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| Motion Picture News, 30-June-1923 |
100 years ago last month, the Fox Film Corporation celebrated "20 Years of Progress."
Fox paid for a gaudy color section to promote its wares.
William Fox purchased his first nickelodeon in 1904. He went on to develop a nationwide chain of movie theaters and to found one of the major production companies on the film industry. He overexpanded and lost everything in the Great Depression.
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I wonder what the third sister could not have gotten away with.
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Swedish director Mauritz Stiller made
The Blizzard in America. "And it ain't a fit night out for man or beast!"
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Does it Pay? I don't know, does it? The film is probably lost.
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Lambert Hillyer, who directed a lot of westerns, made
The Plunderer. This film is also probably lost.
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Cameo Kirby was based on a play by Booth Tarkington. John Ford Directed.
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Soft Boiled looks unique; it may still survive. The leading lady was Billie Dove. John G Blystone directed.
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Most of Fox's famous authors are not famous today. I have read or at least heard of Booth Tarkington, Maurice Maeterlinck, Selma Lagerlöf, Gouverneur Morris and Zane Grey.
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Shirley Mason was Viola Dana's sister. Fox was trying to change Buck Jones' billing to Charles Jones. I like Buck better.
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Some of Fox's "World's Foremost Directors and Scenario Writers" are still well-known, like John Ford and J Gordon Edwards. Note that is only one woman.
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Al St John and Clyde Cook had their own series of short comedies. Fox introduced a new line of Imperial Comedies. I like image of the Sphinx being tickled. Egyptian subjects were very popular because of the recent discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb.
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"More Thrills, Prettier Girls, Funnier Gags" Fox Sunshine Comedies frequently featured pretty girls and animals. Fox Educational Entertainments were "Thrilling, amusing, different and yet Informative..."
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Fox News, later Fox Movietone News, produced newsreels in the United States until 1963. The television network later disgraced the name Fox News.
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