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'''Adelphi Films Limited''' was a [[United Kingdom|British]] film production company. With its sister company Advance, it produced over 30 films in the 1940s and 1950s and distributed many more. Adelphi linked [[Gainsborough Pictures]] and the raw “[[Kitchen sink realism|kitchen sink]]” dramas of the early 1960s.

Adelphi Films was founded in 1939 by Arthur Dent and is now managed by his granddaughter Kate Lees.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Adelphi Films story|url=http://www.adelphifilms.com/default.asp|publisher=Adelphi Films|accessdate=14 April 2011}}</ref>

==Films==

Adelphi is an archive of British feature films. The Adelphi film collection comprises over 40 [[British films]], stored for decades in a London suburban garage. Dating mainly from the 1940s and 1950s, the Adelphi film collection features many British stars of the period, including [[James Mason]], [[Max Bygraves]], [[Spike Milligan]], [[Diana Dors]], [[Peter Sellers]], [[Petula Clarke]], [[Prunella Scales]], [[Sid James]], [[Wilson, Keppel and Betty]] and [[Rolf Harris]]’ screen debut. [[Dorothy Squires]]’ only film appearance was in ''[[Stars in Your Eyes]]'' (1956) which was co-scripted by [[Talbot Rothwell]] before he wrote scripts for the ''[[Carry On (film series)|Carry On]]'' movies.

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==People involved==

The list of players reads like a ‘who's-who’ of [[United Kingdom|British]] [[acting]] and [[comedy]] talent of the period – [[Ronnie Corbett]], [[Dennis Price]], [[Hermione Baddeley]], [[Fred Emney]], [[Cardew Robinson]], [[Freddie Frinton]], [[Ted Ray (comedian)|Ted Ray]], [[Dora Bryan]], [[Rachel Roberts (actress)|Rachel Roberts]], [[Tommy Trinder]], [[Brian Rix]], [[Vera Day]], [[Joan Hickson]], [[Joan Sims]], [[Harry Fowler]], Diana Dors [[John Gregson]], and [[David Tomlinson]].

==History==

Aldephi was founded in 1939. In 1949 it was acquired by Arthur Dent, who ran it with his two sons, Stanley and David. Arthur Dent had been a salesman for Famous Players-Lasky and worked for producers and Sam Goldwyn, and produced ''Comin' Thro the Rye'' (1947) for Advance.