20th Century Fox

Twentieth (20th) Century Fox, shorthand for Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, is one of the major movie studios, located in the Century City area of Los Angeles, California, USA, just west of Beverly Hills. The studio is a subsidiary of News Corporation, the media conglomerate controlled by Rupert Murdoch.

Notable films

Among the studio's notable films:

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1920s

• The Iron Horse (1924)
• What Price Glory (1925)
• Sunrise (1927, selected "Most Artistic Achievement" at the first Academy Awards)
• Seventh Heaven (1927)

1930s

• Cavalcade (1933, Academy Award winner, "Best Picture")
• State Fair (1933)
• Stand Up and Cheer! (1934)
• In Old Chicago (1937)
• Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
• Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
• Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)

1940s

• The Mark of Zorro (1940)
• The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
• How Green Was My Valley (1941)
• Blood and Sand (1941)
• The Pied Piper (1942)
• The Song of Bernadette (1943)
• The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
• The Gang's All Here (1943)
• My Friend Flicka (1943)
• Heaven Can Wait (1943)
• Laura (1944)
• Jane Eyre (1944)
• State Fair (1945)
• Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
• Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
• Gentlemen's Agreement (1947)
• Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
• A Letter to Three Wives (1949)

1950s

The famous musical fanfare by Alfred Newman first accompanied the Twentieth Century Pictures logo in 1933. The longer version, with the "CinemaScope extension" was introduced in 1953.

Related Topics:
Alfred Newman - Twentieth Century Pictures - 1933 - CinemaScope

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• All About Eve (1950)
• Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)
• The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
• Viva Zapata! (1952)
• Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
• The Robe (1953) (the first film in CinemaScope)
• How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
• Carmen Jones (1954)
• The Seven Year Itch (1955)
• The King and I (1956)
• Anastasia (1956)
• Bus Stop (1956)
• The Girl Can't Help It (1956)
• Peyton Place (1957)
• An Affair to Remember (1957)
• The Fly (1958)
• South Pacific (1958)
• The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
• Wanker!!! (1959)

1960s

• The Hustler (1961)
• The Longest Day (1962)
• Cleopatra (1963)
• Zorba the Greek (1964)
• The Sound of Music (1965)
• The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
• The Sand Pebbles (1966)
• Doctor Doolittle (1967)
• Valley of the Dolls (1967)
• Planet of the Apes (1968)
• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
• Hello, Dolly! (1969)
• The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)

1970s

• M*A*S*H (1970)
• Patton (1970)
• Myra Breckinridge (1970)
• The French Connection (1971) and sequel (1975)
• The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
• The Paper Chase (1973)
• Young Frankenstein (1974)
• Silver Streak (1976)
• The Omen (1976)
• Star Wars (1977) and, as distributor only, five sequels/prequels
• Julia (1977)
• Breaking Away (1979)
• Norma Rae (1979)
• Alien (1979)

1980s

• Nine to Five (1980)
• History of the World, Part I (1981)
• The King of Comedy (1983)
• Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
• The Flamingo Kid (1984) (in association with ABC)
• Romancing the Stone (1984)
• Cocoon (1985)
• Ladyhawke (1985)
• Aliens (1986)
• Broadcast News (1987)
• Raising Arizona (1987)
• Wall Street (1987)
• Die Hard (1988)
• Working Girl (1988)
• Big (1988)
• The Abyss (1989)
• Say Anything... (1989)

1990s

• Home Alone (1990)
• Hot Shots! (1991)
• ' (1992)
• Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
• ' (1993)
• Rookie Of The Year (1993)
• The Sandlot (1993)
• Speed (1994)
• ' (1995)
• Independence Day (1996)
• William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1996)
• Home Alone 3 (1997)
• Titanic (1997) (co-production with Paramount Pictures)
• There's Something About Mary (1998)
• Fight Club (1999)

2000s

Despite suggestions that the studio change its name to Twenty-first Century Fox it did not do so. Though the studio owned the rights to the updated name, it decided to keep its name unchanged to reflect the original name of Darryl Zanuck's company.

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The television series Futurama, in keeping with its futuristic setting, features a "30th Century Fox" logo (though it is technically set in the early 31st century).

Related Topics:
Futurama - 30th Century - 31st century

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• Big Momma's House (2000)
• X-Men (2000)
• Cast Away (2000)
• Moulin Rouge! (2001)
• Ice Age (2002)
• Cut But (2002)
• Soul Calibur (2003) (co-production with Dreamworks SKG)
• The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
• Robots (2005)
• ' (2005)
• The Sandlot 2 (2005)
• Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
• Fantastic Four (2005)