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Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Type Subsidiary of News Corporation
Founded 1935, by merger of Fox Films (founded in 1915) and 20th Century Pictures, Inc. A subsidiary, in business matters is an entity that is controlled by a bigger and more powerful entity News Corporation (often abbreviated to News Corp) (,,) is one of the world's largest media conglomerate companies by Market capitalisation (founded in 1932)
Headquarters Century City, Los Angeles, California, United States
Industry Motion picture
Parent Fox Filmed Entertainment (News Corporation)
Website foxmovies.com
foxstudios.com

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (spelled from 1935 to 1985 as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation), also known as 20th Century Fox, Fox 2000 Pictures, or simply Fox, is one of the six major American film studios. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" A holding company is a company that owns part all or a majority of other companies' outstanding Stock. Fox Filmed Entertainment is the parent company of Twentieth Century Fox. News Corporation (often abbreviated to News Corp) (,,) is one of the world's largest media conglomerate companies by Market capitalisation A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages A major film studio is a movie production and distribution company that releases a substantial number of films annually and consistently commands a significant Located in the Century City area of Los Angeles, just west of Beverly Hills, the studio is a subsidiary of News Corporation, the media conglomerate controlled by Rupert Murdoch. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West A subsidiary, in business matters is an entity that is controlled by a bigger and more powerful entity News Corporation (often abbreviated to News Corp) (,,) is one of the world's largest media conglomerate companies by Market capitalisation is gay Bold text' Keith Rupert Murdoch', AC, KCSG (born Melbourne, March 11 1931 usually known as Rupert Murdoch, is an Australian-American The company was founded in 1935, as the result of a merger of two entities, Fox Film Corporation founded by William Fox in 1915, and Twentieth Century Pictures, begun in 1933 by Darryl F. Zanuck, Joseph Schenck, Raymond Griffith and William Goetz. William Fox ( January 1, 1879 &ndash May 8, 1952) was a pioneering American Motion picture executive who founded the Darryl Francis Zanuck ( September 5, 1902 &ndash December 22, 1979) was an Academy Award -winning producer, Writer Joseph Michael Schenck ( December 25, 1878 &ndash October 22, 1961) was a pioneer executive who played a key role in the development of Raymond Griffith ( January 23 1895 - November 25 1957) was one of the great Silent movie comedians William Goetz ( March 24, 1903 – August 15, 1969) was an American Hollywood Film

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Fox Film Corporation

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The Fox Film Corporation was formed in 1915 by the theater "chain" pioneer William Fox, who formed Fox Film Corporation by merging two companies he had established in 1913: Greater New York Film Rental, a distribution firm, which was part of the Independents; and Fox (or Box, depending on the source) Office Attractions Company, a production company. William Fox ( January 1, 1879 &ndash May 8, 1952) was a pioneering American Motion picture executive who founded the A corporation is a separate legal entity usually used to conduct business An independent film, or indie film, is a film that is produced outside of the Hollywood Studio system, a series of oligopolistic practices by several This merging of a distribution company and a production company was an early example of vertical integration. In Microeconomics and Management, the term vertical integration describes a style of Management control.

Always more of an entrepreneur than a showman, Fox concentrated on acquiring and building theaters; pictures were secondary. The company's first film studios were set up in Fort Lee, New Jersey, but in 1917, William Fox sent Sol M. Wurtzel to Hollywood, California to oversee the studio's new West Coast production facilities where a more hospitable and cost effective climate existed for film making. Fort Lee is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. Sol M Wurtzel ( September 12, 1890 &ndash April 9, 1958) was an American Motion picture producer The " West Coast " " Western Seaboard " or " Pacific Seaboard " are terms for the westernmost coastal states of the Western United States

With the introduction of sound technologies, Fox moved to acquire the rights to a sound-on-film process. Sound-on-film refers to a class of Sound film processes where the sound accompanying picture is physically recorded onto photographic film usually but not always the same In the years 1925-26, Fox purchased the rights to the work of Freeman Harrison Owens, the U. Freeman Harrison Owens ( July 20, 1890 - December 9, 1979) born in Pine Bluff Arkansas, the only child of Charles H S. rights to the Tri-Ergon system invented by three German inventors, and the work of Theodore Case. The Tri-Ergon Sound-on-film system was patented from 1919 on by German inventors Josef Engl Hans Vogt and Joseph Massolle Theodore Willard Case (1888 Auburn New York &ndash 1944 known for the invention of the Movietone Sound-on-film Sound film system was born This resulted in the Movietone sound system later known as 'Fox Movietone'. The Movietone sound system is a Sound-on-film method of recording sound for motion pictures which guarantees synchronisation between the sound and the picture Later that year, the company began offering films with a music-and-effects track, and the following year Fox began the weekly Fox Movietone News feature, which ran until 1963. Movietone News known in the US as Fox Movietone News, produced cinema sound Newsreels from 1928-1963 in the U The growing company needed space, and in 1926 Fox acquired 300 acres (1. 2 km²) in the open country west of Beverly Hills and built "Movietone City", the best-equipped studio of its time.

When rival Marcus Loew died in 1927, Fox offered to buy the Loew family's holdings. Marcus Loew ( May 7, 1870 &ndash September 5, 1927) was an American business magnate and a pioneer of the Motion picture Loew's Inc. controlled more than 200 theaters as well as the MGM studio (whose films are currently distributed internationally by Fox -- see below). When the family agreed to the sale, the merger of Fox and Loew's Inc. was announced in 1929. But MGM studio-boss Louis B. Mayer, not included in the deal, fought back. Louis Burt Mayer (born Lazar Meir July 4, 1884 &ndash October 29, 1957) was an early Film producer, most Using political connections, Mayer called on the Justice Department's anti-trust unit to block the merger. For animal rights group see Justice Department (JD The United States Department of Justice ( DOJ) is a Cabinet department Fate favored Mayer -- Fox was badly injured in a car crash in the summer of 1929, and by the time he recovered the stock market crash in the fall of 1929 had taken most of his fortune, putting an end to the Loew's merger. The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as the ’29 Crash, the Crash of 1929, the Great Crash of 1929, the Great Crash of October 1929

Over-extended and close to bankruptcy, Fox was stripped of his empire and even ended up in jail. Fox Film, with more than 500 theatres, was placed in receivership. A bank-mandated reorganization propped the company up for a time, but it was clear a merger was the only way Fox Film could survive. Under new president Sidney Kent, the new owners merged the company with Twentieth Century Pictures to form 20th Century Fox in 1935.

List of films

Main article: List of pre-1940 Fox films

Twentieth Century Pictures

"Twentieth Century Pictures" redirects here. This is a historic list of films produced or distributed by the US film company Fox Film, which was founded in 1915 and was merged with 20th Century Pictures in 1935 to form

Twentieth Century Pictures was an independent Hollywood motion picture production company created in 1932 by Joseph Schenck, the former president of United Artists, Darryl F. Zanuck from Warner Brothers, William Goetz from Fox Films, and Raymond Griffith. Joseph Michael Schenck ( December 25, 1878 &ndash October 22, 1961) was a pioneer executive who played a key role in the development of This article is about the film studio Previously it was affiliated with a cinema chain bearing its name now owned by Regal Entertainment Group. Darryl Francis Zanuck ( September 5, 1902 &ndash December 22, 1979) was an Academy Award -winning producer, Writer Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and William Goetz ( March 24, 1903 – August 15, 1969) was an American Hollywood Film Raymond Griffith ( January 23 1895 - November 25 1957) was one of the great Silent movie comedians Financial backing came from Schenck's older brother Nicholas Schenck and the father-in-law of Goetz, Louis B. Mayer, the head of MGM Studios. Nicholas M Schenck ( 14 November 1881, Rybinsk, Russia &ndash 4 March, 1969, Florida) was a Motion picture Louis Burt Mayer (born Lazar Meir July 4, 1884 &ndash October 29, 1957) was an early Film producer, most Company product was distributed by United Artists, and was filmed at various studios. This article is about the film studio Previously it was affiliated with a cinema chain bearing its name now owned by Regal Entertainment Group.

Zanuck was named president and Goetz served as vice-president. Successful from the very beginning, their 1934 production, The House of Rothschild was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. The House of Rothschild is a 1934 film which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to artists working In 1935, they produced the classic film Les Miserables, from Victor Hugo's novel, which was also nominated for Best Picture. Les Misérables ( 1935) is a film based upon the famous Victor Hugo novel of the same name. Victor-Marie Hugo ( ( February 26, 1802 – May 22, 1885) was a French Poet, Playwright, Novelist That same year, they merged with the financially strapped Fox Film Corporation to create 20th Century-Fox Film Corp. which eventually dropped the hyphen in 1985, around the same time the studio was taken over by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation.

For a list of films produced by Twentieth Century Pictures, see List of 20th Century Pictures films. This is a historic list of the films produced the US film company 20th Century Pictures, which was founded in 1932 and was merged with Fox Film Corporation in 1935 to form

Twentieth Century/Fox merger

Joe Schenck and Fox management agreed to a merger; although Twentieth Century was the senior partner in the merger, it was still a dwarf compared to Fox. With this in mind, observers of this mouse-and-elephant combination expected that the new company would be called "Fox-Twentieth Century. " However, the new company was called Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, which began trading on May 31, 1935. Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. (The hyphen was dropped in 1985. ) Schenck and Zanuck retained their roles as chief executive and head of production, respectively.

Aside from the theater chain and a first-rate studio lot, Zanuck and Schenck felt there wasn't much else to Fox. The studio's biggest star, Will Rogers, died in a plane crash weeks after the merger. This page is about the humorist for others with similar names see William Rogers. Its leading female star, Janet Gaynor, was fading in popularity. Janet Gaynor ( October 6, 1906 &ndash September 14, 1984) was an American actress. Promising leading men James Dunn and Spencer Tracy had been dropped because of heavy drinking. James Howard Dunn ( November 2, 1901 - September 3, 1967) was an American Academy Award -winning Film Spencer Tracy ( April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was a two-time Academy Award -winning Actor of stage and Zanuck quickly signed young actors who would carry Twentieth Century-Fox for years: Tyrone Power, Don Ameche, Henry Fonda, ice-skater Sonja Henie, and Betty Grable. Tyrone Edmund Power Jr (May 5 1914 – November 15 1958 usually credited simply as Tyrone Power and known sometimes as " Ty Power " was an Don Ameche (born Dominic Felix Amici; May 31 1908 – December 6 1993) was an American actor Henry Jaynes Fonda ( May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American Academy Award -winning Film and Sonja Henie ( April 8, 1912 - October 12, 1969) was a Norwegian figure skater and actress Betty Grable ( December 18, 1916 &ndash July 2, 1973) was an American Dancer Singer, and actress And also on the Fox payroll he found two players whom he would build into the studio's leading assets, Alice Faye and seven-year-old Shirley Temple. Alice Faye (born Alice Jeane Leppert on May 5, 1915 - May 9, 1998) was an American actress and Singer Shirley Jane Temple (born April 23, 1928) is an Academy Award -winning Actress and Tap dancer, most famous for being an iconic

Favoring popular biographies and musicals, Zanuck built Fox back to profitability. Thanks to record attendance during World War II, Fox passed RKO and mighty MGM to become the third-most profitable studio. While Zanuck went off for eighteen months' war service, junior partner William Goetz kept profits high by emphasizing light entertainment. William Goetz ( March 24, 1903 – August 15, 1969) was an American Hollywood Film The studio's—indeed the industry's—biggest star was creamy blonde Betty Grable. But when Zanuck returned in 1943 he intended to make Fox's output more serious-minded. During the next few years, with pictures like The Razor's Edge, Wilson, Gentleman's Agreement, The Snake Pit, Boomerang, and Pinky, Zanuck established a reputation for provocative, adult films. The Razor's Edge is the first film version of W Somerset Maugham 's 1944 novel. Wilson is a 1944 biographical film in Technicolor about President Woodrow Wilson. Gentleman's Agreement is a 1947 Drama film about a journalist (played by Gregory Peck) who goes undercover as a Jew to research The Snake Pit is a 1948 Film which tells the story of a woman who finds herself in an insane asylum and cannot remember how she got there For the 1992 film click Boomerang. Boomerang! is a 1947 film based on a true story about the early career of Attorney General Pinky ( 1949) is a film directed by Elia Kazan. The movie was adapted by Philip Dunne and Dudley Nichols from the novel by Fox also specialized in adaptations of best-selling books and Broadway musicals, including the Rodgers and Hammerstein films, beginning with the musical version of State Fair in 1945, and continuing on years later with Carousel in 1956, The King and I, and The Sound of Music. Richard Rodgers (1902 &ndash 1979 and Oscar Hammerstein II (1895 &ndash 1960 were a well-known American songwriting duo State Fair is a 1945 film directed by Walter Lang. The film is a Remake of the 1933 film of the same name. Carousel is a 1956 film adaptation of the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical of the same name which was based on Ferenc Molnar 's The King and I is a 1956 Musical film made by 20th Century Fox, directed by Walter Lang and produced by Charles Brackett Rodgers and Hammerstein 's The Sound of Music is a Musical film directed by Robert Wise and starring Julie Andrews in the lead role They also distributed, but did not make, the Cinemascope version of Oklahoma! and the 1958 film version of South Pacific. CinemaScope was a Widescreen movie format used from 1953 to 1967 The 1943 musical play Oklahoma!, written by Composer Richard Rodgers and Lyricist / Librettist Oscar Hammerstein II This article is about the 1958 film. For the stage musical see South Pacific (musical.

After the war, audiences drifted away, and the arrival of television hastened the process. Fox held on to its theaters until a court-mandated divorce; they were spun off as Fox National Theaters in 1953. That year, with attendance at one-half 1946's level, Fox gambled on an unproven gimmick. Noting that the two movie sensations of 1952 had been Cinerama, which required three projectors to fill a giant curved screen, and "Natural Vision" 3-D, which got its effects of depth by requiring the use of polarized glasses, Fox mortgaged its studio to buy rights to a French anamorphic projection system which gave a slight illusion of depth without glasses. Cinerama is the trademarked name for a Widescreen process which works by simultaneously projecting images from three synchronized 35 mm projectors onto a huge deeply-curved See also [[stereoscopy]] In film the term 3-D (or 3D) is used to describe any visual presentation system that attempts to maintain or recreate moving images In February 1953, Zanuck announced that henceforth all Fox pictures would be made in CinemaScope. CinemaScope was a Widescreen movie format used from 1953 to 1967 To convince theater owners to install this new process, Fox agreed to help pay conversion costs (about $25,000 per screen); and to ensure enough product, Fox gave access to CinemaScope to any rival studio choosing to use it. Seeing the box-office for the first two CinemaScope features, The Robe and How to Marry a Millionaire, Warner Bros. The Robe is a 1953 Biblical Epic film that tells the story of a Roman tribune who commands the unit that crucifies Jesus How to Marry a Millionaire is a 1953 Romantic comedy film made by 20th Century Fox, directed by Jean Negulesco and produced and written , MGM, Universal Pictures, and Columbia Pictures quickly adopted the process. Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American }} Columbia Pictures Industries Inc is an American Film production and distribution company

CinemaScope brought a brief up-turn in attendance, but by 1956 the numbers again began to slide. That year Darryl Zanuck announced his resignation as head of production. Officially attributed to burn-out, rumors persisted that his wife had threatened divorce (in community-property California) after discovering Zanuck's affair with actress Bella Darvi. Bella Darvi ( 23 October 1928 – 11 September 1971) was a Polish-born French actress Zanuck moved to Paris, setting up as an independent producer; he did not set foot in California again for fifteen years.

Production and financial problems

His successor, producer Buddy Adler, died a year later. E Maurice "Buddy" Adler ( June 22, 1909 – July 22, 1960) was an Academy Award -winning American Film President Spyros Skouras (who had succeeded Schenck in 1942) brought in a series of production executives, but none had Zanuck's success. Spyros P Skouras ( March 28, 1893 – August 16, 1971) was an American movie executive who was the president of the Twentieth Century Fox By the early 1960s Fox was in trouble. A remake of Theda Bara's Cleopatra had begun in 1959 with Joan Collins in the lead. Cleopatra ( 1917) was directed by J Gordon Edwards and starred Theda Bara in the title role Joan Henrietta Collins, OBE (born 23 May 1933) is a Golden Globe Award -winning English actress and bestselling As a publicity gimmick, producer Walter Wanger offered one million dollars to Elizabeth Taylor if she would star. Walter Wanger ( July 11, 1894 – November 18, 1968) was an Academy Award -winning American Film producer Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE (born 27 February 1932) is a two-time Academy Award -winning English-American actress Taylor accepted, and costs for Cleopatra began to escalate, aggravated by Richard Burton's on-set romance with Taylor, and the media frenzy that surrounded it. Richard Burton, CBE (10 November 1925 &ndash 5 August 1984 was a Welsh multiple award-winning Actor.

Meanwhile, another remake—this one of the 1940 Cary Grant hit My Favorite Wife was rushed into production in an attempt to turn over a quick profit to help keep Fox afloat. My Favorite Wife (released in the UK as My Favourite Wife) is a 1940 Screwball comedy starring Irene Dunne The unoriginal romantic comedy, titled Something's Got to Give paired Fox's most bankable star of the 1950s - Marilyn Monroe - with Dean Martin, but with a troubled star and belligerent director (George Cukor) causing delays on a daily basis, it quickly descended into a costly debacle. Something's Got to Give is one of the most notorious unfinished films in Hollywood history Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson, June 1 1926 &ndash August 5 1962 baptized Norma Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti; June 7 1917 &ndash December 25 1995 was an American Singer, Film Actor, television personality George Dewey Cukor ( July 7, 1899 – January 24, 1983) was an Academy Award -winning American Film director. As Cleopatra's budget passed the ten-million dollar mark, Fox sold its back lot (now the site of Century City) to Alcoa in 1961 to raise cash. After several months of very little progress, Marilyn Monroe was fired from Something's Got to Give, although somewhat controversially Elizabeth Taylor's highly disruptive reign on the Cleopatra set continued unchallenged. Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson, June 1 1926 &ndash August 5 1962 baptized Norma Something's Got to Give is one of the most notorious unfinished films in Hollywood history Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE (born 27 February 1932) is a two-time Academy Award -winning English-American actress Cleopatra is a 1963 Film directed by Joseph L Mankiewicz. The screenplay was adapted by Sidney Buchman, Ben Hecht,

With few pictures on the schedule, Skouras wanted to rush Zanuck's big-budget war epic The Longest Day, a highly accurate recounting of the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, into release as another source of quick cash. The Longest Day is a 3-hour-long War film with a very large cast based on the 1959 history The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This offended Zanuck, still Fox's largest shareholder, for whom The Longest Day was a labor of love that he had dearly wanted to produce for years. After it became clear that Something's Got to Give would not be able to progress without Monroe in the lead (Martin had refused to work with anyone else), Skouras finally relented and re-signed her. Something's Got to Give is one of the most notorious unfinished films in Hollywood history But days before filming was due to resume, she was found dead at her Los Angeles home and the unfinished scenes from Something's Got to Give were shelved. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Something's Got to Give is one of the most notorious unfinished films in Hollywood history They wouldn't see the light of day for nearly 40 years. Rather than being rushed into release as if it were a B-picture, The Longest Day was lovingly and carefully produced under Zanuck's supervision. It was finally released at a length of three hours, with a huge international cast, and went on to be recognized as one of the great World War II films.

At the next board meeting, Zanuck spoke for eight hours, convincing directors that Skouras was mis-managing the company and that he was the only possible successor. Zanuck was installed as chairman, and then named his son Richard Zanuck as president. Richard Darryl Zanuck (born December 13, 1934) is an Academy Award -winning American film producer This new management group seized Cleopatra and rushed it to completion, shut down the studio, laid off the entire staff to save money, axed the long-running Movietone Newsreel and made a series of cheap, popular pictures that restored Fox as a major studio. The biggest boost to the studio's fortunes came from the tremendous success of The Sound of Music (1965), an expensive and handsomely produced adaptation of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical, which became one of the all-time greatest box office hits. Rodgers and Hammerstein 's The Sound of Music is a Musical film directed by Robert Wise and starring Julie Andrews in the lead role Richard Rodgers (1902 &ndash 1979 and Oscar Hammerstein II (1895 &ndash 1960 were a well-known American songwriting duo

Zanuck stayed on as chairman until 1971 but his last years saw several expensive flops, resulting in Fox posting losses from 1969 to 1971. Following his removal, and after an uncertain period, new management brought Fox back to health. Under president Dennis Stanfill and production head Alan Ladd, Jr., Fox films connected with modern audiences. Alan Ladd Jr (born October 22 1937 in Los Angeles California, USA) is an American film industry executive and producer Stanfill used the profits to acquire resort properties, soft-drink bottlers, Australian theaters, and other properties in an attempt to diversify enough to offset the boom-or-bust cycle of picture-making. In 1977, Fox's success would also reach new heights and produced the most profitable film made up to that time, Star Wars [1]. Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope (originally released as Star Wars) is a 1977 Space opera

Fox also makes money distributing movies for small independent film companies. An independent film, or indie film, is a film that is produced outside of the Hollywood Studio system, a series of oligopolistic practices by several Some of the financial records are questionable in nature. For example, 20th Century Fox charged Tag Entertainment 10. Tag Entertainment was largely founded by Steve Austin and became a publicly-held movie production company formerly headquartered in Santa Monica, California. 2 million Dollars for the domestic (United States and Canada) theatrical distribution of the film Supercross: The Movie. Supercross is a 2005 action / drama Film directed by Steve Boyum and starring Steve Howey and Mike These distribution charges were not enough though to provide a standard display poster for the theaters to place in the show window. The theaters were provided only with an inexpensive logo copy with no lettering on the display print other than the movie title. A logo ( Greek el λογότυπος = el-Latn logotypos is a graphical element ( Ideogram, Symbol, Emblem, Icon, Sign) The film footage costs were reduced by eliminating the beginning of this movie. Fox has also provided domestic DVD distribution of Supercross and other Tag Entertainment movies for Producers Steve Austin , Lou Pearlman, and David Borg. DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is Supercross is a 2005 action / drama Film directed by Steve Boyum and starring Steve Howey and Mike Louis Jay Pearlman (born June 19, 1954) was known in the 1990s entertainment business for being the manager of famous American Boy bands the David Borg is an Entertainment producer living north of the border in Vancouver, and also the Los Angeles area of California The movie industry has long been suspected of padding expenses in what is termed "Creative Financing".

Rupert Murdoch

Main article: Rupert Murdoch
Fox Plaza, Century City headquarters, completed in 1987.
Fox Plaza, Century City headquarters, completed in 1987. is gay Bold text' Keith Rupert Murdoch', AC, KCSG (born Melbourne, March 11 1931 usually known as Rupert Murdoch, is an Australian-American Fox Plaza is a 492- foot (150- Meter) high Skyscraper with 34 floors in Century City Los Angeles California, a local Landmark.

With financial stability came new owners, and in 1978 control passed to the investors Marc Rich and Marvin Davis. Marc Rich (born Marc David Reich on December 18, 1934) is an international commodities trader Marvin H Davis ( August 31, 1925 in Newark New Jersey &ndash September 25, 2004 in Beverly Hills, California In early 1985, Davis sold Rich's (who had fled the U. S. after evading $100,000,000 in U. S. income taxes) half of Fox to News Corp. Six months later, Davis sold his half of Fox, giving Rupert Murdoch's company complete control. To run the studio, Murdoch hired Barry Diller from Paramount. Barry Diller (born 2 February 1942 is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IAC/InterActiveCorp and the media executive responsible for the creation of Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. Diller brought with him a plan which Paramount's board had refused: a studio-backed, fourth free to air commercial television-network.

But to gain FCC approval of Fox's purchase of Metromedia's television holdings (once the stations of the old DuMont network), Murdoch had to become an American citizen. Metromedia (also often MetroMedia) was a media company that owned radio and Television stations in the United States from 1956 The DuMont Television Network was the world's first commercial Television network, beginning operation in the United States in 1946 He did so in 1985 (the same year Twentieth Century Fox dropped the hyphen from its name), and in 1986, the new Fox Broadcasting Company took to the air. Over the next twenty years the network and owned-stations group have expanded to become extremely profitable for News Corp. The film studio has prospered too, with Fox choosing to back away from its reputation for literary adaptations and adult themes to concentrate on larger movies such as the Star Wars trilogies (1977-1983 and 1999-2005), 1997's Titanic (a co-production with Paramount Pictures), and others. Star Wars is an epic Space opera franchise initially conceived by George Lucas during the 1970s and significantly expanded Titanic is a 1997 Disaster film directed written co-produced and co-edited by James Cameron about the sinking of the RMS ''Titanic'' Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California.

Since January 2001, this company has been the international distributor for MGM/UA releases, and as of 2006, the worldwide video distributor for the MGM/UA library. In the 1980s, Fox -- through a joint venture with CBS, called CBS/Fox Video, had distributed certain UA films on video, thus UA has come full circle by switching to Fox for video distribution. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. CBS/Fox Video was a Home video company formed and established in 1982.

Main article: List of 20th Century Fox films

Television

Main article: 20th Century Fox Television

20th Television is Fox's television syndication division. This is a historic list of films produced and/or distributed by the U Twentieth Century Fox Television Inc (on-logo as 20th Century Fox Television) is the television production division of the 20th Century Fox movie studio a subsidiary Twentieth Television Inc (also referred to as 20th Television) is an American television distribution company that was formed in 1992 by 20th Century In Broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast Radio shows and Television shows to multiple individual stations without going through 20th Century Fox Television is the studio's television production division. Twentieth Century Fox Television Inc (on-logo as 20th Century Fox Television) is the television production division of the 20th Century Fox movie studio a subsidiary

Logo and fanfare

20th Century FOX fanfare

The fanfare from 1983 film Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. Events February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend the Night Together opens in New York Star Wars Episode VI Return of the Jedi is a 1983 Space opera Film directed by Richard Marquand and written by George Lucas
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The distinctive Art Deco 20th Century Fox logo originated as the 20th Century Pictures logo, with the name "Fox" substituted for "Pictures, Inc. Art Deco was a popular international design movement from 1925 until 1939 affecting the decorative arts such as Architecture, Interior design, and Industrial " in 1935. The logo was originally created as a painting on several layers of glass and animated frame-by-frame. It had very little animation -- just a sideline view of the tower with searchlights, some moving and some non-moving. Over the years, the logo's design went through several changes. In the 1950s, Rocky Longo, an artist at Pacific Title, was hired to recreate the original design for the new CinemaScope process. CinemaScope was a Widescreen movie format used from 1953 to 1967 In order to give the rather static design the required "width", Longo tilted the "0" in 20th -- an idiosyncratic element which became part of the design for more than two decades.

After Longo repainted the eight-layered glass panels in the 1980s (and straightened the "0"), a revised, but rather dull and washed-out logo became the official trademark.

In 1994, after a few false starts and expensive failed attempts (which even included trying to film the familiar monument as an actual three-dimensional model) Fox in-house television producer Kevin Burns was hired to produce an all-new, standardized logo -- this time using the new process of CGI. Kevin Burns (born June 18, 1955) is an Emmy Award -winning American television and Film producer, director

With the help of graphics producer Steve Soffer and his company Studio Productions (which had recently given face-lifts to the Paramount and Universal logos), Burns directed that the new logo contain more detail and animation, so that the longer (21 second) Fox Fanfare with "CinemaScope Extension" could be used as the underscore. This required a virtual Los Angeles City be designed around the monument -- one in which buildings, moving cars and street lights can be briefly glimpsed. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West In the background can be seen the famous Hollywood sign, which would give the monument an actual location (approximating Fox's actual address in Century City). The Hollywood Sign is a famous Landmark in the Hollywood Hills area of Los Angeles California, spelling out the name of the area in high white letters One final touch was the addition of store front signs -- each one bearing the name of Fox executives who were at the studio at the time. One of the signs reads, "Murdoch's Department Store"; another says "Chernin's" and a third reads: "Burns Tri-City Alarm" (an homage to Burns' late father who owned a burglar and fire alarm company in Upstate New York).

The logo can be seen in the 2003 production The League of Extraordinary Gentleman as a huge unlit monument dominating the nighttime London skyline.

As the logo was being prepped to premiere at the beginning of James Cameron's True Lies, Burns tapped composer Bruce Broughton to perform a new version of the familiar Fanfare. James Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is an Academy Award -winning Canadian - American director For the video game see True Lies (video game. True Lies is a 1994 action - Comedy film.

The Fox Fanfare was originally composed in 1933 by Alfred Newman, head of Fox's music department from 1940 until the 1960s. Alfred Newman ( March 17, 1900 &ndash February 17, 1970) was a major American Composer of music for Films It originally was used in films made by Darryl F. Zanuck's Twentieth Century Pictures before the company merged with Fox films. Darryl Francis Zanuck ( September 5, 1902 &ndash December 22, 1979) was an Academy Award -winning producer, Writer [2]

In 1953, an extended version was created for CinemaScope films, and debuted on the film How to Marry a Millionaire, released that same year. CinemaScope was a Widescreen movie format used from 1953 to 1967 How to Marry a Millionaire is a 1953 Romantic comedy film made by 20th Century Fox, directed by Jean Negulesco and produced and written (The Robe, the first film released in CinemaScope, used the sound of a choir singing over the logo, instead of the regular fanfare. The Robe is a 1953 Biblical Epic film that tells the story of a Roman tribune who commands the unit that crucifies Jesus )

In 1997, composer David Newman recorded the version of the fanfare that is currently being used. David Newman (born March 11, 1954) is an American composer known particularly for his music for the movies.

Parodies of the fanfare have appeared at the start of the films The Cannonball Run (cars drive around the logo), White Men Can't Jump (rap version of the fanfare), The Day After Tomorrow (thunderstorm on the set), Live Free or Die Hard (where the spotlights go out as a result of a terrorist-controlled power outage), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (piano-rock version of the fanfare), and The Simpsons Movie (Ralph Wiggum "sings along" with the fanfare). White Men Can't Jump is a 1992 film starring Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes as Basketball hustlers, and co-staring The Day After Tomorrow is a 2004 apocalyptic science-fiction film that depicts the catastrophic effects of both Global warming and Global cooling Live Free or Die Hard, released as Die Hard 40 outside the United States is a 2007 Action film, and the fourth installment in The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a 1975 musical Comedy film that parodies Science fiction and Horror films. The Simpsons Movie is a 2007 American animated Comedy film based on the animated television series The Simpsons Ralph Wiggum is a Fictional character on the animated series The Simpsons, voiced by Nancy Cartwright.

Throughout the 1990s, Kevin Burns was approached to design and produce other versions of the logo for a growing list of Fox television companies. Kevin Burns (born June 18, 1955) is an Emmy Award -winning American television and Film producer, director It was Burns idea to stay faithful to the monument's base and overall design perspective, but to modify the time of day or even the weather. For example, Fox Television Studios features the logo during a storm -- one which shows a bolt of lightning striking the monument and turning the searchlights on. Fox Television Studios Inc is a production arm of 20th Century Fox Television Inc The logo for 20th Century Fox Television (which produces mainly primetime programming) shows the monument at dusk. Twentieth Century Fox Television Inc (on-logo as 20th Century Fox Television) is the television production division of the 20th Century Fox movie studio a subsidiary Prime Time is the major News analysis current affairs and Politics programme broadcast on Radio Telefís Éireann in Ireland The one for 20th Television (a division which usually produces shows meant for daytime syndication and distributes archive programming) showcases the monument in daylight. Twentieth Television Inc (also referred to as 20th Television) is an American television distribution company that was formed in 1992 by 20th Century

Numerous other parodies and variations on the feature film logo have been created over the years. One of particular interest was seen at the end of Fox's Futurama, the words "20th Century Fox" were changed to "30th Century Fox" in reference to the fact that Futurama is set in the 31st century. Futurama is an Emmy Award -winning animated American sitcom created by Matt Groening, and developed by Groening and

Fox Searchlight Pictures, Foxstar Productions, and Fox Studios Australia are just a few of the other corporate entities that have used variations on the original 1933 design. Fox Searchlight Pictures is the specialty film division of 20th Century Fox, established in 1994 Fox Television Studios Inc is a production arm of 20th Century Fox Television Inc Fox Studios Australia is a major Movie studio located in Sydney, Australia, occupying the site of the former Sydney Showground at Moore

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