The History of 20th Century Fox | THE STUDIOS

[@WanJae42]

I love these deep dives. Interesting to hear the story of such an iconic studio. Thanks!

[@timonsteup2877]

I truly love this series. It gives a whole new appreciation on where the studios are now. I'll be waiting for the RKO episode...

[@Eunacis]

MGM is gonna be my jam.

[@timonsteup2877]

@@Eunacis that is a great one, too. I can't wait.

[@glennso47]

@Jay Talents I’d like to see a Disney Studio one

[@lukegreen5341]

6:04 Awesome Behind The Scenes Look About 20th Century Fox Studios Hollywood. Thanks Mate. XXxxx 🇬🇧 🇦🇺 🇺🇸

[@Account.for.Comment]

I think the next studio history should be MGM. Been debating with a video essayist about the past and future of Disney, and I suddenly think that Disney could very well be the next MGM. People forgot that it was the most influential Hollywood studio in the golden age, if not all time. They both have formulas targeting mass family friendly audiences, exercise control over their stars and produce them like a factory, was the biggest film conglomerates around owning the most beloved movie franchises, and the definitive Hollywood studio of their decades of prominence. There are a lot of news, rumors and wishes of Disney implosions. I think its death is highly unlikely, but it could likely become another MGM. MGM could not survived after the golden age of musicals and could not win against television. Disney could be facing great disasters when superheroes era ended, and their likely defeat in the streaming wars. Almost all the youtube videos about MGM, are about how it falls, barely anything I can find, are about the massive influence that it brought to the film industry.

[@bound2thefloor1]

EFFIN YES!!! I wasn't sure if we were gonna get any more from this series. The 1st 2 videos were awesome! I wish I was some kind of understudy / apprentice / whatever for John. His tone, & knowledge of the industry is so insightful, I could listen to and absorb everything he has to say for years.

[@themightyboush]

Naturally, this is information you can just read on Wikipedia, BUT to hear it spoken out loud accompanied by nifty visuals such as the detective noir aesthetic is actually more interesting, so I very much hope we get more of these videos; I really enjoyed the Paramount one. Having a favourite movie studio's never really something I've given much thought. Of course, Disney has their fans and for the more discerning cinephile, A24 has quite a following, but I probably would consider Fox to be my favourite; they're certainly the studio I've had the least issues with. They've got one of the most iconic opening logos with the monument and searchlights alongside that triumphant fanfare and they've pumped out some truly great films over the years like the original Star Wars trilogy, the original Planet of the Apes, Die Hard, Home Alone, Independence Day, the 1986 Fly, the first two Alien films, The Martian (my personal favourite), Alita, Logan and so on. Not to mention what's come from the Searchlight side with Full Monty, Three Billboards and Shape of Water. Plus, even if I haven't seen any of these following examples, I know that they're also considered classics with titles like Day the Earth Stood Still, How Green Was My Valley, Grapes of Wrath, Sound of Music, The Longest Day, MASH and Patton. And while they may be under the control of the Mouse House now (with the "Fox" part removed) and their output is sadly nowhere as frequent as it used to be, they are still putting out good stuff like Ford v Ferrari and Free Guy.

[@arjaegonz]

The Studios series is definitely awesome! Everything that's historically related to one Hollywood studio are all here and it's highly informative. Looking forward to other studio names in the future.

[@Naminski1a]

Like TriStar Pictures.

[@JSB1882]

Boy! That was really well done explaining that whole mess.

[@Naminski1a]

That was a great history of 20th Century-Fox and thanks for my request.

[@richardfabry6681]

Your studio series is so original and well done. I think your studio series is the first time I can really enjoy and take in a film noir-type movie, as well as learn a lot. The best of both worlds - entertaining and enlightening at the same time. Look forward to more such docs in this series as they appear.

[@OperativeD]

I want more of these. At least about the other "8 studios" that existed when Paramount was 9th. I hope that given the time and all you're able to make many more of these studio history lessons. I especially love the film noir aesthetic you got going on. I find myself drinking a bourbon or two and smoking a cigar while watching you riff on the rise, fall, and resurrections of hollywood movie studios and the people who were involved.

[@maltoNitho]

What a heck of a history! And an even better presentation of it!! I admit I’ll have to watch it another time or three to catch everything

[@rickyj5547]

I always buy the 20 century fox dvds before they go out of print

[@gluttonousmaximus9048]

Oh I SO want to see you tackle MGM and David O. Selznick next!

[@mspysu79]

During his opening monologue, Jay Leno said at the opening of FOX Broadcasting "Welcome to the DuMont Network", he said this from the stage at the former WABD, the flagship station of the DuMont network.

[@35milesoflead]

Love it! Nice to see you doing your storytelling again, John! Big fan of the noir style detective agency presentation.

[@StepbyStepPhotographyandVideo]

I've been waiting for this for two years AT LEAST. EVERY notification I'd check, man oh man are the kids going to bed early tonight lol

[@rickh6963]

Filmmaker IQ has always had the highest level of production quality and this film keep pushing the bar up. I would love to see a short fiction film so John can stretch his legs a bit.

[@FilmmakerIQ]

I want to make one of those so bad...

[@mrmizzles]

Right? He’s been instrumental in providing so many the tools and confidence to go out and make something great. I would love to see a film and would definitely support a kickstarter if he ever funded one that way. Either way I’ll continue to be a Patreon subscriber for as long as he’s on there to the best of my ability.

[@nicolasribeirodossantos6082]

​​@@FilmmakerIQou forgot one part of Fox's history: their famous opening fanfare composed by Alfred Newman and shown in every movie.

[@derekllewellyn6663]

​@@nicolasribeirodossantos6082history books documentary about biography book of 20th Fox theater show on Netflix with oasr awesome picture awards TCM hollywood netflix sent from hollywood mail in stock shing house in house in a few years

[@carlbranch9100]

Can you do the history of Universal Pictures?

[@WesODonnellX]

Outstanding as always. I love these history episodes. Interestingly, my uncle R. J. O’Donnell was in film exhibition and passed to me a bunch of correspondence between him and Alan Ladd Jr., Bob Hope, and other Hollywood movers. Also, “cluster f@&k Cleopatra” 😂

[@carolynkingsley4421]

A great speaker. You remind me of Orson Wells.

[@chr1998is]

Love the one you did on Paramount. Can't wait to see what you do with this one.

[@RythmGkwd]

This was like watching a movie in your head Thanks for this !!

[@trctheraulchannel2023isback]

I wish they bring back the 20th Century Fox name...

[@iamnothale]

Like your research and production quality, mate. Keep it up! Also, I wanted to mention: the reason why Rupert Murdoch sold only his family's entertainment assets (20th Century Fox, Television, Interactive, and FX) to Disney and not someone else was due to the latter's streaming services, which Fox was looking for during the 2010's. Also to note, apparently tensions between him and his family's media empire lead him to sell valuable film and TV assets to Disney, leaving his younger brother, Lachlan, with a "much smaller inheritance dominated by controversial news outlets." Sources: National Public Radio, Independent, The New York Times, et al.

The amount of work and quality delivered by you isn't in any means reflected by your view stats. Thanks for your amazing work

[@FilmmakerIQ]

Thank you so much!

[@Petch85]

If you build it they will come.🤞

[@FilmmakerIQ]

Not in today's overcrowded video marketplace ;) Some of the folks that loved the Paramount history didn't even realize I made one on Fox

[@Petch85]

​@@FilmmakerIQok I have been patient, but now I have to admit defeat. This video did not explode as I had expected it to. 7000 people are quite a lot of people, but the ad revenue will not match the effort for this video. You must have a diversified income to make this work. I am impress that you can make this work.

[@PaulKretz]

I simply join the others - so happy to see new stuff of this kind! You're the best! 🤟🏼

[@steveweinstein3222]

A whole lotta information packed into 40 minutes. Well done, sir!

[@chriscarbone2466]

Please do more of these

[@FilmmakerIQ]

Share the video if you can. These take so much work to do and get so few views in return that they're hard to justify the hours.

[@JamesBalingitOfficial]

I Like How You Use Rudi H N H's 20th Century Fox 2009 Remake In The Thumbnail.

[@nas0518]

I wish Disney never bought 21st Century Fox. The Disney/Fox merger was never a good idea.

[@the_Sam20]

In other news, the separate Fox Corporation would also acquire companies such as Bento Box (the studio behind Bob's Burgers and formerly webseries Glove and Boots), Tubi, Credible Labs, and most recently, Gumby. Another fun fact is that Disney originally wanted to buy WB prior to Fox.

[@ArMartz]

And MarVista Entertainment, which is hypocritically baffling that Murdoch still wants to be in the entertainment industry considering wanting to focus on Fox News and Fox Sports and despite selling 21st Century Fox to Disney but not the Fox network due to FCC rules that a media conglomerate cannot own two networks within the same company.

[@the_Sam20]

@@ArMartz I think Murdoch wanted to start fresh.

[@ArMartz]

@Yvngremixer605 Yeah, Daily Wire would fit more for Rupert Murdoch as his backup spiritual successor of Fox and Fox News had Verizon actually bought 21st Century Fox and full ownership of Sky.

[@mechajay3358]

I've been hoping you do another THE STUDIO video after the last one on Paramount. The Production Quality is Outstanding.

[@nextdimensionmedia3196]

I know I'm super late to the party here, but I just discovered your channel today. I've watched the 'Moguls and Movie Stars' series, read books like 'The Last Mogul' about MCA and Lew Wasserman, viewed countless historic photos and articles through the years and all I can say is that your series and storytelling style is amazing!!! I hope you do more about the studios. Great work!!!

[@donniewebster7041]

Excellent video. I hope your going to do all the studios. Especially MGM and Warner Bros.

[@devingiles6597]

Hey, Filmmaker IQ. You should definitely do a video on the history of Universal Pictures!

[@ForceMaximus84]

I really despise Disney for buying and gutting 20th Century Fox. It’s awful. Thanks for making this.

[@MartinSage]

As they said in Godfather…Just Business…Nothing Personal.

[@Kevin-xv9pm]

I LOVE IT!! Thumbs up. Next two movie studio history videos I request for you do, one for MGM and the other for Columbia Pictures. Thanks. I also enjoyed the studio history of Paramount Pictures you've did in the summer of 2018. I recommended you for that.

[@ebinrock]

Love the "Raiders idol" bottle stopper! I bet you wondered if anyone would notice!

[@Area3ProductionsAU]

Have been looking forward to this for a long time and it did not disappoint. Outstanding!

[@Randy-Wright_Edt]

I've been hoping for more of these kinds of videos. It was well worth the wait! I also love the technical videos dealing with things like sound and aspect ratios. Keep up the great work!

[@DonDonP1]

Great vid! Though, I wish Disney would have merged 20th Century and Touchstone Pictures into 20th Century Touchstone; that would have been a better name than 20th Century Studios.

[@FilmmakerIQ]

Ironically, the Fox Television companies like Fox21 that Disney bought got rebranded into Touchstone Television. So that's where they put that name...

[@Naminski1a]

@@FilmmakerIQ I have the Blu-ray/Digital Code Multi-Screen Edition release of Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983). It has the 20th Century-Fox logo and fanfare.

[@nas0518]

No. Just no, man.

[@nerdpack9009]

Rupert Murdoch, as I can say, is the most famous owner of Fox because of expanding the brand, giving it more fame and also brought up the Fox Broadcasting Network.

[@FilmmakerIQ]

As I kid, I watched a lot more FOX than any other station. Largely due to the Simpsons.

[@Sasi-ex5yn]

I remember it largely due to the Simpsons, Power Rangers and Digimon, among other things. Murdoch became famous for expanding the Fox name beyond just the movie studio.

[@rclark777]

This is fantastic.

[@Azve99]

I wonder who is next to join the party. Universal? Disney itself? Warner Bros.?

[@yaddamop6309]

Great video! You really researched this and I was exhausted at the end --- in a GOOD way, of course. I worked for Fox from 1996-2017 at one of their affiliate TV stations as a studio production assistant (cameraman, prompter, floor director, etc,) and I truly loved it! In fact, I grew up on Fox TV shows (Batman, Irwin Allen productions, etc.) so, working for Fox was a dream come true, in a way for me! It was a corporate station, then it later got sold (imagine THAT!) and it became a franchise with Tribune. My memories of working for Fox were great there and I miss it very much. I love their old films. Zanuck was a writer first, so I can see why the stories were so well done. Question: is there a video of yours about how movie studios got into the television game in the 1950's and 60's? Again, wonderful job!

[@FilmmakerIQ]

I did a video on Paramount which is a good Segway into TV

[@yaddamop6309]

@@FilmmakerIQ YES! I saw that one, too. Really, really good! Thanks. Answered a lot of questions.

[@MartinSage]

Of all movie intros 20th Century is still my favorite with that great music. Especially when CinemaScope came. Today it is like all….just a $$Business$$. Actors are freelancers up for bid

[@muzikman183]

Oh baby this is soooo good! Is there any interesting story between movie theater moguls?

[@StevenJBosch]

From the unsolicited suggestion desk: Have you done a segment on "The Longest Day "?

[@robbiephillips8103]

Fascinating. Yet, I hate the Disney merging with 20th Century Fox thing. And I prefer 20th Century Fox as a Non- Disney film company not as part of the Disney company.

[@richardmills1505]

I really enjoyed this video and your accompanying video on William Fox as well. I really enjoyed that line about a worm frying on a hot Street (?), And your reference to the clusterf**k that was Cleopatra! You're very funny and the trench coat, hat and the I'm guessing bourbon is a very nice touch. SUBSCRIBED!

[@rickh6963]

Thanks John, Love these videos!

[@immaterialimmaterial5195]

Thanks for this really interesting history! I have just been reading George F Custen's TWENTIETH CENTURY'S FOX - DARRYL F ZANUCK AND THE CULTURE OF HOLLYWOOD which I thoroughly recommend. Cheers again!

[@glenm5034]

Thanks for the History

[@carlbranch9100]

Can you do: A brief history of MGM Studios

[@the_Sam20]

At some point, you should do one about RKO.

[@wwsvs]

Fantastic as always! I was suprised that you didn't mention Irwin Allen at all. He made Fox a ton of money over the years. Also, 20th Centery Fox Television was already a thing in the '60s. Best Wishes!

[@FilmmakerIQ]

He really didn't come up much in my research - interesting history but it looks like Cleopatra kinda killed his involvement with 20th Century Fox.

[@trudigoodman4825]

These are great. I am loving these. I am an actor!

[@mechajay3358]

RIP Alan Ladd Jr.

[@PogieJoe]

A most excellent education. Thank you!

[@jilltagmorris]

Your work is fantastic. Adding you to my list of people to send money if I win the lottery! Thank you!

[@CBright7831]

20th Century Fox was my favorite movie studio. It’s a pity what’s happened to them since Disney bought them. How they got away with being cleared by the government, I’ll never know because I feel Disney owns too much now. It’s a monopolization. Any way #RIP 20th Century Fox and thanks for all the great movies and TV shows.

[@williamsnyder5616]

I grew up in the 1950s. At that time, 20th Century-Fox was considered one of Hollywood's ''Big Boys'' along with MGM, Warners and Paramount, all studios which would turn out 40-50 films a year. At the other end of the stick was the Walt Disnet Company, which might produce a couple action pictues, a few nature shorts and some cartoons. I never thought I'd see the day when Disney would merge with 20th and be the dominant partner.

[@elchoya8432]

you forgot to mention the studios top leading man TYRONE POWER!,he made all the hit films of the 1930s to 40s.

[@SaturnCanuck]

That was excellent. So much behind the scenes. What's next? Universal?

[@thecousine120]

When will you make the histories of Warner Bros and Disney?

[@FilmmakerIQ]

I don't think I'll do Disney as there's already so much on Disney but who knows. These take so long that I haven't put the energy to make more yet.

[@JukeDenton]

How I’ve waited years for this next episode and now it’s finally here! What studio will be next after this one? Columbia? Warner Bros? Or perhaps Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer?

[@FilmmakerIQ]

UA if this video does well. These Studios videos are incredibly difficult to make.

[@iododendron3416]

And we will gladly wait for those. The previous studio videos were all fantastic and I bet this one won't be any different.

[@JukeDenton]

@@FilmmakerIQ I remember you stating how you wanted to tackle United Artists after Paramount. But I guess with the recent events of 20th Century, it was too good not to tackle right away?

[@FilmmakerIQ]

@@JukeDenton the Disney deal put it on the fast track. Had someone give me a pretty cool tour of the lot to convince me... Then a virus threw everything in my life out of whack.

[@Nickmakeshorts]

@@FilmmakerIQ is it happening?

[@m1ian]

Simply Brilliant

[@glennso47]

The Fox affiliate in Rockford Illinois shares the same studios as the ABC affiliate .

[@trevonpernell0814]

20th CENTURY FOX!

[@joshuajwars4271]

There's a fun bit: so you see when in 2000 X-men got released with Marvel it was with Fox who was then linked with Lucasfilm making Star Wars Disney couldn't buy Marvel yet that changed when Paramount opted to do something with Universal launch companion superheroes for Iron Man to link up Hulk & Captain America that worked and in 2010 Disney decided it's time to start expanding so Disney kept the same but bought ESPN National Geographic Pixar Star which distributes all shows from Seoul, Southern Korea Marvel which all superheroes go into which ASMR quickly adopted the characters for night time roleplay plus when Disney bought Fox later on X-men which had mutants long ago obscured were integrated into the series allowing ladies to do roleplay while fighting crime a similar method for Lucasfilm Limited's Star Wars which all lady characters including laser swordsmen and swordswomen (i.e. samurai and lady samurai knights from Kingdoms game) plus clone soldiers were attached forming a ground planetary strike naval strike group air bombing strike group and rear guard group which are then combined with ASMR for more roleplay with Lego to grow it so fast while also gaining extra purpose fighting tribal separatists in guerrilla warfare conventional historical warfare like Ancient Rome then World War 1 in space for tricking the Imperials Original series used Warring States samurai & Western gunslinger warfare while using space wizard mentor to completely bypass Imperials and blow up super weapons which we think is a no-no while using air force like Top Gun's flying and dogfight scenes then using gunslinger style warfare to blow up Pyke fish faced aliens away using Shand Fennec & Cara Dune but in the sequels it used Maverick's style of warfare with historical Crusades plus Eastern Byzantine style warfare with Vikings (pirates) to completely drive Germans away this final act caused panic hard.

[@JamesSmith-jq6om]

I like how you still refer to it as 20th Century Fox even though it's been it's new name for almost 4 years now,which I don't even like to say it's current name now. But to me it will always be 20th Century Fox.

[@FilmmakerIQ]

You don't change the name of the company when talking about it's history

[@JamesSmith-jq6om]

@@FilmmakerIQ true They were whatever their name was for the time you documented on them.

[@mrmizzles]

I need to know where you got that Raiders bottle stopper, John 😆

[@FilmmakerIQ]

I 3d printed it. Was thinking of selling a limited run of them

[@mrmizzles]

@@FilmmakerIQ well you got at least one buyer! If you print it, they will come lol

[@dsnyguy1]

Fascinating!

[@ABE2000]

Damn, there's a reason why 20th Century Studios got changed because that movie is for the 85th Anniversary by remaking it in the 2020s, that's not bad, but I hope and at least Disney Enterprises will have rights, without being greedy like a take over of course.

[@Legomoviefan2008]

I was counting every movie fox made. They had 3845 movies from 1914-2023

[@KarimTheilgaard]

Looking forward to this!

[@tomperkins4965]

rest in peace 20th century fox studio

[@brohugproductions2005]

I can’t wait to see the history of Universal Pictures

[@paramilksmemeandlogodump1909]

Fun Fact: Sky used to be owned by Murdock

[@ArMartz]

Until Comcast wanted the whole 21st Century Fox pie and only got the piece of Sky pie in the end.

[@rickyj5547]

He owns the British newspaper the sun.

[@SavvySage]

6:08 I remember someone on Twitter once said when Disney took over 20th Century Fox that "William Fox would not allow such a merger to happen." Yet, here he was in 1935 objecting to the 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation merger, shortly before he pleaded guilty to bribery, lol. Nonetheless, very well done video!

[@williamsnyder5616]

Actually, William Fkx wasn't a stranger to the theory of mergers. he bought mucho stock in Loew's Inc. with the idea of merging FoxFilm with MGM.

[@anirudhchakra3975]

Fox made higest grossing movie ever Avatar for 10yrs...and distributed 2nd highest grossing movie Titanic in international markets... Superised when FOX said it's quitting film industry

[@McCraeTheMediaLover]

I feel and wished 20th Century Fox should’ve merged with Verizon instead of Disney in the first place,so that way the mouse would’ve never won again and Fox would still be alive as a major movie company. It’s the lesser of two evils.

[@JohnSmith-qn3ob]

Will you be reviewing Avatar 2 and its use of high frame rate?

[@FilmmakerIQ]

Yes. I have new things to say

[@donniehuynh2391]

Please do one for Warner Brothers.

[@KICKBOXER27]

Can you do an origin story video of Warner Brothers Pictures and New Line Cinema?

[@anomaious4o]

Brilliant

[@JohnMinehan-lx9ts]

Marshall & Noonan had a profitable film in 1959 it was about the only film 20th Century Fox made at the time and the only one that made money. They made Swinging along in 1962, that was less successful when it needed to be more successful. Thus, we got Hollywood Squares . . . .

[@danielsauers7783]

40:04 I got that book two years ago.

[@AlexPerrine]

Can Universal be next?

[@goobfilmcast4239]

Interesting how many early Studio Execs and other Bigwigs were immigrants. Maybe it offered a more objective view of American Society (in the broadest sense) that allowed them to make more pragmatic and successful business decisions.

[@Account.for.Comment]

It was more due to the looser immigration regulations at the time. Immigration laws being a such a contentious issue only in the later half of the 20th century. Reagen actually signed a bill that made all previous immigrants regardless of what ways they came in into legal citizens if they choose. It is not just Early studio execs that are immigrants, so did inventors like Tesla, comic writers, scientists like Einstein, theatre actors like Charlie Chaplin, magicians like Houdini, industrialists and mafia lords. The US take in all talents that have to leave their countries.

[@goobfilmcast4239]

Not any more@@Account.for.Comment

[@Account.for.Comment]

@@goobfilmcast4239 They still do. That's why you see plenty of Indians being heads of big tech companies.

[@FilmmakerIQ]

You have to consider the place of "entertainment" in the society at the time. Movies in the early 20th century were seen as low class entertainment. Well-to-do families would shun children that went into the theater... Movies were really one of the primary form of entertainment for the lower classes including a lot of immigrants. When talkies came, it became even more so for immigrants who couldn't read the title cards of silent pictures (though a lot of silents didn't depend on title cards to get what was going on).

[@gavinmarks2302]

Another great video buddy thanks, you tell a great tale, keep em coming. Subscribe....

[@davidgibson7615]

You should the history look like Universal, Columbia and Warner Bros

[@Eunacis]

Can you do MGM next?

[@Eunacis]

Actually, I think Universal should be next since it's the oldest of the Majors that you haven't covered.

[@ezekielagyeman2159]

I am the 1000th Liker of this video Yay 😃🎉

[@realprime2927]

Disney shouldn't be allowed to own 20th century fox, Like this comment if you agree.

[@FilmmakerIQ]

Why not?

[@Tolstoy111]

@@FilmmakerIQ This sort of thing should violate anti-trust laws.

[@williamclark1091]

Funny, watching this with the same bourbon. WT 101. Wonder if you actually drink any of it.

[@randywest5149]

Randy West Love ❤All The Movies From Blue Sky Studios and 20th Century Fox Movies Studio in Hollywood Los Angeles, California USA 🇺🇲 Don't Not Like Disney Buy 20th Century Fox Movies Studios and Walt Disney Company Big Mistake in the Company History.

[@reoproedros]

it seems you have put a lot of work on this .

[@sarahaprincesa]

Wow👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@alancalvitti]

tyte

[@derekroberts6654]

how did the son Richard meet up with David Brown and Universal? that’s almost sleeping with the enemy 😄 per say….

[@FilmmakerIQ]

I don't think the individual companies think like that. Everybody bounces around and they're all friendly at least on the surface

[@derekroberts6654]

@@FilmmakerIQ i was sorta joking, i was just thinking they’re competitive that’s all…😆 that didn’t go over too well..😂

[@williamsnyder5616]

I'm trying to remember but I think David Brown was either a producer or story editor at Fox when Richard Zanuck ran the studio.