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 101-125 of 2619 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor MVE-55781 16-in. 8/13/1929 News reel Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-55782 16-in. 8/13/1929 Lucky star Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-55783 16-in. 8/13/1929 Lucky star Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-55794 16-in. 8/15/1929 Fox Movietone news. Vol. 2, no. 46A Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-55795 16-in. 8/15/1929 Fox Movietone news. Vol. 2, no. 46B Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-55796 16-in. 8/15/1929 The cock-eyed world Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-55797 16-in. 8/15/1929 The cock-eyed world Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-55798 16-in. 8/15/1929 The cock-eyed world Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-55799 16-in. 8/15/1929 The cock-eyed world Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-56000 16-in. 8/16/1929 The cock-eyed world Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-56001 16-in. 8/16/1929 The cock-eyed world Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-56002 16-in. 8/16/1929 The cock-eyed world Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-56003 16-in. 8/16/1929 The cock-eyed world Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-56004 16-in. 8/16/1929 The cock-eyed world Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-56005 16-in. 8/16/1929 The cock-eyed world Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-56006 16-in. 8/16/1929 The cock-eyed world Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-56007 16-in. 8/16/1929 The cock-eyed world Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-56008 16-in. 8/19/1929 Four devils Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-56009 16-in. 8/19/1929 Four devils Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-56010 16-in. 8/19/1929 Four devils Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-56011 16-in. 8/20/1929 Four devils Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-56012 16-in. 8/20/1929 Four devils Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-56013 16-in. 8/20/1929 Four devils Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-56014 16-in. 8/20/1929 Four devils Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-56015 16-in. 8/20/1929 Four devils Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
(Results 101-125 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.

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