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'''20th Century Fox is a major [[film production companies|film studio]], owned by [[News Corporation]]. The company was founded in 1935, through the merger of Fox Film Corporation, founded by William Fox in 1915, and Twentieth Century Pictures, founded in 1933.
{{Image|20th Century Fox 1982.png|right|275px|20th Century Fox logo from 1982.}}
'''20th Century Fox''' is a major American [[film production companies|film studio]] which was founded in 1935 by a merger of the Fox Film Corporation with one of its competitors, Twentieth Century Pictures. During the "Golden Age of Hollywood'' when the so-called studio system prevailed, Fox was one of the Big Five studios with MGM, Paramount, Warners and RKO Radio. It is now a subsidiary of [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]].
 
Among films produced by Fox are:
* ''[[The Grapes of Wrath]]'' (1940)
* ''How Green Was My Valley'' (1941)
* ''The Ox-Bow Incident'' (1943)
* ''Laura'' (1944)
* ''The House on 92nd Street'' (1945)
* ''My Darling Clementine'' (1946)
* ''Gentleman's Agreement'' (1947)
* ''Call Northside 777'' (1948)
* ''Twelve O'Clock High'' (1949)
* ''The Gunfighter'' (1950)
* ''All About Eve'' (1950)
* ''The Day the Earth Stood Still'' (1951)
* ''The King and I'' (1956)
* ''[[South Pacific (musical)|South Pacific]]'' (1958)
* ''Sink the Bismarck!'' (1960)
* ''The Innocents'' (1961)
* ''The 300 Spartans'' (1962)
* ''The Longest Day'' (1962)
* ''Zorba the Greek'' (1964)
* ''The Sound of Music'' (1965)
* ''Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines'' (1965)
* ''Von Ryan's Express'' (1965)
* ''The Flight of the Phoenix'' (1965),
* ''Planet of the Apes'' (1968)
* ''The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'' (1969)
* ''Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'' (1969)
* ''Patton'' (1970), ''Tora! Tora! Tora!'' (1970)
* ''The French Connection'' (1971),
* ''The Towering Inferno'' (1974)
* ''[[Star Wars]]'' (1977)
* ''Titanic'' (1997)
 
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20th Century Fox is a major American film studio which was founded in 1935 by a merger of the Fox Film Corporation with one of its competitors, Twentieth Century Pictures. During the "Golden Age of Hollywood when the so-called studio system prevailed, Fox was one of the Big Five studios with MGM, Paramount, Warners and RKO Radio. It is now a subsidiary of Disney.

Among films produced by Fox are:

  • The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
  • How Green Was My Valley (1941)
  • The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
  • Laura (1944)
  • The House on 92nd Street (1945)
  • My Darling Clementine (1946)
  • Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
  • Call Northside 777 (1948)
  • Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
  • The Gunfighter (1950)
  • All About Eve (1950)
  • The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
  • The King and I (1956)
  • South Pacific (1958)
  • Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
  • The Innocents (1961)
  • The 300 Spartans (1962)
  • The Longest Day (1962)
  • Zorba the Greek (1964)
  • The Sound of Music (1965)
  • Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines (1965)
  • Von Ryan's Express (1965)
  • The Flight of the Phoenix (1965),
  • Planet of the Apes (1968)
  • The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
  • Patton (1970), Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
  • The French Connection (1971),
  • The Towering Inferno (1974)
  • Star Wars (1977)
  • Titanic (1997)

References