Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial HistoryNew in Paperback! In 1935, two film production companies merged to form one of the most influential corporations in the world-Twentieth Century-Fox. Here is the story of that dynamic company and of the personalities who molded it over the past fifty years, from Darryl F. Zanuk to Barry Diller. Unlike any previous volume on a film studio, this in-depth history is told from a corporate viewpoint, covering the trends that influenced film-making, profit-making incentives, and the creative policies resulting in films like The Grapes of Wrath, the Snake Pit, The Robe, Cleopatra, The Towering Inferno, and Star Wars. |
Contents
1 The Movies become an Industry | 1 |
2 Fox Starts Again | 14 |
3 Fox on the March | 24 |
4 Darryl ZanuckMan or Mogul? | 39 |
5 The Tail that Wagged the Dog | 49 |
6 Boom Years | 58 |
7 Enter the Fifties | 70 |
8 The Coming of CinemaScope | 81 |
14 Darryl Zanuck Rides Again | 146 |
15 Upheaval | 156 |
16 New Policies and New Forces | 167 |
17 Star Wars and Beyond | 179 |
18 A Private Company | 192 |
19 After Davis | 204 |
Chapter Notes | 207 |
Bibliography | 213 |