Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.

Variant names
Dates:
Active 1939
Active 1951

History notes:

American distribution and production corporation of motion pictures.

From the description of Pressbooks, 1977-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122391955

American film producing and distributing corporation formed by the merger of two companies in the early half of the century. In 1915 William Fox began the Fox Film Corporation; and in 1925, he bought controlling interest in the then largest theater in the world, the Roxy Theater of New York, N.Y. The Roxy boasted a seating capacity of 6,200. Fox Film Corporation merged with Darryl F. Zanuck's Twentieth Century Pictures in 1935 to form the present day Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.

From the description of Twentieth Century-Fox Film scripts, 1929-1971. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233101277

Sheehan was a film producer at Twentieth Century-Fox.

From the description of Correspondence to Franz Werfel, 1943. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155864657

The television series Daniel Boone ran from 1964 to 1970 on NBC for a total of 165 episodes, and was produced by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation. The series starred Fess Parker as Boone, as well as singer Ed Ames as native guide Mingo, Patricia Blair as Boone’s wife Rebecca, and Darby Hinton as their son Israel. Set in Boonesborough, Kentucky, in the 1770s, many episodes featured adventures related to the events of the Revolutionary War.

From the guide to the Daniel Boone Show Papers, 1964-1970, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)

Historical Note

1919 Fox News first silent theatrical release 1926 Fox News becomes Fox-Movietone News 1927 Sound introduced to silent newsreels 1930 1934 Fox-Movietone News shares film equipment and footage with Hearst Corporation 1935 Fox-Movietone News becomes 20th Century-Fox Movietone News 1952 1963 Association with United Press International creates worldwide television news service 1963 Final newsreel theatrical presentation

From the guide to the Fox Movietone newsreel collection - World War II paper records, 1922-1946, (bulk 1941-1946), (Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Library of Congress)

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