"Victor (""South Pacific"" and ""The Sound of Music"" due to stars Mitzi Gaynor's and Julie Andrews' recording contracts with that label). Years later, the Capitol albums reappeared on CD in expanded versions issued by Angel Records. (The film versions of ""Oklahoma"" and ""South Pacific"", although released in roadshow format by the Magna Corporation, were given general release by 20th Century Fox.) In 1966, Fox had a deal with ABC Records for distribution and until 1970, this partnership enjoyed success. By 1970, with the parent 20th Century Fox in financial trouble (which eventually led to discontent that resulted in the ousting"
"20th Century Fox. It grossed $296 million worldwide against a production budget of $110 million. For years, Abraham Portman has told stories to his grandson Jake about his childhood surviving in World War II, battling monsters and living at a secret home for children in Cairnholm, Wales. According to Abe, the home's children and their headmistress Miss Alma Peregrine possess paranormal abilities and are known as ""Peculiars"". When Jacob turns sixteen, Jake responds to a panicked phone call from Abe, and goes to his house to find him dying with his eyes removed. Abe tells him to go to ""the"
"(1963), ""The Fall of the Roman Empire"" (1964), ""Battle of the Bulge"" (1965), ""The Greatest Story Ever Told"" (1965), ""The Hallelujah Trail"" (1965), and ""Khartoum"" (1966). The system was revived in 2015 for Quentin Tarantino's ""The Hateful Eight"". As 1.25× anamorphosers for 70 mm projectors have become rare, most of the 70 mm prints of these films still in circulation are designed for projection with non-anamorphic, spherical lenses. The result is a 2.20:1 aspect ratio, rather than the broader ratio originally intended. Although Fox insisted on maintaining CinemaScope for a time, some actors disliked the system. For Fox's 1965 production"
"20th Century Fox; since his death in 1973, Fox has controlled the franchise. Four sequels followed the original film from 1970 to 1973: ""Beneath the Planet of the Apes"", ""Escape from the Planet of the Apes"", ""Conquest of the Planet of the Apes"", and ""Battle for the Planet of the Apes"". They did not approach the critical acclaim of the original, but were commercially successful, spawning two television series in 1974 and 1975. Plans for a film remake stalled in ""development hell"" for over ten years before Tim Burton's ""Planet of the Apes"" was released in 2001. A reboot film"
"faltering movie industry from television's lure. 20th Century Fox's famous advertising slogan, ""Movies are Better than Ever"", gained credibility in 1953 when Spyros introduced Cinemascope in the studio's groundbreaking feature film ""The Robe"". With his introduction of Cinemascope, Skouras did much to save the movie industry from its newly invented competitor, television. Charles Skouras became president of Fox Coast West. In a late 1950s suit, Samuel Goldwyn claimed that Twentieth Century-Fox, Fox West Coast Theatres, National Theatres, Charles P. Skouras, and several affiliated circuits including T & D. Junior Enterprises had intentionally discriminated against independently produced films, and he sought"
"Skouras"". During Skouras' tenure, the longest in the company's history, he worked to rescue the faltering movie industry from the lure of television. 20th Century Fox's advertising slogan, ""Movies are Better than Ever,"" gained credibility in 1953 when Spyros introduced CinemaScope in the studio's groundbreaking feature film ""The Robe."" The wide screen CinemaScope increased the appeal of movies, helping them maintain audiences against television. Cost overruns on such films as ""Cleopatra"" (1963), where cost overruns resulted in a shareholder revolt demanding a change in management. Darryl F. Zanuck was elected president of the company while Skouras served as chairman of"
"Century Fox. Allen said he wanted to cast Trevor Howard and Peter Ustinov in support to Rains. Special effects for the film were rather basic and involved monitor lizards, iguanas, and crocodiles affixed with miniature horns and fins. Director Allen later stated that though he wanted stop motion models, he could only work with lizards and live creatures in accordance with the studio's budget. Irwin Allen utilized stock footage from this film for episodes of his various TV series, including ""Land of the Giants"", ""Lost in Space"", ""The Time Tunnel"", and ""Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea"". In 1966,"
"20th Century Fox to be the master of ceremonies at a luncheon attended by President Nikita Khrushchev on September 19, 1959. ""Nice 'n' Easy"", a collection of ballads, topped the ""Billboard"" chart in October 1960 and remained in the charts for 86 weeks, winning critical plaudits. Granata noted the ""lifelike ambient sound"" quality of ""Nice and Easy"", the perfection in the stereo balance, and the ""bold, bright and snappy"" sound of the band. He highlighted the ""close, warm and sharp"" feel of Sinatra's voice, particularly on the songs ""September in the Rain"", ""I Concentrate on You"", and ""My Blue Heaven""."
"20th Century Fox (1951) The story of a humanoid alien visitor who comes to Earth with a warning. The film stars Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Sam Jaffe, and Hugh Marlowe, under the direction of Robert Wise. Screenwriter Edmund H. North based the screenplay on the 1940 Harry Bates' short story ""Farewell to the Master."" The score was composed by Bernard Herrmann and used two theremin electronic instruments. The film is often considered by movie historians to be one of the classics of the science-fiction genre. Since the release of the movie, the phrase ""Klaatu barada nikto"" has appeared repeatedly in"
"became the most successful independent movie studio of its time, breaking box-office records with 18 of its 19 films, all in profitability, including ""Clive of India"", ""Les Miserables"", and ""The House of Rothschild"". After a dispute with United Artists over stock ownership, Schenck and Zanuck negotiated and bought out the bankrupt Fox studios in 1935 to form Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation. Zanuck was Vice President of Production of this new studio and took a hands-on approach, closely involving himself in scripts, film editing, and producing. When the U.S. entered World War II at the end of 1941, he was commissioned"
"20th Century Fox in the mid-1950's, so MGM attempted to have a promotional agreement with NBC, but could not come to terms on the specifics. Instead, MGM's trailer department produced what became MGM's first television series, which was called the ""MGM Parade"". Within three years after its cancellation though, the company then launched what became MGM Television. MGM Parade premiered on ABC in the fall 1955. Hosted by George Murphy (September 14, 1955–March 7, 1956), Walter Pidgeon (March 14–May 2, 1956) and other MGM stars, the series went into the MGM vaults to offer segments extracted from such past productions"
"to cover the film's $44 million costs. Fox eventually recouped its investment in 1966 when it sold the television broadcast rights to ABC. The film won four Academy Awards and was nominated for five more. It also earned Elizabeth Taylor a ""Guinness World Record"" title, ""Most costume changes in a film""; Taylor made 65 costume changes. This record was beaten in 1968 in the film ""Star!"" by Julie Andrews with 125 costume changes. Schawn Belston, serving as senior vice president of library and technical services for 20th Century Fox, was put in charge of creating a restored version of the"
"launched in 1952, succeeded at the box office in defying this trend, which in turn persuaded Spyros Skouras, the head of Twentieth Century-Fox, that technical innovation could help to meet the challenge. Skouras tasked Earl Sponable, head of Fox's research department, with devising a new, impressive, projection system, but something that, unlike Cinerama, could be retrofitted to existing theatres at a relatively modest costand then Herbert Brag, Sponable's assistant, remembered Chrétien's ""hypergonar"" lens. The optical company Bausch & Lomb was asked to produce a prototype ""anamorphoser"" (later shortened to ""anamorphic"") lens. Meanwhile, Sponable tracked down Professor Chrétien, whose patent for"
"film and sold 500,000 sheet-music copies. In February 1935, Temple became the first child star to be honored with a miniature Juvenile Oscar for her film accomplishments, and she added her footprints and handprints to the forecourt at Grauman's Chinese Theatre a month later. In 1935, Fox Films merged with Twentieth Century Pictures to become 20th Century Fox. Producer and studio head Darryl F. Zanuck focused his attention and resources upon cultivating Shirley's superstar status. She was said to be the studio's greatest asset. Nineteen writers, known as the Shirley Temple Story Development team, made 11 original stories and some"
"apparent that despite its size, Fox could not stand on its own. William Fox resented the way he was forced out of the company and portrayed it as an active conspiracy against him in the 1933 book ""Upton Sinclair Presents William Fox"". Under new president Sidney Kent, the new owners began negotiating with the upstart, but powerful independent Twentieth Century Pictures in the early spring of 1935. The two companies merged that spring as 20th Century-Fox (50 years later, the hyphen was dropped). For many years, 20th Century Fox claimed to have been founded in 1915. For instance, it marked"
"1939 as the New Fox Theatre). During the depression the company encountered financial trouble. Like many other movie and theatrer moguls the Skouras Brothers were fighting for their survival. In 1928, control of the Skouras Brothers Enterprises, Inc., and the St. Louis Amusement Company was acquired by Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc. and the brothers joined the film company as managers of film production. On January 24, 1931, the Skouras Brothers resigned from Warner Brothers. Spyros Skouras became in 1942 president of 20th Century Fox. During Skouras' tenure (which was the longest in the company's history) he worked to rescue the"
"20th Century Fox. In May 2010, the liquidation of Movie Gallery began, eliminating Blockbuster's primary competitor. During the same month, a dissident shareholder, Gregory S. Meyer, in an effort to be elected to Blockbuster's board of directors, engaged in a proxy battle with Blockbuster's board, alleging that the board had been responsible for significant destruction of value to shareholders. Meyer was elected to the board at Blockbuster's shareholder meeting in Dallas on June 24, 2010. On July 1, 2010, the company was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange after its shareholders failed to pass a reverse stock split plan"
"giving final approval to the merger. Fox was badly injured in a car crash in the summer of 1929, and by the time he recovered he had lost most of his fortune in the fall 1929 stock market crash, ending any chance of the merger going through even without the Justice Department's objections. Overextended and close to bankruptcy, Fox was stripped of his empire in 1930 and ended up in jail for later bribery charges. Fox Film, with more than 500 theatres, was placed in receivership. A bank-mandated reorganization propped the company up for a time, but it soon became"
"not until he watched Walter Cronkite discuss the gigantic crowds for ""Star Wars"" on the ""CBS Evening News"" that Lucas realized he had become very wealthy; Francis Ford Coppola, who needed money to finish ""Apocalypse Now"", sent a telegram to Lucas's hotel asking for funding. Even technical crew members, such as model makers, were asked for autographs, and cast members became instant household names; when Ford visited a record store to buy an album, enthusiastic fans tore half his shirt off. The film was a huge success for 20th Century Fox, and was credited for reinvigorating the company. Within three"
"Schenck and Zanuck; it was more profitable than Fox and had considerably more talent. The new company, 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation, began trading on May 31, 1935; the hyphen was dropped in 1985. Kent remained as President, while Schenck became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Zanuck became Vice President in Charge of Production, replacing Fox's longtime production chief Winfield Sheehan. The company established a special training school. Lynn Bari, Patricia Farr and Anne Nagel were among 14 young women ""launched on the trail of film stardom"" on August 6, 1935, when they each received a six-month contract with 20th Century"
"20th Century Fox, making ""Capone"" (1975), ""Fighting Mad"" (1976) (directed by Demme), ""Moving Violation"" (1976) and ""Thunder and Lightning"" (1977). ""Death Race 2000"" (1975), written by Charles Griffith and directed by Paul Bartel, was a big hit, earning $4 million. It helped inspire a series of car chase movies: ""Cannonball"" (1976), directed by Bartel; ""Eat My Dust!"" (1976), directed by Griffith starring Ron Howard - which led to a follow up, ""Grand Theft Auto"" (1978), Howard's directorial debut. There was also ""The Great Texas Dynamite Chase"" (1976), ""Deathsport"" (1978) and ""Smokey Bites the Dust"" (1981). New World's trailers were cut"
"Century Fox. These included the successful Henry Koster outing ""Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation"" (1962), and the less memorable films ""Take Her, She's Mine"" (1963) and ""Dear Brigitte"" (1965), which featured French model Brigitte Bardot as the object of Stewart's son's mash notes. The Civil War period film ""Shenandoah"" (1965) and the western family film ""The Rare Breed"" fared better at the box office; the Civil War movie, with strong antiwar and humanitarian themes, was a hit in the South. As an aviator, Stewart was particularly interested in aviation films and had pushed to appear in several in the 1950s,"
"box office successes and flops grew, with a ""dangerous middle"" consisting of films that in the previous era would have made money. A filmmaker stated in 1957 that ""[t]he one absolute disaster today is to make a million-dollar mediocrity. One of those you can lose not only your total investment but your total shirt."" By that year Hollywood was only making about 300 feature films a year, compared to about 700 during the 1920s. Darryl F. Zanuck, head of 20th Century Fox, had no direct involvement with the studio from 1956 to 1962, and Louis B. Mayer, sacked in 1951"
"Century Fox assets (excluding the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox News, Fox Business News, FS1, and FS2) for $71.3 billion on July 27, 2018. Fox personally oversaw the construction of many Fox Theatres in American cities including Atlanta, Detroit, Oakland, San Francisco and San Diego. For numerous years, many historians claimed that 20th Century Fox was founded in 1915, the same year Fox founded his film enterprise. For instance, it marked 1945 as its 30th anniversary, although many historians claimed 1935 as its original founding. Fox was married to Eva Leo (1881-1962) and had two daughters. Fox was sentenced to prison"
"After the Fox was saved from demolition, a lengthy and expensive restoration process began. Luckily, much of the original décor had survived and new pieces were created with the help of old photographs. Today, the Fox appears much as it did when it opened, with some additions that were in the original plans but had to be scrapped in the 1920s due to financial constraints. Other changes have been made to bring the building up to current safety codes. The Fox is now the only remaining movie palace in Atlanta. The Loew's Grand, Martin Cinerama, Georgia Cinerama, Paramount Theater, and"
"its initial run, suffering about 20 minutes of studio-requested and director-approved cuts, while still in its roadshow engagements. Hoping to recoup some of its estimated $14 million cost, 20th Century Fox executive Richard Zanuck decided to do some primitive ""market research"" (testing three titles: ""Music for the Lady"", ""Those Were the Happy Days"" and ""Star!""), before withdrawing the film in the spring of 1969. The studio then proceeded to substantially cut and re-market the film under a new title, ""Those Were the Happy Times"". Wise, who did not believe cutting the film would work, declined to be involved in the"
"Twentieth Century Fox, Orion Pictures, and Paramount Pictures (Redstone's Viacom would buy Paramount in the 1990s), all of which turned over huge profits when he chose to sell their stock in the early 1980s. In 1979, he suffered severe burns in a fire at the Copley Plaza hotel, in Boston, but survived after thirty hours of extensive surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital. Though he was warned that he might never be able to live a normal life again, eight years later he was fit enough to insist on playing tennis nearly every day and to launch a hostile takeover of"
"(1968), starring Charlton Heston, Kim Hunter, and Roddy McDowall. ""Fantastic Voyage"" was the last film made in CinemaScope, which was ultimately replaced by Panavision lenses. Zanuck stayed on as chairman until 1971, but there were several expensive flops in his last years, resulting in Fox posting losses from 1969 to 1971. Following his removal, and after an uncertain period, new management brought Fox back to health. Under president Gordon T. Stulberg and production head Alan Ladd, Jr., Fox films connected with modern audiences. Stulberg used the profits to acquire resort properties, soft-drink bottlers, Australian theaters and other properties in an"
"Fox Film had begun in the silent era in 1915 under founder William Fox. Twentieth Century Pictures of 1933, merged with Fox Studios in 1935 to form 20th Century-Fox (the hyphen was dropped a half century later in 1985 under Australian Rupert Murdoch). For many years, 20th Century Fox claimed to have been founded in 1915. For instance, it marked 1945 as its 30th anniversary. However, in recent years it has now claimed the 1935 merger as its founding date. Twentieth Century Pictures Twentieth Century Pictures was an independent Hollywood motion picture production company created in 1933 by Joseph Schenck"
"The Fox (1921 film) The Fox is a lost 1921 American silent Western film starring Harry Carey. Directed by Robert Thornby, it was produced and distributed by Universal Film Manufacturing Company. As described in a film magazine, Ol' Santa Fe (Carey) drops off a fast freight train passing through town. He saves an urchin that had been assisting a beggar with a bear from a severe beating and adopts him as his ""Pard"" (Eason). Securing a job as a porter at the bank Caliente Trust Company, Santa Fe learns that bank president Rufus B. Coulter (Hale) is in league with"
"20th Century Fox. Two of the films he produced there, ""A Letter to Three Wives"" (1949) and ""Three Coins in the Fountain"" (1954), were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. He also produced ""The Iron Curtain"" (1948) and later the Marilyn Monroe musical ""Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"", as well as the star-studded ""High Society"" starring Frank Sinatra, Grace Kelly, Bing Crosby, and Louis Armstrong. In 1956 Siegel joined Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Towards the end of the year Dore Schary was fired as head of production and Siegel was rumoured to be given his job. However Ben Thau got the job and"
"20th Century Fox on April 15, 2003, with a special edition released on May 9, 2006. Roger Ebert of the ""Chicago Sun-Times"" gave the film three out of four stars and praised it as ""the best of the mid-1970s wave of disaster films"". ""Variety"" praised the film as ""one of the greatest disaster pictures made, a personal and professional triumph for producer Irwin Allen. The $14 million cost has yielded a truly magnificent production which complements but does not at all overwhelm a thoughtful personal drama."" Vincent Canby of ""The New York Times"" wrote that the film is ""overwrought and"
"in the downtown district. Reestablishing the movie industry, the Fox offered the opportunity to stray from the silent films and helped introduce the “talkies” by having a live stage show. Attendance significantly dropped in the 1960s and on September 14, 1965 the Fox closed, ""temporarily,"" according to the San Francisco Chronicle, ""The movie ... which will be shown on the Fox Oakland's last day is the Marlon Brando spy melodrama, ""Morituri"""". During the next seven years the theater opened sporadically for movies and special events, but never found a market that could support the required overhead and maintenance. In 1973"