20th Century Fox

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (spelled from 1934 to 1985 as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation), also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox, is one of the six major American film studios. Located in the Century City area of Los Angeles, just west of Beverly Hills, the studio is a subsidiary of News Corporation, the media conglomerate owned by Rupert Murdoch. The company was founded on December 28, 1934, as the result of a ... more

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Founders

William Fox

William Fox (January 1, 1879, Tolcsva, Austria-Hungary – May 8, 1952, New York City), born Wilhelm Fried (Hungarian: Fried Vilmos), was a pioneering American motion picture executive who founded the Fox Film Corporation in 1915 and the Fox West Coast Theatres chain in the 1920s. Although Fox sold...

Address

20th Century Fox Headquarters

Century City California

20th Century Fox Headquarters

10201 W. Pico Blvd
Los Angeles California

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TV programs Created

Crusade in Europe

In 1948, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. obtained the exclusive rights to create a television series called Crusade in Europe, based on the 1948 book, Crusade in Europe written by Dwight D. Eisenhower and published by Doubleday. The 26-episode series showed World War II film footage from the US...
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