Fox Film Corporation

The Fox Film Corporation (also known as Fox Studios) was an American Independent film production studio formed by William Fox (1879–1952) in 1915, by combining his earlier Greater New York Film Rental Company and Box Office Attraction Company (founded 1913).

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 the climate was more hospitable for filmmaking. On July 23, 1926, the company bought the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.

After the Wall Street crash of 1929, William Fox lost control of the company in 1930, during a hostile takeover. Under new president Sidney Kent, the new owners began conversations of a fusion with Twentieth Century Pictures, under founders Joseph M. Schenck and his friend Darryl Zanuck. Schenck, Zanuck, and Spyros Skouras merged the Fox Studios with Twentieth Century to form 20th Century-Fox in 1935.

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1929 - 1932

Roles Represented in DAHR: Motion picture production company

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Recordings (Results 26-50 of 2619 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor MVE-52038 16-in. 4/25/1929 Fox Movietone news Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-52039 16-in. 4/25/1929 Fox Movietone news Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack Motion picture production company  
Victor F-MVE-53451 10-in. 5/30/1929 The valiant Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor F-MVE-53452 10-in. 5/30/1929 The valiant Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor F-MVE-53453 10-in. 5/30/1929 The valiant Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor F-MVE-53455 10-in. 6/1/1929 The valiant Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor F-MVE-53457 10-in. 6/3/1929 The valiant Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor F-MVE-53458 10-in. 6/3/1929 The valiant Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-53767 16-in. 6/4/1929 Follies of 1929 Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-53768 16-in. 6/4/1929 Follies of 1929 Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-53769 16-in. 6/4/1929 Follies of 1929 Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-53770 16-in. 6/4/1929 Follies of 1929 Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-53771 16-in. 6/4/1929 Follies of 1929 Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-53772 16-in. 6/5/1929 Follies of 1929 Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-53773 16-in. 6/5/1929 Follies of 1929 Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-53774 16-in. 6/5/1929 Follies of 1929 Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-53775 16-in. 6/5/1929 Follies of 1929 Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-53776 16-in. 6/5/1929 Follies of 1929 Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-53788 16-in. 6/7/1929 Gertrude Lawrence Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-55030 16-in. 6/14/1929 The black watch Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-55031 16-in. 6/14/1929 The black watch Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-55032 16-in. 6/14/1929 The black watch Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-55033 16-in. 6/17/1929 The black watch Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-55034 16-in. 6/17/1929 The black watch Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-55035 16-in. 6/17/1929 The black watch Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
(Results 26-50 of 2619 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Fox Film Corporation," accessed October 31, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105695.

Fox Film Corporation. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 31, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105695.

"Fox Film Corporation." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 31 October 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105695

External Sources

Wikipedia: Fox Film

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Fox Film Corporation - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87847965

Wikidata: Fox Film - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2644123

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/151237948

ISNI: 0000 0001 2185 2358 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000121852358

FAST: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/630273

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