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Who founded the Film Society of London in 1925?

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Director Sir David Lean sits atop a ladder beside a film camera, surrounded by crew and equipment on the set of Doctor Zhivago (1965) under a blue sky. — film David Lean (sitting atop a ladder) during the filming of *Doctor Zhivago* (1965).

The Film Society of London was founded in 1925 by H.G. Wells, George Bernard Shaw, Augustus John, John Maynard Keynes, and other individuals who sought to view French, German, and Soviet films that were not otherwise available through commercial exhibitors.1