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Sir Carol Reed (30 December 1906 – 25 April 1976) was an English film director, winner of an Academy Award for his film version of the musical, Oliver! (1968). An illegitimate son of the great actor-producer Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and his mistress May Pinney Reed, Carol Reed was born in Putney, London, and educated at The King's School, Canterbury. Reed served in the British Army during the Second World War, giving him many experiences which appeared in his later films. He embarked on an acting career while still in ...

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In 1968, the musical was made into a film, using a mixture of young unknowns and 'big names': Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, Harry Secombe, Mark Lester (Oliver), Jack Wild, and Hugh Griffith. There was a minor outcry when Shani Wallis was given the role of Nancy in preference to Georgia Brown. The movie was adapted by Lionel Bart and Vernon Harris, and directed by Sir Carol Reed, who was also Oliver Reed's uncle. Many of the songs from the stage pr ...

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Reed may mean: Reed (plant), a plant with a tall strong hollow stem that grows in large groups in shallow water or on marshy ground Reed (music), a thin strip of material which vibrates to make music, often made from the stem of the reed plant Reed College, a college in Portland, Oregon Reed, the stem that is used for making the roofs of some houses. See thatching. Reed is also the name of some places in the United States:

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The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organization that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, children's film and television, and interactive media. British Academy of Film and Television Arts - Introduction. BAFTA was founded in 1947 as The British Film Academy. In 1958, BFA incorporated the Guild of Television Producers and Directors in a merger to form The Society of Film and Television, which later became The British Academy of Film and Tele ... Including:

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1921 - Date unknown. Norma Macmillan, voice actress (d. 2001) 1921 - January. January 5 - Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Swiss writer (d. 1990) January 5 - Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg January 10 - Rodger Ward, American race car driver (d. 2004) January 19 - Patricia Highsmith, American author (d. 1995) January 27 - Donna Reed, American actress (d. 1986) January 31 - Carol Channing, American actress January 31 - Mario Lanza, ...

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There have been a number of films made outside the U.S. that can reasonably be called film noir, for example Pepé le Moko. Jules Dassin moved to France in the early fifties as a result of the Hollywood blacklist and made one of the most famous French films noir, Du rififi chez les hommes (1955). Other well-known French films sometimes considered to be noir include Touchez pas au grisbi (1954), Diabolique (1955), and Quai des Orfèvres (1947). The French director Jean-Pierre Melville is widely recognized fo ...

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The last three decades of the 20th century saw a number of short-lived poetic groupings such as the Martians. There was a growth in interest in women's writing and in poetry from England's ethnic groupings, especially the West Indian community. Poets who emerged include Carol Ann Duffy, Andrew Motion, Craig Raine, Wendy Cope, James Fenton, Blake Morrison, Grace Lake, Liz Lochhead, Linton Kwesi Johnson and Benjamin Zephaniah. There was also a growth in performance poetry fuelled by the Poetry Slam movement. A new generation of innovative poets ha ...

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