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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.
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(1931)Filmography of Fox Film (385 films)
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Lucky Star (1929)
, 1h25Directed by Frank Borzage
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Paul Fix, Hector Sarno, Hedwiga Reicher
Mary, une pauvre fille de ferme, rencontre Tim juste au moment où la guerre est déclarée. Tim s'engage et part pour les champs de bataille de l'Europe, où il est blessé et perd l'usage de ses jambes. De retour chez lui, Mary lui rend visite. Ils sont profondément attirés l'un vers l'autre mais son handicap empêche Tim de déclarer son amour à Mary. Des complications arrivent lorsque Martin, l'ex-sergent de Tim et une brute, s'entiche de Mary...
Salute (1929)
, 1h24Directed by David Butler, John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Sports films, American football films, Children's films
Actors George O'Brien, Helen Chandler, Stepin Fetchit, William Janney, Frank Albertson, Ward Bond
Deux équipes de football de l'US Navy s'affrontent sur le terrain.
They Had to See Paris (1929)
, 1h33Directed by Frank Borzage
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Will Rogers, Irene Rich, Marguerite Churchill, Fifi D'Orsay, Rex Bell, Robert P. Kerr
Dans l’Oklahoma, un modeste garagiste, Pike Peters, fait fortune en découvrant un gisement de pétrole. Paris représentant pour sa femme Idy le haut lieu de la culture et des bonnes manières, il accepte à contrecœur d'y séjourner, avec Idy et leurs deux enfants Ross et Opal. Ils y rencontrent le « grand monde » mais leurs nouveaux « amis » ne sont pas tous désintéressés, et Pike aura bien des difficultés à en faire prendre conscience sa famille.
Christina (1929)
, 1h25Directed by William K. Howard
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Janet Gaynor, Charles Morton, Lucy Doraine, Harry Cording
The Far Call (1929)
, 59minutesDirected by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Charles Morton, Leila Hyams, Warner Baxter, Warren Hymer, Arthur Stone, Tiny Sandford
, 1h20Directed by David Butler
Origin USA
Genres Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Sue Carol, Dixie Lee, Lola Lane, Priscilla Lane, Bobby Burns, Rosemary Lane
George Shelby, a southern boy, comes to the city to dissuade Lila, his sweetheart, from embarking on a stage career and finally buys out the controlling interest in the revue so that he can fire her. On the opening night, however, she goes onstage when the prima donna of the show becomes temperamental, and she proves to be a big hit. At this development, George is able to sell the show back to the producer, who had previously lacked confidence in his investment and planned to take advantage of the youth's inexperience.
Frozen Justice (1929)
, 1h13Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Lenore Ulric, Robert Frazer, Louis Wolheim, Ullrich Haupt Sr., Ullrich Haupt, El Brendel
The Ghost Talks (1929)
Directed by Lewis Seiler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Helen Twelvetrees, Carmel Myers, Stepin Fetchit, Earle Foxe, Joe E. Brown, Arnold Lucy
Happy Days (1929)
, 1h20Directed by Benjamin Stoloff
Origin USA
Genres Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Marjorie White, Stuart Erwin, Charles Farrell, Frank Albertson, George MacFarlane, Janet Gaynor
Originally titled New Orleans Frolic, the story centers around Margie (played by Marjorie White), a singer on a showboat who goes to make her fortune in New York City, despite being in love with the boat owner's grandson. Although successful in the city, when she hears that the showboat is in financial trouble she calls all the boat's former stars to perform in a show to rescue it.
Hot for Paris (1929)
, 1h11Directed by Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Musical
Themes Musical films, Children's films
Actors Victor McLaglen, Fifi D'Orsay, El Brendel, Polly Moran, George Fawcett, Charles Judels
John Patrick Duke, un marin amateur de femmes et d'alcool, croit qu'on le poursuit pour avoir causé une émeute dans un hôtel, alors que c'est en fait parce qu'il a gagné un million de dollars en jouant le cheval gagnant au Grand Prix de Longchamp. Finalement, après diverses péripéties, John et son ami, Axel Olson, toucheront l'argent, ce qui leur permettra de faire la fête avec leurs amis français, et notamment la belle Fifi Dupré.
The Lost Patrol (1929)
Directed by Walter Summers
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War
Themes Political films
Actors Arthur B. Woods
During the First World War, a hard-pressed British patrol in the deserts of Mesopotamia come under attack from the enemy. Gradually they are picked off one by one.
Married in Hollywood (1929)
, 1h50Origin USA
Genres Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Walter Catlett, John Garrick, Herman Bing, Wallace Ford, Bert Sprotte
A showgirl, part of a troupe, tours Europe where she falls in love with a Balkan prince. The prince's parents disapprove and attempt to put a stop to the romance. A revolution occurs and the prince and the showgirl elope to Hollywood.
Speakeasy (1929)
, 1h2Directed by Benjamin Stoloff
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Sports films, Théâtre, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Films based on plays, Le boxe anglaise, Children's films
Actors Priscilla Lane, Rosemary Lane, Warren Hymer, Lola Lane, Helen Ware, Henry B. Walthall
Speakeasy est un film sur le sport.
Sunny Side Up (1929)
, 2h1Directed by David Butler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Marjorie White, El Brendel, Mary Forbes, Peter Gawthorne
The film centres around a Will-they won't-they romance. Wealthy Jack Cromwell from Long Island runs off to New York City on account of his fiancee's relentless flirting. He attends an Independence Day block party where Molly Carr, from Yorkville, Manhattan, falls in love with him. Comic relief is provided by grocer Eric Swenson (El Brendel), above whose shop Molly and her flatmate, Bea Nichols (Marjorie White), live. Gaynor performs a charming singing and dancing version of the song "(Keep Your) Sunny Side Up" for a crowd of her neighbors, complete with top hat and cane. Later in the film, a lavish pre-Code dance sequence for the song "Turn on the Heat," including scantily clad and gyrating island women enticing bananas on trees to abruptly grow and stiffen, with the graphic metaphor lost on no one, occurs without Gaynor's participation.
Trent's Last Case (1929)
, 1h6Directed by Howard Hawks
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors Raymond Hatton, Marceline Day, Raymond Griffith, Donald Crisp, Lawrence Gray, Anita Garvin
A leading financier is found dead at his home, leading amateur detective Philip Trent to investigate the case.