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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.
- 1900–1933
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
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.
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
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.
Dec 14, 2017 · Playlist. NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Vanda Krefft, author of The Man Who Made the Movies: The Meteoric Rise and Tragic Fall of William Fox about the origins of the studio, 21st Century Fox,...
Jan 31, 2020 · William Fox’s 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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