Movietone

Japanese: movietone
Movietone

Fox started out in 1906 as the operator of the nickelodeon, America's first permanent movie theater, and gradually expanded its cinema network, mainly in New York. In the 1910s, the company began production and distribution, promoting the glamorous star Theda Bara (1890-1955), known as the first vamp actress. In the 1920s, the company grew to become the largest movie company in Hollywood along with Adolph Zukor's Paramount and Marcus Roe's MGM. Fox developed a sound-on-film process called Movietone, which was a pioneer in the practical application of talkies, rivaling Warner Brothers' Vitaphone. However, it was defeated by financial capital over talkie patents, and its business slumped during the economic depression of 1929. Rockefeller's Chase National Bank bought out most of the company's stock, and the company merged with 20th Century Pictures in 1935. The color of 20th Century Fox Pictures was created by the powerful and individualistic Spyros Skouras (1893-1971), who served as president from 1942 to 1962 and was said to have been dictatorial in his control of all production, and Darryl F. Zanuck, who served as head of production from 1935 to 1956 and succeeded Skouras as president in 1962.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "movietone" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…フォックス映画社は,1906年に,アメリカの最初の映画常設館であったニッケルオデオンの経営からスタートしてしだいにニューヨークを中心に映画館を増やし,10年代には製作,配給も始め,バンプvamp女優第1号として知られる妖艶なスター,セダ・バラTheda Bara(1890‐1955)を売り出し,20年代にはアドルフ・ズーカーのパラマウント,マーカス・ローのMGMとともにハリウッド最大の映画企業体に成長した。〈ムービートンmovietone〉と名づけたフィルム式トーキーsound‐on‐film processを開発,ワーナー・ブラザースの〈バイタフォンvitaphone〉に対抗しつつトーキー実用化の先鞭をつけたが,トーキー特許権をめぐって金融資本に敗北,29年の経済恐慌から事業不振におちいり,ロックフェラー系のチェース・ナショナル銀行に大部分の株を買い占められ,35年,20世紀映画社と合併した。 20世紀フォックス映画のカラーをつくり上げたのは,42年から62年まで社長の任にあり,製作のすべてを掌握し,独裁的であるとさえいわれた強力で個性的なスパイロス・スクーラスSpyros Skouras(1893‐1971)と,1935年から56年まで製作本部長を担当し,62年からはスクーラスの後を継いで社長となったダリル・F.ザナックである。…

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