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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

The Black Camel
The Black Camel (1931)
, 1h7
Directed by Hamilton MacFadden
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Children's films
Actors Warner Oland, Sally Eilers, Bela Lugosi, Victor Varconi, Dorothy Revier, Murray Kinnell

Movie star Shelah Fayne is making a picture on location in Honolulu, Hawaii. She summons mystic adviser Tarneverro from Hollywood to help her decide whether to marry wealthy Alan Jaynes, a man she has only known for a week. Her friend Julie O'Neil worries, however, that the famous psychic has too much influence over her. Meanwhile, Julie has fallen in love herself with local publicity director Jimmy Bradshaw.
Charlie Chan Carries On
Charlie Chan Carries On (1931)
, 1h16
Directed by Hamilton MacFadden
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors Warner Oland, Marguerite Churchill, John Garrick, Warren Hymer, Marjorie White, C. Henry Gordon

Charlie Chan tries to solve the murder of a wealthy American found dead in a London hotel room. Settings include London, Nice, France, San Remo, Honolulu and Hong Kong.
Ambassador Bill
Ambassador Bill (1931)
, 1h10
Directed by Sam Taylor
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Will Rogers, Marguerite Churchill, Greta Nissen, Ray Milland, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Arnold Korff

Bill Harper (Rogers) plays an American ambassador. After his arrival in a small country that is besieged by civil unrest, he befriends the young boy (Tad Alexander) who is to be the country's king.
Body and Soul
Body and Soul (1931)
, 1h10
Directed by Alfred Santell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Spy films, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Children's films
Actors Charles Farrell, Elissa Landi, Humphrey Bogart, Myrna Loy, Don Dillaway, Crauford Kent

In World War I, American pilots Mal Andrews (Charles Farrell), Tap Johnson (Don Dillaway) and Jim Watson (Humphrey Bogart) enrol in a Royal Air Force squadron. Mal and Tap are worried that their friend Jim is cheating on his new bride. When General Trafford Jones (Ian MacLaren) arrives to evaluate the squadron, he criticizes its lack of discipline and poor effort in aerial battles. Consequently, the general orders Watson to undertake a near-suicidal mission to shoot down an enemy balloon for his first flight with the squadron. Secretly, Mal joins him aboard the aircraft and when Jim is killed in the air battle, his friend manages to complete the mission and make it look like the dead pilot was a hero.