Soft Lights and Sweet Music

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{{Infobox film

| name = Soft Lights and Sweet Music

| image = Soft_Lights_and_Sweet_Music_(1936_film).jpg

| caption =

| director = Herbert Smith

| producer = Herbert Smith

| writer =

| starring = Bert Ambrose
Evelyn Dall
Harry Tate

| music =

| cinematography = Harry Rose
Charles Van Enger

| editing = Hugh Stewart

| studio = British Lion

| distributor = British Lion

| released = {{Film date|1936|02|12|df=yes}}

| runtime = 86 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

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Soft Lights and Sweet Music is a 1936 British musical film directed by Herbert Smith and starring Bert Ambrose, Evelyn Dall and Harry Tate.{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/jots.200019378|title=SOFT LIGHTS AND SWEET MUSIC (1936)|website=Library of Congress |publisher=}} It was made by British Lion at Beaconsfield Studios.Wood p.88 The film is a musical revue showcasing a selection of bands and variety acts of the day.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5w-RbODuKR8C&q=Soft+Lights+and+Sweet+Music+1936&pg=PA39|title=Elisabeth Welch: Soft Lights and Sweet Music|first=Stephen|last=Bourne|date=12 August 2018|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810854130|via=Google Books}} It takes its title from Elisabeth Welch's popular BBC radio show, which ran from 1933 to 1935.{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/completeentertai00rust|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/completeentertai00rust/page/661 661]|quote=Soft Lights and Sweet Music 1936.|title=The Complete Entertainment Discography, from the Mid-1890s to 1942|first1=Brian A. L.|last1=Rust|first2=Allen G.|last2=Debus|date=12 August 1973|publisher=Arlington House|via=Internet Archive}}

The film's art direction was by Norman G. Arnold.{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b654220|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813005008/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b654220|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 August 2018|title=Soft Lights and Sweet Music (1936)|publisher=}}