 Logo from 1931 to 1935, before merger with Twentieth Century Pictures | |
| Industry | Film |
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| Predecessors |
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| Founded | February 1, 1915 in Fort Lee, New Jersey |
| Founder | William Fox |
| Defunct | May 31, 1935 |
| Fate | Merged with Twentieth Century Pictures |
| Successor | 20th Century-Fox (now 20th Century Studios) |
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The Fox Film Corporation (also known as Fox Studios) was an American independent company that produced motion pictures and was formed in 1915 by the theater "chain" pioneer William Fox. It was the corporate successor to 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, Fox Studios 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 R. Kent, the new owners merged the company with Twentieth Century Pictures to form 20th Century-Fox in 1935.