Fox Studio on Sunset Blvd. & Western Ave. in Hollywood

William Fox

Eventually headquartered in Los Angeles, Fox’s production machine began attracting bigger and bigger talent, and he quickly became a production force with which to be reckoned. The year 1917 saw more than 100 Fox films produced.

In 1926, having purchased the Movietone system along with its patents, Fox was the first

While still an infant, William Fox was brought to the United States in late 1879 by his film producer to commercialize the use of synchronized sound within moving pictures. immigrant parents, who fled a ghetto in Hungary for another in New York City. The family The following year, he began showing regular newsreels in his theaters. They eventually labored hard to survive, and in fact, young William began working at the tender age of six. included music and narration.

Fascinated with technology, and also finding solace from work in flickering imagery, a The year after that, Fox summoned renowned German expressionist filmmaker F.W. Murnau teenage William began showing hand-cranked films to his neighbors, setting up folding to direct Hermann Sudermann’s compelling melodrama Sunrise, utilizing the sound-sync chairs and charging a nickel per showing. film. The movie would Win the first ACADEMY AWARDS® for Best Cinematography, Best Actress (Janet Gaynor) and “Best Unique and Artistic Picture.” By his early 20s, Fox had saved enough money to purchase his first nickelodeon. Within a few years, he had not only established his own production company, but he had amassed By 1934, Fox Studios, bursting at its Western Avenue production facility seams, was theater chains at which to screen the films. He also established a distribution company, worth $2.5 million. which soon expanded to a dozen cities.

Fox Film Corporation Headquarters in New York City Behind the scenes on Hermann Sudermann’s Sunrise, directed by F.W. Murnau 2 3

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