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The Fox Film Corporation was an American company that produced motion pictures, formed by William Fox on 1 February 1915. It was the corporate successor to his earlier Greater New York Film Rental Company and Box Office Attractions Film Company.

The company's first film studios were set up in Fort Lee, New Jersey but in 1917, William Fox sent Sol M. Wurtzel to Hollywood, California to oversee the studio's new West Coast production facilities where a more hospitable and cost effective climate existed for filmmaking. On July 23, 1926, the company bought the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound on to film.

After the Crash of 1929, William Fox lost control of the company in 1930, during a hostile takeover. Under new president Sidney Kent, the new owners merged the company with Twentieth Century Pictures to form 20th Century Fox in 1935.

Best films

Cavalcade
Cavalcade
(1933) 7th Heaven
7th Heaven
(1927) Street Angel
Street Angel
(1928) Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
(1927) In Old Arizona
In Old Arizona
(1928) Bad Girl
Bad Girl
(1931)
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Filmography of Fox Film (385 films)

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Production

Curly Top
Curly Top (1935)
, 1h14
Directed by Irving Cummings
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about children, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Shirley Temple, John Boles, Rochelle Hudson, Esther Dale, Jane Darwell, Billy Gilbert

Young Elizabeth Blair (Shirley Temple) lives at the Lakeside Orphanage, a dreary, regimented place supervised by two decent but dour women. Her older sister Mary (Rochelle Hudson) works in the kitchen, laundry, and dormitory. Elizabeth is a sweet child but her high spirits often lead her into trouble with the superintendent.
Dante's Inferno
Dante's Inferno (1935)
, 1h29
Directed by Harry Lachman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy
Themes Poésie, Films about religion, Adaptation d'un poème, Children's films
Actors Spencer Tracy, Claire Trevor, Rita Hayworth, Alan Dinehart, Sr., Henry B. Walthall, Scotty Beckett

Jim Carter, a former stoker, takes over a fairground show, run by 'Pop' McWade, which depicts scenes from Dante's Inferno. He marries Pop's niece Betty and they have a son, Alexander. Meanwhile the show becomes a great success, with Carter making it larger and more lurid. An inspector declares the fair unsafe but Carter bribes him into silence. There is a partial collapse at the fair which injures Pop. Recovering in hospital, he admonishes Carter and we see a lengthy vision of the Inferno. Undeterred, Carter establishes a new venture with an unsafe floating casino, only for disaster to strike again at sea.
The Gay Deception
The Gay Deception (1935)
, 1h17
Directed by William Wyler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Francis Lederer, Frances Dee, Benita Hume, Alan Mowbray, Luis Alberni, Akim Tamiroff

Secretary Mirabel Miller (Frances Dee) wins a lottery and decides to live it up in a luxurious New York hotel, where she clashes with a bellboy (Francis Lederer) who is more than he appears to be.
Thunder Mountain
Thunder Mountain (1935)
, 1h8
Directed by David Howard
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Romance, Western
Actors George O'Brien, Frances Grant, Morgan Wallace, George "Gabby" Hayes, Edward LeSaint, William Bailey

Kal Emerson et Steve Sloan ont trouvé un filon d'or à Thunder mountain, mais n'ont pas le sou pour l'exploiter. Ils sauvent Sydney Blair des mains d'un prospecteur ivre, et celle-ci, reconnaissante, persuade son père, Samuel, de financer l'exploitation de la mine. Pendant le voyage, Sydney semble tomber amoureuse de Kal, mais ce n'est que parce qu'elle le croit bientôt riche. Arrivés sur le site, ils découvrent une ville champignon et leur mine exploitée par Rand Leavitt. Sydney se détourne alors de lui.
Spring Tonic
Spring Tonic (1935)
, 58minutes
Directed by Clyde Bruckman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Lew Ayres, Claire Trevor, Walter Woolf King, Jack Haley, Zasu Pitts, Tala Birell

En pleine prohibition, une jeune femme en quête d'aventures (Claire Trevor) se trouve mêlée à son grand dam à une bande de trafiquants d'alcool. Son fiancé entreprend de la sortir de là avec l'aide d'une troupe de cirque.
The Farmer Takes a Wife
The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935)
, 1h31
Directed by Victor Fleming
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Janet Gaynor, Henry Fonda, Charles Bickford, Slim Summerville, Andy Devine, Jane Withers

Afin d'économiser de l'argent pour s'acheter une ferme, un jeune agriculteur travaille de temps à autre sur le canal Érié. Il fait la connaissance d'une charmante jeune fille, employée du bateau transportant fret et passagers d'une rive à l'autre, qui ne se voit guère vivre sur la terre ferme...