two | Salvage with a Smile
- ^ "Salvage with a Smile". Kine Weekly. 282 (1741): 19. 29 August 1940. ProQuest 2339678936.
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