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What were the beginnings of British film?

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Britain has produced some of the most illustrious talents in the history of film. Early efforts (c.1929) by the producer J. Arthur Rank to achieve a world market for British films were realized with the work of such postwar directors as Alfred Hitchcock , Carol Reed , David Lean , and the Hungarian-born Alexander Korda. Their films were literate and often suspenseful and brought international fame to such actors as Laurence Olivier , Ralph Richardson , John Mills, Paul Scofield , Merle Oberon, and Michael Redgrave . Alec Guinness , Peter Ustinov , Peter Sellers, and Terry Thomas created comedies that are sophisticated and singularly British in their sense of humor.

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