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       Lucky Star

       1929
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       Dry Martini

       1928
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       The Wolf Man

       1924
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       The Island of Desire

       1917
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       The Honor System

       1917
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       Slaves of Beauty

       1927

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › William_Fox_(producer)William Fox (producer) - Wikipedia

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   William Fox was a Hungarian-American film industry executive who founded the Fox Film Corporation and the Fox West Coast Theatres chain. He was involved in several legal battles with other studios and lost control of his businesses in 1930.

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4. www.npr.org › 2017/12/14 › 570927288A Look At The Man Who Started 21st Century Fox : NPR

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   Dec 14, 2017 · SIEGEL: Who was William Fox? KREFFT: William Fox was the founder of the Fox Film Corporation, which was the forerunner of 20th Century Fox. And he founded Fox Film in 1915.

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   Vanda Krefft's book, The Man Who Made The Movies, is a look into William Fox's life, how he built in his business and his unfortunate downfall.

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   Who was William Fox and what did he do?

   • William Fox was one of the true pioneers of the American motion picture industry. From his base in New York City, he established a chain of early movie and vaudeville theaters. He stubbornly defied the takeover attempts of the Motion Picture Patents Company. Thereafter he prospered.

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   What happened to William Fox?

   • An Amazon Best Book of December 2017: William Fox’s journey from Lower East Side immigrant to successful movie mogul is in many ways a classic tale, but for one exception—within fifteen years, he was out of the company that still bears his name.

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   When did William Fox Die?

   • In 1933, he collaborated with the writer Upton Sinclair on a book Upton Sinclair Presents William Fox in which Fox recounted his life, and stating his views on what he considered to be a large Wall Street conspiracy against him. Fox died in 1952 at the age of 73.

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   What was the story of William Fox?

   • At the heart of William Fox’s life was the myth of the American Dream. His story intertwines the fate of the nineteenth-century immigrants who flooded into New York, the city’s vibrant and ruthless gilded age history, and the birth of America’s movie industry amid the dawn of the modern era.

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   May 18, 2018 · Learn about William Fox, a Hungarian-born American film producer who founded the Fox Film Corporation and pioneered sound technology. Find out his career highlights, legal battles, and personal life.

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   Nov 28, 2017 · At the heart of William Fox’s life was the myth of the American Dream. His story intertwines the fate of the nineteenth-century immigrants who flooded into New York, the city’s vibrant and ruthless gilded age history, and the birth of America’s movie industry amid the dawn of the modern era.

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10. www.britannica.com › money › William-Fox-AmericanWilliam Fox | Silent Film, Motion Pictures, Studio Mogul ...

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    Learn about William Fox, who built a film empire in the silent era and pioneered sound and publicity. Find out how he fought against a monopoly, created a star, and faced bankruptcy and prison.

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    Feb 11, 2018 · Learn about the rise and fall of William Fox, the founder of Fox Film Corporation, from his biographer Vanda Krefft. Watch an illustrated conversation about his contributions to the early motion picture industry and his legacy.

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