The company's films retained the 20th Century Pictures searchlight logo on their opening credits as well as its opening fanfare, but with the name changed to 20th Century-Fox.Īfter the merger was completed, Zanuck signed young actors to help carry 20th Century-Fox: Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Carmen Miranda, Don Ameche, Henry Fonda, Gene Tierney, Sonja Henie, and Betty Grable. However, it has considered the 1935 merger as its founding in recent years, even though most film historians agree it was founded in 1915. For instance, it marked 1945 as its 30th anniversary. įor many years, 20th Century Fox identified themselves as having been founded in 1915, the year Fox Film was founded. The contracts included a studio option for renewal for as long as seven years. 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-Fox after spending 18 months in the school. The company established a special training school. Zanuck replaced Winfield Sheehan as the company's production chief. Kent remained at the company, joining Schenck and Zanuck. The new company, Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, began trading on May 31, 1935. Initially, it was speculated in The New York Times that the newly merged company would be named "Fox-Twentieth Century". įox Film Corporation and Twentieth Century Pictures merged in 1935. The company had been struggling since founder William Fox lost control of the company in 1930. Spyros Skouras, then manager of the Fox West Coast Theaters, helped make it happen (and later became president of the new company). Zanuck left United Artists over a stock dispute, and began merger talks with the management of financially struggling Fox Film, under President Sidney Kent. Twentieth Century Pictures' Joseph Schenck and Darryl F. The studio adopted its current name as a trade name on January 17, 2020, and subsequently started to use it for the copyright of 20th Century and Searchlight Pictures productions on December 4. Disney purchased most of 21st Century Fox's assets, which included 20th Century Fox, on March 20, 2019. In 1985, the studio removed the hyphen in the name (becoming Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation) after being acquired by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, which was renamed 21st Century Fox in 2013 after it spun-off its publishing assets. It was formed in 1935 as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation by the merger of Fox Film and Twentieth Century Pictures, and one of the original " Big Five" among eight majors of Hollywood's Golden Age. įor over 80 years, 20th Century was one of the major American film studios.
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures distributes and markets the films produced by 20th Century Studios in theatrical markets. It is headquartered at the Fox Studio Lot in the Century City area of Los Angeles. 20th Century Studios (commonly shortened to 20th Century) is an American film studio currently owned by The Walt Disney Studios, a subsidiary of the Disney Entertainment division of The Walt Disney Company.
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