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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.

The collection holds twomany long unavailable films including featuring [[The Goons]], first released in 1951, with [[Peter Sellers]], [[Spike Milligan]], [[Harry Secombe]], [[Bill Kerr]] and [[Alfred Marks]] (''[[Penny Points to Paradise]]'' and ''[[Let's Go Crazy (film)|Let's Go Crazy]]'').<ref>{{cite news|last=Brooks|first=Richard|title=Lost Peter Sellers films on screen after 50-year intermission|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article6493736.ece|newspaper=The Sunday Times|date=June 14, 2009}}</ref> These films were released on [[DVD]] in August 2009.

Adelphi owns the [[copyright]] of the collection, (although several were released by other associated companies). In 2009, the company donated 30 reels of film to the [[BFI National Archive]] for [[Film preservation|restoration]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Outing for restored comedy films|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8100947.stm|newspaper=BBC News|date=15 June 2009}}</ref> Mainly shot in [[black and white]], the [[film]]s generally run between 80 and 90 minutes.