William Fox
Biography
Starting at the age 8 he had a series of jobs before starting his own business in 1900, which was sold to buy a Brooklyn nickelodeon in 1904. As the new owner with an empty house, Fox hired a coin manipulator and a barker to attract patrons into the dark 146-seat theatre. Once audiences adequately understood what moving pictures were, live acts were dispensed with. More nickelodeons were opened and he became a successful film exhibitor. He then won a long legal battle against Thomas Edison's …
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Filmography
Acting (1)
Crew (200)
Movies (200)
South of Tahiti
1941Sound Technical Supervisor
Silk Hat Kid
1935Producer
David Harum
1934Presenter
Caravane
1934Executive Producer
Hoopla
1933Presenter
It's Great to Be Alive
1933Presenter
Rackety Rax
1932Presenter
Wild Girl
1932Presenter
She Wanted a Millionaire
1932Producer
Society Girl
1932Producer
Disorderly Conduct
1932Producer
The Painted Woman
1932Producer
Young America
1932Producer
The Big Trail
1931Producer
There Were Thirteen
1931Producer
Do You Know Your Wife?
1931Producer
The Spy
1931Producer
Quick Millions
1931Producer
Six Cylinder Love
1931Producer
Law of the Harem
1931Producer
Annabelle's Affairs
1931Executive Producer
Slaves of Fashion
1931Producer
You Have to Marry the Prince
1931Producer
The Big Party
1930Presenter
City Girl
1930Producer
Oh, for a Man!
1930Executive Producer
Up the River
1930Producer
High Society Blues
1930Producer
Such Men Are Dangerous
1930Presenter
Common Clay
1930Executive Producer
Rough Romance
1930Presenter
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
1929Producer
Lucky Star
1929Producer
Happy Days
1929Presenter
Happy Days
1929Producer
They Had to See Paris
1929Executive Producer
The Valiant
1929Presenter
The River
1929Producer
The Black Watch
1929Presenter
Girls Gone Wild
1929Presenter
Strong Boy
1929Presenter
Not Quite Decent
1929Presenter
Seven Faces
1929Producer
The Far Call
1929Producer
Fazil
1928Producer
Fleetwing
1928Presenter
A Girl in Every Port
1928Producer
No Other Woman
1928Presenter
The Play Girl
1928Presenter
Street Angel
1928Producer
Romance of the Underworld
1928Presenter
Mother Knows Best
1928Producer
The Farmer's Daughter
1928Presenter
The Gay Retreat
1927Presenter
Outlaws of Red River
1927Presenter
7th Heaven
1927Producer
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927Producer
Is Zat So?
1927Producer
Cradle Snatchers
1927Writer
Two Girls Wanted
1927Presenter
Upstream
1927Producer
Ladies Must Dress
1927Presenter
The War Horse
1927Presenter
East Side, West Side
1927Producer
The Wizard
1927Presenter
The Loves of Carmen
1927Presenter
Tumbling River
1927Presenter
Publicity Madness
1927Producer
The Music Master
1927Producer
Fig Leaves
1926Presenter
The City
1926Producer
Early to Wed
1926Presenter
The Midnight Kiss
1926Presenter
More Pay - Less Work
1926Producer
The Fighting Heart
1925Presenter
The Iron Horse
1925Presenter
Wings of Youth
1925Presenter
The Fool
1925Producer
Hearts of Oak
1924Presenter
Gold Heels
1924Presenter
Troubles of a Bride
1924Executive Producer
The Vagabond Trail
1924Presenter
Daughters of the Night
1924Presenter
A Man's Mate
1924Producer
Love Letters
1924Presenter
The Shadow of the East
1924Presenter
Flames of Desire
1924Presenter
Just Off Broadway
1924Presenter
Hoodman Blind
1923Presenter
Times Have Changed
1923Producer
Cameo Kirby
1923Presenter
Gentle Julia
1923Producer
Snowdrift
1923Presenter
Jungle Pals
1923Executive Producer
Six Cylinder Love
1923Presenter
The Silent Command
1923Presenter
The Gunfighter
1923Presenter
The Face on the Barroom Floor
1923Producer
A Friendly Husband
1923Presenter
If Winter Comes
1923Producer
Alias the Night Wind
1923Executive Producer
Unreal News Reel
1923Executive Producer
Does It Pay?
1923Presenter
A Stage Romance
1922Presenter
A Self-Made Man
1922Presenter
A Self-Made Man
1922Producer
Step Lively, Please
1922Executive Producer
Shirley of the Circus
1922Presenter
Honor First
1922Presenter
Honor First
1922Producer
Sky High
1922Producer
Monte Cristo
1922Producer
Little Miss Smiles
1922Presenter
Who Are My Parents?
1922Executive Producer
The Yellow Stain
1922Presenter
The Great Night
1922Presenter
Youth Must Have Love
1922Presenter
A California Romance
1922Presenter
Pawn Ticket 210
1922Presenter
Without Fear
1922Presenter
Big Town Ideas
1921Producer
The Primal Law
1921Presenter
Ever Since Eve
1921Presenter
Jackie
1921Presenter
Jackie
1921Producer
Perjury
1921Presenter
Know Your Men
1921Presenter
A Ridin' Romeo
1921Presenter
Skirts
1921Executive Producer
The Lamplighter
1921Producer
His Greatest Sacrifice
1921Presenter
The Last Trail
1921Presenter
Oliver Twist, Jr.
1921Presenter
Queenie
1921Presenter
The Face at Your Window
1920Presenter
Singing River
1920Presenter
The Husband Hunter
1920Producer
Just Pals
1920Producer
The Strongest
1920Presenter
The Joyous Trouble-Makers
1920Presenter
The Orphan
1920Presenter
Twins of Suffering Creek
1920Presenter
Flames of the Flesh
1920Executive Producer
His Noisy Still
1920Executive Producer
The Shark
1920Presenter
A Sister to Salome
1920Producer
Her Elephant Man
1920Presenter
The Man Hunter
1919Presenter
The Man Hunter
1919Producer
Love Is Love
1919Presenter
Wings of the Morning
1919Presenter
Words and Music by -
1919Producer
The Forbidden Room
1919Presenter
Cowardice Court
1919Producer
A Schoolhouse Scandal
1919Executive Producer
The Love That Dares
1919Presenter
Salome
1918Producer
A Neighbor's Keyhole
1918Executive Producer
The Blindness of Divorce
1918Executive Producer
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1918Presenter
The Queen of Hearts
1918Presenter
Why I Would Not Marry
1918Presenter
The Woman Who Gave
1918Producer
True Blue
1918Presenter
The Woman and the Law
1918Presenter
The Woman and the Law
1918Producer
Son of a Gun
1918Executive Producer
The Bird of Prey
1918Presenter
The Girl with the Champagne Eyes
1918Presenter
Her Husband's Wife
1918Executive Producer
Are Married Policemen Safe?
1918Executive Producer
Jack and the Beanstalk
1917Presenter
The Honor System
1917Producer
Madame du Barry
1917Presenter
The Babes in the Woods
1917Presenter
The Darling of Paris
1917Producer
Cleopatra
1917Producer
The Price of Silence
1917Presenter
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
1917Presenter
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1917Presenter
Some Boy
1917Presenter
The Silent Lie
1917Presenter
The Serpent
1916Producer
A Daughter of the Gods
1916Producer
East Lynne
1916Producer
The Eternal Sapho
1916Producer
A Woman's Resurrection
1915Presenter
The Wonderful Adventure
1915Presenter
A Fool There Was
1915Producer
Kreutzer Sonata
1915Presenter
Anna Karenina
1915Producer
Should a Mother Tell
1915Presenter
The Song of Hate
1915Presenter
The Galley Slave
1915Presenter
The Galley Slave
1915Producer
From the Valley of the Missing
1915Presenter
Life's Shop Window
1914Presenter
Regeneration
1914Presenter
The Tiger's Cub
Presenter
The Tiger's Cub
Producer
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