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Twentieth (20th) Century Fox Film Corporation is one of the Big Ten movie studios, located in the Century City area of Los Angeles, California, just west of Beverly Hills. The studio is a subsidiary of News Corporation, the Australian media conglomerate owned by Rupert Murdoch.The studio has its origins in two separate companies: Fox Film Corporation founded by William Fox in 1915, and Twentieth Century Pictures, formed in 1933 by Darryl F. Zanuck (formerly of Warner Brothers) and Joseph Schenck of United Artists. After William Fox was forced out of his company, new leadership under president Sidney Kent agreed to a merger between the two companies and Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation was formed in 1935See also 1934 in film 1935 1936 in film 1930s in film years in film film Events Judy Garland signs a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Top grossing films # Top Hat # The Miracle Rider # Tumbling Tumbleweeds # Westward Ho Academy Awards Best Picture. The hyphen was dropped from the studio's name in 1985.
1 Notable films
The studio's notable films include:
1.1 1930s
- Heidi ( 1937Events January January 1 Anastasio Somoza becomes President of Nicaragua January 11 The first issue of Look magazine goes on sale in the United States. January 19 Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours,)
- Alexander's Ragtime BandAlexander's Ragtime Band is the name of a song by Irving Berlin. It was his first major hit, in 1911. Alexander's Ragtime Band is not itself an example of the ragtime musical idiom; apart from some mild syncopation, it has almost none of ragtime's charact ( 1938Events January -June January 3 The March of Dimes is established by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. January 11 Frances Moulton is the first woman to become president of a US national bank. January 20 Wedding of king Farouk I of Egypt and Farida Zulficar in Cai)
- Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)
- The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Orig. 1892) is a collection of twelve Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle that were originally published in the Strand Magazine. It was banned in the Soviet Union in 1929 for occultism, although the book shows ( 1939Events January-June January 2 End of term for Frank Finley Merriam, 28th Governor of California. He is succeeded by Culbert Levy Olson. January 24 Earthquake kills 30. 000 in Chile about 50. 000 sq mi razed January 26 Falangists take Barcelona January 26)
- The Little Princess ( 1939Events January-June January 2 End of term for Frank Finley Merriam, 28th Governor of California. He is succeeded by Culbert Levy Olson. January 24 Earthquake kills 30. 000 in Chile about 50. 000 sq mi razed January 26 Falangists take Barcelona January 26)
- Young Mr. LincolnYoung Mr. Lincoln is a 1939 film about the early life of President Abraham Lincoln, directed by John Ford and starring Henry Fonda, Alice Brady, and Richard Cromwell. The film is very loosely based on historical fact, with many incidents entirely fabricat (1939)
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