Editing Carol Reed (section)

==Early life and career==
Carol Reed was born in [[Putney]], southwest London.<ref name="Kemp">Philip Kemp [http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/459891/ "Reed, Carol (1906–1976)"],  ''Reference Guide to British and Irish Film Director'', reprinted at BFI Screenonline. The ''[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/printable/31593 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]'' has Wandsworth, London as Reed's place of birth.</ref> He was the son of actor-producer [[Herbert Beerbohm Tree|Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree]] and his [[mistress (lover)|mistress]], Beatrice May Pinney, who later adopted the surname of Reed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/12th-may-1979/19/mummer-and-daddy|title=Mummer and daddy » 12 May 1979 » the Spectator Archive}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mubi.com/films/10747?from_theauteurs=1 |title=The Stars Look Down – Movie info: cast, reviews, trailer on |publisher=Mubi.com |date=22 February 1999 |access-date=13 June 2012}}</ref> He was educated at [[The King's School, Canterbury]].

He embarked on an acting career while still in his late teens. A period in the theatrical company of the thriller writer [[Edgar Wallace]] followed, and Reed became his personal assistant in 1927.<ref name="Hogg1">Trevor Hogg [http://www.flickeringmyth.com/2009/10/great-reed-carol-reed-profile-part-1.html "A Great Reed: A Carol Reed Profile (Part 1)"], ''Flickering Myth'', 21 October 2009</ref> Apart from acting in a few Wallace-derived films himself, Reed became involved in adapting his work for the screen during the day while he was a stage manager in the evenings. This connection ended when Wallace died in February 1932. Taken on by [[Basil Dean]], Reed worked for his [[Associated Talking Pictures]], successively for ATP as a dialogue director, second-unit director and then assistant director.<ref name="Feehan">{{cite web |title=Carol Reed |date=15 December 2010 |last=Freehan |first=Deirdre |work=Senses of Cinema |url=http://www.sensesofcinema.com/2003/great-directors/reed/}}</ref> His films in the later role working under Dean were ''[[Autumn Crocus (film)|Autumn Crocus]]'', ''[[Lorna Doone (1934 film)|Lorna Doone]]'' and ''[[Loyalties (1933 film)|Loyalties]]'' and (with [[Thorold Dickinson]]) ''[[Java Head (1934 film)|Java Head]]''.