Fox Film Corporation

The Fox Film Corporation was an American company which produced motion pictures, formed in 1915 when founder William Fox merged 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. (see vertical integration)

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American - Motion pictures - 1915 - William Fox - Companies - 1913 - Independents - Vertical integration

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The company's first film studios were set up in Fort Lee, New Jersey but in 1919 they shifted production to Hollywood, California that offered a more hospitable and cost effective climate for filmmaking. On July 23, 1926, the company bought the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound on to film.

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Fort Lee, New Jersey - Hollywood, California - July 23 - 1926 - Patent - Movietone sound system - Film

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William Fox lost control over the company after the stock market crash, in 1930, during a hostile takeover. Under new president Sidney Kent, the new owners later merged the company with Twentieth Century Pictures to form 20th Century Fox.

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Stock market crash - Sidney Kent - Twentieth Century Pictures - 20th Century Fox

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