Fox Film Corporation

The Fox Film Corporation (also known as Fox Studios) was an American Independent film production studio formed by William Fox (1879–1952) in 1915, by combining his earlier Greater New York Film Rental Company and Box Office Attraction Company (founded 1913).

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 the climate was more hospitable for filmmaking. On July 23, 1926, the company bought the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.

After the Wall Street crash of 1929, William Fox lost control of the company in 1930, during a hostile takeover. Under new president Sidney Kent, the new owners began conversations of a fusion with Twentieth Century Pictures, under founders Joseph M. Schenck and his friend Darryl Zanuck. Schenck, Zanuck, and Spyros Skouras merged the Fox Studios with Twentieth Century to form 20th Century-Fox in 1935.

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1929 - 1932

Roles Represented in DAHR: Motion picture production company

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 2276-2300 of 2619 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor CVE-71182 12-in. 12/23/1931 Good sport Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-71188 16-in. 12/24/1931 Fox Movietone news. Vol. 5, no. 28 Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor CVE-71191 12-in. 12/29/1931 Fox Movietone news. Vol. 5, no. 29 Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor CVE-71193 12-in. 12/30/1931 The rainbow trail Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor CVE-71194 12-in. 12/30/1931 The rainbow trail Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor CVE-71195 12-in. 12/30/1931 The rainbow trail Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor CVE-71196 12-in. 12/30/1931 The rainbow trail Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor CVE-71197 12-in. 12/31/1931 Fox Movietone news. Vol. 5, no. 30 Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor CVE-71198 12-in. 1/5/1932 Fox Movietone news. Vol. 5, no. 31 Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-71401 16-in. 12/30/1931 The spider Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-71402 16-in. 12/30/1931 The spider Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-71403 16-in. 12/30/1931 The spider Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-71404 16-in. 12/30/1931 The spider Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-71405 16-in. 12/31/1931 The spider Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-71406 16-in. 12/31/1931 The spider Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-71407 16-in. 12/31/1931 Stepping sisters Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-71408 16-in. 12/31/1931 Stepping sisters Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-71409 16-in. 12/31/1931 Stepping sisters Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-71410 16-in. 12/31/1931 Stepping sisters Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-71411 16-in. 12/31/1931 Stepping sisters Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-71412 16-in. 12/31/1931 Stepping sisters Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-71413 16-in. 12/31/1931 Marido y mujer Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-71414 16-in. 1/4/1932 Marido y mujer Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-71415 16-in. 1/4/1932 Marido y mujer Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
Victor MVE-71416 16-in. 1/4/1932 Marido y mujer Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer Motion picture production company  
(Results 2276-2300 of 2619 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Fox Film Corporation," accessed May 18, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105695.

Fox Film Corporation. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 18, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105695.

"Fox Film Corporation." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 18 May 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105695

External Sources

Wikipedia: Fox Film

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Fox Film Corporation - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87847965

Wikidata: Fox Film - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2644123

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/151237948

ISNI: 0000 0001 2185 2358 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000121852358

FAST: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/630273

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