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  1. Jun 22, 2024 · Clarke began to eye William Fox, the powerful founder and head of the Fox Film Corporation and Fox Theatres Corporation – a $300 million empire. [26] William Fox (1879–1952) pictured with his daughter Belle (right) and his niece Elaine at his Long Island estate.

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  3. Jun 30, 2024 · Foregoers. William Fox. (Vilmos Fried, 1879 – 1952) Producer, Founder of Fox Studios. Fox Film Corporation was one of the most powerful and creative studios of the silent era. At the peak of his power, Fox owned over 500 movie houses in the US (he bought control of the giant Loew’s, Inc.) and the Gaumont Theatres chain in Great Britain.

  4. Jun 28, 2024 · The Fox Theatre was financed by film producer William Fox in 1928 and designed by Charles Howard Crane. It is located at 2211 Woodward Avenue, two streets north of Grand Circus Park.

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › John_FordJohn Ford - Wikipedia

    3 days ago · Despite the pressure to halt the production, studio boss William Fox finally backed Ford and allowed him to finish the picture and his gamble paid off handsomely—The Iron Horse became one of the top-grossing films of the decade, taking over US$2 million worldwide, against a budget of $280,000.

  6. 4 days ago · Fox went even farther, building the multimillion-dollar Movietone City in Westwood, California, in 1928 and acquiring controlling shares of both Loew’s, Inc., the parent corporation of MGM, and Gaumont British, England’s largest producer-distributor-exhibitor.

  7. 3 days ago · Best Picture and Best Director. The Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director have been closely linked throughout their history. Of the 96 films that have won Best Picture, 69 have also been awarded Best Director.

  8. 3 days ago · Fox is named after the film studio that was originally called 20th Century Fox (the network's corporate sibling prior to that studio's acquisition by The Walt Disney Company) and (indirectly) after the producer William Fox, who had founded one of the film studio's predecessors, Fox Film, before it was merged with 20th Century Pictures in 1935.

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