Los Angeles, Calif. (October 2, 2015) – In 1915 William Fox founded Fox Film Corporation and forever changed the course of cinema. Over the next century the studio would develop some of the most innovative and ground-breaking advancements in the history of cinema; the introduction of Movietone, the implementation of color in partnership with Eastman Kodak, the development of the wide format in 70mm and many more. Now in honor of the 100th anniversary of the studio, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will celebrate by releasing some of their most iconic films that represent a decade of innovation.
Starting today, five classic films from the studio will be made available digitally for the first time ever – Sunrise (1927), Drums Along the Mohawk (1939), Man Hunt (1941), How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) and The Flight of the Phoenix (1965). Throughout the rest of the year a total of 100 digital releases will follow from Fox’s extensive catalog, including 10 films...
Starting today, five classic films from the studio will be made available digitally for the first time ever – Sunrise (1927), Drums Along the Mohawk (1939), Man Hunt (1941), How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) and The Flight of the Phoenix (1965). Throughout the rest of the year a total of 100 digital releases will follow from Fox’s extensive catalog, including 10 films...
- 10/3/2015
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
I have accepted that cinema is an ever-evolving medium. But I never expected our heritage to be at stake. This post is not a podium for me to exclaim film is superior to digital, nor will I be stating the digital conversion (or DC) was a poor decision of the industry. As a society furthering itself in the Digital Revolution, the DC was the most obvious future for the way we exhibit motion pictures theatrically. But I never expected this:
“We have decided to suspend theater operations…”
As I wrote that line in a memo to our email subscribers, Facebook fans, and website visitors, I caught myself recalling the final illustration of Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree, where the tree, now a mere stump, has nothing left to give the old man but a place to sit.
Will we only appreciate our original movie houses once they’re gone?...
“We have decided to suspend theater operations…”
As I wrote that line in a memo to our email subscribers, Facebook fans, and website visitors, I caught myself recalling the final illustration of Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree, where the tree, now a mere stump, has nothing left to give the old man but a place to sit.
Will we only appreciate our original movie houses once they’re gone?...
- 11/17/2014
- by Max Einhorn
- Hope for Film
Sunrise
Scenario by Carl Mayer, from an original theme by Hermann Sudermann
Directed by F.W. Murnau
USA, 1927
William Fox had seen Faust, Nosferatu, and The Last Laugh, and on the basis of these German masterworks, he brought their creator, F.W. Murnau, to Hollywood. What he got was a truly distinct cinematic vision, which was what he had in mind: something to set a few Fox features apart from the other studios’ output. What he probably didn’t expect was just how much of that “artsy” European touch he was going to get with Murnau on contract. Were American audiences going to go for this type of movie, with its symbolism, melodious structure, and overtly self-conscious style? At any rate, Murnau’s first picture at Fox was one to remember. Sunrise, from 1927, is one of the greatest of all films. It is a touching, beautiful, and artistically accomplished movie, one of the best ever made,...
Scenario by Carl Mayer, from an original theme by Hermann Sudermann
Directed by F.W. Murnau
USA, 1927
William Fox had seen Faust, Nosferatu, and The Last Laugh, and on the basis of these German masterworks, he brought their creator, F.W. Murnau, to Hollywood. What he got was a truly distinct cinematic vision, which was what he had in mind: something to set a few Fox features apart from the other studios’ output. What he probably didn’t expect was just how much of that “artsy” European touch he was going to get with Murnau on contract. Were American audiences going to go for this type of movie, with its symbolism, melodious structure, and overtly self-conscious style? At any rate, Murnau’s first picture at Fox was one to remember. Sunrise, from 1927, is one of the greatest of all films. It is a touching, beautiful, and artistically accomplished movie, one of the best ever made,...
- 1/17/2014
- by Jeremy Carr
- SoundOnSight
“Movie House of Worship” is a regular feature spotlighting our favorite movie theaters around the world, those that are like temples of cinema catering to the most religious-like film geeks. This week, guest submitter Shannon Scott shares another one of her favorite historic theaters. Her comments are those quoted. If you’d like to suggest or submit a place you regularly worship at the altar of cinema, please email our weekend editor. Name: The Fox Theatre Location: 660 Peachtree Street Ne, Atlanta, Ga Opened: December 25, 1929, as part of The Yaarab Temple Shrine Mosque, a headquarters for the Shriners. The auditorium was originally leased to cinema mogul William Fox to be The Fox Theatre. See a timeline of the theater’s continued history through multiple closings and openings here. No. of screens: 1, the biggest in Atlanta. Current first run titles: None. Repertory programming: The Fox is no longer primarily a movie theater, but...
- 11/11/2012
- by Christopher Campbell
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Part of a series by David Cairns on forgotten pre-Code films.
No Christmas movie is complete without the prospect of a suicidal plunge into icy waters... festive!
Yes, 1935 was the year after the Production Code came in. But these are the Daft Days, between Christmas and New Year, when nothing really matters. Besides, this is a film worth writing about, it has a seasonal hook, is full of early thirties atmosphere, social concerns, and a little suggestiveness, and anyway, it's a remarkable fact about pre-Code cinema that virtually none of them take any interest in Christmas.
They do, however, take a good bit of interest in the winter, since winter is something that has to be prepared for if it's to be survived. Thus comedy relief Vince Barnett in The Girl in 419 (1933) spends most of his scenes talking about the fur coat he's going to buy for his sweetie once he's saved enough money,...
No Christmas movie is complete without the prospect of a suicidal plunge into icy waters... festive!
Yes, 1935 was the year after the Production Code came in. But these are the Daft Days, between Christmas and New Year, when nothing really matters. Besides, this is a film worth writing about, it has a seasonal hook, is full of early thirties atmosphere, social concerns, and a little suggestiveness, and anyway, it's a remarkable fact about pre-Code cinema that virtually none of them take any interest in Christmas.
They do, however, take a good bit of interest in the winter, since winter is something that has to be prepared for if it's to be survived. Thus comedy relief Vince Barnett in The Girl in 419 (1933) spends most of his scenes talking about the fur coat he's going to buy for his sweetie once he's saved enough money,...
- 12/29/2011
- MUBI
Pamela Hutchinson tops up our writers' favourite film series with a passionate paean to Fw Murnau's monochrome melodrama
• This film review leave you speechless? Feel free to sound off in the comments below
The twist is supposed to arrive at the end of the movie, but Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans pulls the rug from under our feet just a third of the way in. We're suddenly offered a chance of happiness, as the film diverts down an unexpected path. It's a disconcerting but ultimately liberating jolt – as if Humphrey Bogart had stopped following Lauren Bacall around in The Big Sleep and taken that nice librarian out for dinner instead.
Sunrise begins, as so many great films do, with the promise of sex and the threat of violence. Two clandestine lovers meet in the moonlight and dream of committing the perfect murder. But is Man (George O'Brien) really prepared...
• This film review leave you speechless? Feel free to sound off in the comments below
The twist is supposed to arrive at the end of the movie, but Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans pulls the rug from under our feet just a third of the way in. We're suddenly offered a chance of happiness, as the film diverts down an unexpected path. It's a disconcerting but ultimately liberating jolt – as if Humphrey Bogart had stopped following Lauren Bacall around in The Big Sleep and taken that nice librarian out for dinner instead.
Sunrise begins, as so many great films do, with the promise of sex and the threat of violence. Two clandestine lovers meet in the moonlight and dream of committing the perfect murder. But is Man (George O'Brien) really prepared...
- 11/16/2011
- by Pamela Hutchinson
- The Guardian - Film News
I’m not a big fan of the horror genre. I don’t care for horror films, TV shows, novels or anything like that. But I do have an understanding of the genre and the roots that it has in something I really do enjoy: German expressionist cinema.
German expressionist cinema is a type of film that highlights bizarre sets, unusual angles, dark shadows, strange people and strange places. Mental illness was often a feature of the stories in one form or another. Expressionism got its start in Germany in 1913 with The Student of Prague, but it didn’t really take off and come into its own until after World War I. Though the Expressionist movement was largely dead after 1933 (not coincidentally the year that the Nazis came to power in Germany), it nevertheless created vibe that resonates throughout film today, inspiring, in whole or in part, such genres as...
German expressionist cinema is a type of film that highlights bizarre sets, unusual angles, dark shadows, strange people and strange places. Mental illness was often a feature of the stories in one form or another. Expressionism got its start in Germany in 1913 with The Student of Prague, but it didn’t really take off and come into its own until after World War I. Though the Expressionist movement was largely dead after 1933 (not coincidentally the year that the Nazis came to power in Germany), it nevertheless created vibe that resonates throughout film today, inspiring, in whole or in part, such genres as...
- 10/13/2011
- by Chris Swanson
- Obsessed with Film
The following press release from the British Film Institute indicates some exciting events going on at the BFI Southbank Theatre in London:
In 2011 BFI Southbank will present some of the most influential artists of British and world cinema throughout the year, igniting the public’s imagination for film in new and surprising ways and offering unique film experiences. The New Year kicks off with a definitive two month Howard Hawks season, accompanied by an Extended Run of The Big Sleep (1946), an enduringly popular Audrey Hepburn retrospective, including a national release of the classic Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) for the film’s 50th anniversary, the continuation of the TV Variety season and new season The Long Goodbye: A Cinematic Memento Mori will explore a taboo subject in surprising and thought provoking ways.
BFI Southbank will also continue to offer the most exciting and exclusive previews and events, such as this...
In 2011 BFI Southbank will present some of the most influential artists of British and world cinema throughout the year, igniting the public’s imagination for film in new and surprising ways and offering unique film experiences. The New Year kicks off with a definitive two month Howard Hawks season, accompanied by an Extended Run of The Big Sleep (1946), an enduringly popular Audrey Hepburn retrospective, including a national release of the classic Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) for the film’s 50th anniversary, the continuation of the TV Variety season and new season The Long Goodbye: A Cinematic Memento Mori will explore a taboo subject in surprising and thought provoking ways.
BFI Southbank will also continue to offer the most exciting and exclusive previews and events, such as this...
- 1/12/2011
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
It's a mixed bag in this weeks installment of the DVD & Blu-Ray Chopping List. From the low-budget Cockhammer, to the classic House On Sorority Row, to the sequel to a remake with Halloween II and a pair of Bollywood Horror flicks, pretty much all bases are covered. There's not a lot of releases this week, but it does appear there's probably something for everyone, depending on personal taste.
Curious what horror can be found this week? Check out the full list below!
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4 Film Favorites: Thriller Collection - Warner Bros
Another bargain-priced installment of the "4 Film Favorites" series brings together Gothika, Queen Of The Damned, Ghost Ship, and Dreamcatcher for under 15 bucks.
Accident On Hill Road (Shree International)
Accident on Hill Road is a cunning and energetic thriller that takes its premise from...
Curious what horror can be found this week? Check out the full list below!
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4 Film Favorites: Thriller Collection - Warner Bros
Another bargain-priced installment of the "4 Film Favorites" series brings together Gothika, Queen Of The Damned, Ghost Ship, and Dreamcatcher for under 15 bucks.
Accident On Hill Road (Shree International)
Accident on Hill Road is a cunning and energetic thriller that takes its premise from...
- 1/10/2010
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)
- Fangoria
Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, to give him his full name, died in an automobile accident in California in 1931. The German-born émigré director was 42 years old. His death was luridly speculated upon by Kenneth Anger in his book Hollywood Babylon. Whatever the cause of his untimely end, there are few cinema artists who left behind such an iconic body of work, at such a relatively early age.
Working in Germany in the 1920s, Murnau helmed some of the greatest silent features ever made. His roll of honour includes: Nosferatu (1922), The Last Laugh (1924) and Faust (1926). Taking up an offer of work with American producer William Fox, he left behind Germany for good. It would provide a legacy entitled Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927), and his death.
Murnau will forever be associated with a landmark aesthetic known as German Expressionism. His experimental, highly-stylised, poetic outlook proved highly influential. There is general debate as...
Working in Germany in the 1920s, Murnau helmed some of the greatest silent features ever made. His roll of honour includes: Nosferatu (1922), The Last Laugh (1924) and Faust (1926). Taking up an offer of work with American producer William Fox, he left behind Germany for good. It would provide a legacy entitled Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927), and his death.
Murnau will forever be associated with a landmark aesthetic known as German Expressionism. His experimental, highly-stylised, poetic outlook proved highly influential. There is general debate as...
- 11/17/2009
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
Everyone has already listed the Spirit Award and Academy Award winners so I can forego that pleasure here. More importantly, what does all this say about independent film?
What we have all known since sex, lies and videotape is that for fresh and original vision, one must tap into the independent film world.
What does it say about the international reality of film? East has met West and the world of art is -- to paraphrase one of the female winners of the Academy Awards (was it Kate Winslet?) -- One world which we must protect and nourish. And as for India, the way to the Land of Spices, which Columbus was seeking, has finally been reached and integration has been achieved. And that a major studio, itself founded by an immigrant Hungarian Jew, managed to create the Synthesis between indie and studio, East and West, in this time of great change: That major studio's specialty arm, the only one except for long standing Sony Pictures Classics, that has withstood the winds of change, Fox Searchlight, has reached its apex winning its first EIGHT Academy Awards just as Peter Chernin, 20 years the president and chief operating officer of News Corp. has resigned: That is what has transpired in the past three days of awards and today the first post-award day.
Finita la Comedia. Y ahora? Ahora si! Ya empieza la Dramadia del Distribucion! Vamos a ver, amigos, vamos a ver.
What we have all known since sex, lies and videotape is that for fresh and original vision, one must tap into the independent film world.
What does it say about the international reality of film? East has met West and the world of art is -- to paraphrase one of the female winners of the Academy Awards (was it Kate Winslet?) -- One world which we must protect and nourish. And as for India, the way to the Land of Spices, which Columbus was seeking, has finally been reached and integration has been achieved. And that a major studio, itself founded by an immigrant Hungarian Jew, managed to create the Synthesis between indie and studio, East and West, in this time of great change: That major studio's specialty arm, the only one except for long standing Sony Pictures Classics, that has withstood the winds of change, Fox Searchlight, has reached its apex winning its first EIGHT Academy Awards just as Peter Chernin, 20 years the president and chief operating officer of News Corp. has resigned: That is what has transpired in the past three days of awards and today the first post-award day.
Finita la Comedia. Y ahora? Ahora si! Ya empieza la Dramadia del Distribucion! Vamos a ver, amigos, vamos a ver.
- 2/24/2009
- Sydney's Buzz
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By Bob Collins
There was a time in the grand era of movie palaces where the theater we saw a movie at was as important as the film itself. Names like Marcus Loew and William Fox built and operated theater palaces that were created to give the common man a feeling of royalty, even if only for a couple of hours while they were entertained by the latest fare from Hollywood. Studios, too, built monuments to showmanship where the movies they made could be seen in all their splendor.
Many of these theaters still exist; Grauman’s Chinese in Hollywood, The Loew’s Jersey in Jersey City, the Fox Theatres in Atlanta and Detroit, among others. Some are now performing arts centers, but a few still operate the way they were originally conceived – as movie theaters.
Washington, D.C. does not come...
By Bob Collins
There was a time in the grand era of movie palaces where the theater we saw a movie at was as important as the film itself. Names like Marcus Loew and William Fox built and operated theater palaces that were created to give the common man a feeling of royalty, even if only for a couple of hours while they were entertained by the latest fare from Hollywood. Studios, too, built monuments to showmanship where the movies they made could be seen in all their splendor.
Many of these theaters still exist; Grauman’s Chinese in Hollywood, The Loew’s Jersey in Jersey City, the Fox Theatres in Atlanta and Detroit, among others. Some are now performing arts centers, but a few still operate the way they were originally conceived – as movie theaters.
Washington, D.C. does not come...
- 1/28/2009
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Motion pictures were mere novelties when William Fox entered the business, first as a nickelodeon magnate, then as the founder of the Fox Film Corporation. Fox set his product apart by emphasizing technical innovation and top-notch directors. When the famed German expressionist F.W. Murnau emigrated to America in 1926, Fox snapped him up, and encouraged his employees to pick Murnau's brain. Howard Hawks, William Wellman, and John Ford all learned from Murnau, but the Fox director arguably most affected by Murnau's presence on the lot was Frank Borzage, an already-excellent storyteller fascinated by human faces and transformative romance. Because Fox let Murnau define his studio's style, the first Academy Awards ceremony was largely dominated by three Fox films: Borzage's 7th Heaven and Street Angel, and Murnau's Sunrise. Unlike Fox's big box set of John Ford films last year, the staggering Murnau, Borzage And Fox set is more esoteric in...
- 12/10/2008
- by Noel Murray
- avclub.com
Although his name still graces 20th Cen tury Fox and an array of TV networks, William Fox is the least known of Hollywood's founding fathers, thanks to a failed takeover of MGM that led to bankruptcy and six months in jail.
The studio he lost control of in 1929 has finally paid a fitting tribute to this ambitious pioneering moviemaker with the year's best DVD collection, "Murnau, Borzage and Fox," out today.
Fox broke into the movie business with a Brooklyn nickelodeon in 1904 and 11 years later founded the Fox Film Corp., which quickly flourished with films from Western star...
The studio he lost control of in 1929 has finally paid a fitting tribute to this ambitious pioneering moviemaker with the year's best DVD collection, "Murnau, Borzage and Fox," out today.
Fox broke into the movie business with a Brooklyn nickelodeon in 1904 and 11 years later founded the Fox Film Corp., which quickly flourished with films from Western star...
- 12/9/2008
- by By LOU LUMENICK
- NYPost.com
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