Twentieth Century Fox
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Twentieth Century Fox

  1. 284 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

Twentieth Century Fox

About this book

This is the first scholarly history of Fox from its origins in 1904 to the present. It builds upon research and histories of individual periods to describe how one company responded to a century-long evolution of the audience, nationally and globally.

In the beginning, William Fox grabbed a once-in-a-millennium opportunity to build a business based on a genuinely new art form. This study explores the enduring legacy of F.W. Murnau, Will Rogers, Shirley Temple, John Ford, Spyros Skouras, George Lucas, James Cameron, and many others, offering discussion of those behind and in front of the camera, delving deeply into the history and evolution of the studio. Key films covered include The Iron Horse, The Grapes of Wrath, How Green Was My Valley, Forever Amber, All About Eve, Cleopatra, The Sound of Music, Planet of the Apes, Star Wars, Titanic, and Fight Club, providing an extensive look at the successes and flops that shaped not only Twentieth Century Fox, but the entire Hollywood landscape. Through a chronological study, the book charts the studio's impact right up to the present day, providing a framework to allow us to look to the future of moviemaking and film consumption.

Lively and fresh in its approach, this book is a comprehensive study of the studio for scholars, students, and enthusiasts of Hollywood cinema, film history, and media industries.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2020
eBook ISBN
9781317415275
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Film & Video

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Table of Contents
  7. List of figures
  8. List of tables
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. Series editors’ preface
  11. Introduction
  12. 1. William Fox and the beginnings (1904–1924)
  13. 2. Fox goes for broke and is broken (1924–1935)
  14. 3. A new company finds itself during a depression (1935–1941)
  15. 4. Social problems, mature women, and musicals (1942–1952)
  16. 5. Trying to get it right: from TV to Cleopatra (1953–1964)
  17. 6. The Sound of Music and ‘the sixties’ (1965–1975)
  18. 7. From Stanfill to Murdoch and featuring George Lucas (1975–1984)
  19. 8. Twentieth Century Fox as Murdoch’s global conglomerate (1984–1997)
  20. 9. Fox outlasts the twentieth century by 20 years (1998–2019)
  21. Bibliography
  22. General index
  23. Index of titles