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
Production company	Ealing Studios
Release date	1940 (1940)
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

1. "Salvage with a Smile". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
2. "SALVAGE WITH A SMILE (1940)". BFI Film & TV Database. Archived from the original on 2 September 2009.
3. The National Archives | Focus on Film | 1900-45 | World War Two | Salvage with a Smile
4. "Salvage with a Smile". Kine Weekly . 282 (1741): 19. 29 August 1940. ProQuest   2339678936.

External links

• Salvage with a Smile at the British Film Institute ^{[ better source needed ]}
• Salvage with a Smile on YouTube