Fox, W. (English spelling) FoxW

Japanese: Fox,W.(英語表記)FoxW
Fox, W. (English spelling) FoxW

...American film company. It is one of Hollywood's "Big Five" that was formed in 1935 by the merger of Fox Pictures (founded in 1915) by William Fox (1879-1952) and Twentieth Century Pictures (founded in 1933) by Joseph M. Schenck (1878-1961) and Darryl F. Zanuck. Fox Pictures started in 1906 with the management of Nickelodeon, the first permanent movie theater in the United States, and gradually increased the number of movie theaters, mainly in New York. In the 1910s, it began production and distribution, and promoted the seductive star Theda Bara (1890-1955), known as the first vamp actress. In the 1920s, it grew into the largest film corporation in Hollywood along with Adolph Zukor's Paramount and Marcus Roe's MGM. ...

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Japanese:

…アメリカの映画会社。ウィリアム・フォックスWilliam Fox(1879‐1952)のフォックス映画社(1915設立)とジョゼフ・M.スケンクJoseph M.Schenck(1878‐1961)およびダリル・F.ザナックの20世紀映画社(1933設立)が1935年に合併してできたハリウッドの〈ビッグ・ファイブ〉の一つである。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。…

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