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20th Century-Fox – the world’s standard of entertainment excellence, circa mid 1930s
20th Century-Fox came into being in 1935 and those cars are circa mid 1930s, so I’d say this billboard probably came up not long after 20th Century-Fox was born when Life magazine took this photo. If you look under the … Continue reading
Fox Carthay Circle Theater lit up with searchlights for a movie premiere.
Looks like it’s another big night at the Fox Carthay Circle Theater. You know the drill: follow the searchlights (I count nine) to find the pot of golden celebrities at the end.
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The backlot at 20th Century Fox, circa 1940s
I love seeing photos like this this circa 1940s aerial of the Twentieth Century-Fox back lot, with its various villages and towns and streets. I wonder of Richard Zanuck got to a free run of the place when he was … Continue reading
Shirley Temple’s bungalow at 20th Century Fox, 1936
When I first saw this house, I thought, “That looks like a nice place to live in.” And then I realized: it’s Shirley Temple’s bungalow at 20th Century-Fox! Achieving extraordinary fame at such a young age, and surrounded by such … Continue reading
Café de Paris – Twentieth Century-Fox studios commissary, 1930
This photo shows us the studio commissary on the Fox Films lot. It was a French restaurant called Café de Paris. This photo was taken in 1930—the year that William Fox was forced into bankruptcy and lost control of his … Continue reading
“Island in the Sun” (1957) at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Blvd
Island in the Sun was a guilty-pleasure-soap-opera pic from Twentieth Century-Fox that came out in 1957 and got the big Grauman’s Chinese Theatre treatment upon its release. According to IMDB, it featured an interracial screen kiss that caused quite a … Continue reading
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18-foot standee of Marilyn Monroe in “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, 1953
Marilyn Monroe would be hard to miss under any circumstances, so I guess the execs at Twentieth Century-Fox figured an 18-foot Marilyn would stop traffic. This photo was taken during the run of “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre … Continue reading
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Aerial view of Fox Studios at Beverly Glen and Santa Monica Blvd, Century City, circa 1928
This is an aerial view of the Fox Studios at Beverly Glen and Santa Monica Blvd, in Century City. This photo was taken circa 1928, which puts it at around six years before its merger with Twentieth Century Pictures to … Continue reading
Monte Mar Vista Drive, not far from the Twentieth Century Fox studios, 1928
Monte Mar Vista Drive, not far from the Twentieth Century Fox studios. Nowadays of course, all that empty land is completely filled in with homes, but back then—we’re talking 1928—it was wide open space. So what did the people living … Continue reading
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An oil well on the lot of the Twentieth Century Fox studios.
An oil well on the lot of the Twentieth Century Fox studios. I guess if one of their movies flopped, they’d pump out a little extra that week.