Fox Film Corporation

The Fox Film Corporation was an American company which produced motion pictures, formed in 1915 when founder William Fox merged two companies he had established in 1913: Greater New York Film Rental, a distribution firm, which was part of the Independents; and Fox (or Box, depending on the source) Office Attractions Company, a production company. (see vertical integration)

In 1917 the company moved to Hollywood; during World War I, Fox was the leading production company in the USA. William Fox lost control over the company after the 1929 stock market crash. The new ownership later merged the company with Twentieth Century Pictures to form 20th Century Fox.

On July 23, 1926, the company bought the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound on to film.

See also: movie studio