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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.
May 18, 2018 · 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.
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.
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- Tolcsva, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
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- New York City, New York, USA
William Fox (producer) (1879–1952), founder of movie studio Fox Film Corporation. William Fox (actor) (1911–2008), English comedy actor. William Fox (born 1939), birth and early professional name of James Fox. William Price Fox (1926–2015), American novelist and essayist. William Fox (organist), English organist.
Jan 31, 2020 · As Disney removes the “Fox” from “20th Century Fox,” Richard Brody takes another look at Upton Sinclair’s tendentious 1933 book about the man who gave the studio its name, William Fox.
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Nov 28, 2017 · 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.
