20th Century Fox (1935)
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| Industry | Film |
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| Founded | May 31, 1935 |
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| Headquarters |
Fox Plaza 2121 Avenue of the Stars, Century City, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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| Products | Motion pictures, television films |
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News Corporation (1984-2013) 21st Century Fox (2013-present) |
| Parent | Fox Entertainment Group |
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| Website | www |
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, doing business as 20th Century Fox, is an American film studio currently owned by 21st Century Fox. It is one of the "Big Six" major American film studios and is located in the Century City area of Los Angeles, just west of Beverly Hills. The studio was owned by News Corporation from 1984 to 2013.
20th Century Fox is a member of the Motion Picture Association of America.
Twentieth Century Pictures' Joseph Schenck and Darryl F. Zanuck left United Artists over a stock dispute, and began merger talks with the management of financially struggling Fox Film, under president Sidney Kent.Spyros Skouras, then manager of the Fox West Coast Theaters, helped make it happen (and later became president of the new company). Aside from the theater chain and a first-rate studio lot, Zanuck and Schenck felt there was not much else to Fox, which had been reeling since the founder William Fox lost control of the company in 1930. The studio's biggest star, Will Rogers, died in a plane crash weeks after the merger. Its leading female star, Janet Gaynor, was fading in popularity and promising leading men James Dunn and Spencer Tracy had been dropped because of heavy drinking.
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