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Author : Merrill T. McCord
Release : 2016
Genre : Motion pictures
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Book Synopsis William Fox and the Fox Film Corporation by : Merrill T. McCord
Download or read book William Fox and the Fox Film Corporation written by Merrill T. McCord. This book was released on 2016. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Aubrey Solomon
Release : 2014-01-10
Genre : Performing Arts
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Book Synopsis The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935 by : Aubrey Solomon
Download or read book The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935 written by Aubrey Solomon. This book was released on 2014-01-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1929, Hollywood mogul William Fox (1879-1952) came close to controlling the entire motion picture industry. His Fox Film Corporation had grown from a $1600 investment into a globe-spanning $300 million empire; he also held patents to the new sound-on-film process. Forced into a series of bitter power struggles, Fox was ultimately toppled from his throne, and the studio bearing his name would merge in 1935 with Darryl F. Zanuck's flourishing 20th Century Pictures. The 25-year lifespan of the Fox Film Corporation, home of such personalities as Theda Bara, Tom Mix, Janet Gaynor and John Ford, is chronicled in this thorough illustrated history. Included are never-before-published financial figures revealing costs and grosses of Fox's biggest successes and failures, and a detailed filmogaphy of the studio's 1100-plus releases, among them What Price Glory?, Seventh Heaven and the Oscar-winning Cavalcade.
Author : Vanda Krefft
Release : 2017-11-28
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis The Man Who Made the Movies by : Vanda Krefft
Download or read book The Man Who Made the Movies written by Vanda Krefft. This book was released on 2017-11-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting story of ambition, greed, and genius unfolding at the dawn of modern America. This landmark biography brings into focus a fascinating brilliant entrepreneur—like Steve Jobs or Walt Disney, a true American visionary—who risked everything to realize his bold dream of a Hollywood empire. Although a major Hollywood studio still bears William Fox’s name, the man himself has mostly been forgotten by history, even written off as a failure. Now, in this fascinating biography, Vanda Krefft corrects the record, explaining why Fox’s legacy is central to the history of Hollywood. At the heart of William Fox’s life was the myth of the American Dream. His story intertwines the fate of the nineteenth-century immigrants who flooded into New York, the city’s vibrant and ruthless gilded age history, and the birth of America’s movie industry amid the dawn of the modern era. Drawing on a decade of original research, The Man Who Made the Movies offers a rich, compelling look at a complex man emblematic of his time, one of the most fascinating and formative eras in American history. Growing up in Lower East Side tenements, the eldest son of impoverished Hungarian immigrants, Fox began selling candy on the street. That entrepreneurial ambition eventually grew one small Brooklyn theater into a $300 million empire of deluxe studios and theaters that rivaled those of Adolph Zukor, Marcus Loew, and the Warner brothers, and launched stars such as Theda Bara. Amid the euphoric roaring twenties, the early movie moguls waged a fierce battle for control of their industry. A fearless risk-taker, Fox won and was hailed as a genius—until a confluence of circumstances, culminating with the 1929 stock market crash, led to his ruin.
Author : Upton Sinclair
Release : 2012-10-30
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Upton Sinclair Presents William Fox by : Upton Sinclair
Download or read book Upton Sinclair Presents William Fox written by Upton Sinclair. This book was released on 2012-10-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This antiquarian volume contains Upton Sinclair's uniquely insightful and veritably thrilling biography of one of the most important and influential figures in motion picture history - the founder Fox Film Corporation, William Fox. Written at a time when there was considerable controversy and turmoil between the financiers and organisers in the film industry, this sensational account of William Fox's life offers a fascinating story of immense human interest packed with crimes and betrayals, perils and escapes. The chapters of this book include: 'A Feature Picture of Wall Street and High Finance', 'Floyd Dell Reports to a New York Publisher', 'Prologue', 'Close Up', 'Shoe-Blacking and Lozengers', 'Pretzels and Buffalo Pans', 'Nickelodeons and Common Shows', 'The Road to Fortune', 'Over The Hill', and more. We are republishing this antiquarian book now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a new prefatory biography of the author.
Author : Fox Film Corporation
Release : 1923
Genre : Motion pictures, American
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Book Synopsis William Fox Presents to Exhibitors Everywhere by : Fox Film Corporation
Download or read book William Fox Presents to Exhibitors Everywhere written by Fox Film Corporation. This book was released on 1923. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains advertisements for current Fox Film Corporation motion pictures, photos of Fox Film stars and a booking calendar to obtain these films. 1923-1924 calender runs from Sunday August 12, 1923 to Saturday August 16, 1924. Includes manuscript notes in pencil throughout.
