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20th Century Fox 
AND UNIVERSAL STUDIOS
20th Century Fox 
 Big Five 
 Joseph, Darryl, William 
 Formed in 1935 
 Fox and Twentieth Century 
 William Fox Zanuck’s 
 20th Century formed 1933
What has come from Fox? 
 Avatar, X-men, Die hard 
 Family guy, 24, X-files 
 Shirley Temple 
 Marilyn Monroe 
 Dorothy Dandridge
Humble Beginnings 
 Greater New York Film Corporation 
Fox Office Attractions Company 
 Sound-on-film 
 Tri-ergon 
 Fox Movietone news
Merger or not? 
 Loew died 1927 
 Agreed 1929 
 CAR CRASH 
 No merger
Universal
Beginnings 
 Founded by Carl, Mark, Charles, Adam, Pat, Will, David, Jules. 
 New York, president of universal Laemmle 
 Everyone else bought out 
 Vertically integrated company 
 Production, Distribution, Exhibition
Hollywood 
 Focused heavily on Hollywood 
 In 1915 he opened Universal City Studios 
 230 acres 
 Open to tourists 
 Melodramas, westerns, serials 
 Bankrupt Erich von Stroheim 
 Installed in Germany
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit 
Originally by Walt Disney 
Mickey Mouse created 
Disney overtook Universal
 And that was a brief history of Universal and Fox. 
 Thank you for watching. 
 Also that is Warner Brothers Not FOX or Universal, but oh well.

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Fox and Universal by Peter Dixon

  • 1. 20th Century Fox AND UNIVERSAL STUDIOS
  • 2. 20th Century Fox  Big Five  Joseph, Darryl, William  Formed in 1935  Fox and Twentieth Century  William Fox Zanuck’s  20th Century formed 1933
  • 3. What has come from Fox?  Avatar, X-men, Die hard  Family guy, 24, X-files  Shirley Temple  Marilyn Monroe  Dorothy Dandridge
  • 4. Humble Beginnings  Greater New York Film Corporation Fox Office Attractions Company  Sound-on-film  Tri-ergon  Fox Movietone news
  • 5. Merger or not?  Loew died 1927  Agreed 1929  CAR CRASH  No merger
  • 7. Beginnings  Founded by Carl, Mark, Charles, Adam, Pat, Will, David, Jules.  New York, president of universal Laemmle  Everyone else bought out  Vertically integrated company  Production, Distribution, Exhibition
  • 8. Hollywood  Focused heavily on Hollywood  In 1915 he opened Universal City Studios  230 acres  Open to tourists  Melodramas, westerns, serials  Bankrupt Erich von Stroheim  Installed in Germany
  • 9. Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Originally by Walt Disney Mickey Mouse created Disney overtook Universal
  • 10.  And that was a brief history of Universal and Fox.  Thank you for watching.  Also that is Warner Brothers Not FOX or Universal, but oh well.