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  2. Wilhelm Fried Fuchs (Hungarian: Fried Vilmos; January 1, 1879 – May 8, 1952), commonly and better known as William Fox, was a Hungarian-American film industry executive who founded the Fox Film Corporation in 1915 and the Fox West Coast Theatres chain in the 1920s.

  3. www.imdb.com › name › nm0289301William Fox - IMDb

    William Fox. Producer: 7th Heaven. Starting at the age 8 he had a series of jobs before starting his own business in 1900, which was sold to buy a Brooklyn nickelodeon in 1904. As the new owner with an empty house, Fox hired a coin manipulator and a barker to attract patrons into the dark 146-seat theatre.

    • January 1, 1
    • Tolcsva, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
    • January 1, 1
    • New York City, New York, USA
  4. William Fox. Producer: 7th Heaven. Starting at the age 8 he had a series of jobs before starting his own business in 1900, which was sold to buy a Brooklyn nickelodeon in 1904. As the new owner with an empty house, Fox hired a coin manipulator and a barker to attract patrons into the dark 146-seat theatre.

    • January 1, 1879
    • May 8, 1952
  5. May 18, 2018 · William Fox (1879-1952), was a creative businessman whose films influenced the lives of millions of people around the world. William Fox was born in Tulchva, Hungary on January 1, 1879. His parents, Michael Fox, a machinist, and Anna Fried Fox, brought their son to the United States as an infant.

  6. William Fox (born Jan. 1, 1879, Tulchva, Hung.—died May 8, 1952, New York, N.Y., U.S.) was an American motion-picture executive who built a multimillion-dollar empire controlling a large portion of the exhibition, distribution, and production of film facilities during the era of silent film.

  7. Fox pioneered the widescreen film with The Big Trail (1930). Poised for the future of talkies, he attempted to buy MGM just in time for 1929s stock market crash. In 1930 Fox was forced out of his company after a federal anti-trust investigation. His version is told in 1933 Upton Sinclair's book, 'Upton Sinclair Presents William Fox.'

  8. Jan 31, 2020 · William Foxs story is no less extraordinary than the roster of films that he produced. His career was brief—he started as a movie-theatre owner in 1904, began producing films around 1915,...

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