Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, with hyphen, from 1935 to 1985)—also known as 20th Century Fox, 20th Century Fox Pictures, styled as 20th CENTURY FOX, or simply 20th or Fox—is one of the six major American film studios as of 2001. Located in the Century City area of Los Angeles, just west of Beverly Hills, the studio is a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation.
The company was founded on May 31, 1935, as the result of the merger of Fox Film Corporation, founded by William Fox in 1915, and Twentieth Century Pictures, founded in 1933 by Darryl F. Zanuck, Joseph Schenck, Raymond Griffith and William Goetz.
Twentieth Century Fox's most popular film franchises include Star Wars, X-Men, Ice Age, Rio, Die Hard, Predator, Alien, Planet of the Apes, Home Alone, plus famous TV shows such as Batman, M*A*S*H, The X-Files, Cops, In Living Color, The Simpsons, Futurama, Family Guy, American Dad!, The Cleveland Show, and 24. Among the most famous actresses to come out of this studio were Shirley Temple, who was 20th Century Fox's first film star, Betty Grable, Gene Tierney, Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield. The studio also contracted the first African-American cinema star, Dorothy Dandridge.
20th century fox are seen funding and supporting a massive variety of films from all genres and styles they are typical associated with big budget blockbusters and often big action films. Having a institute like fox support a film will give the film allot more credibility and gravitas than allot of other film companies. They are extremely widely known and there film logo will make any film seem worth the money and time it takes to go to the cinema; it magerly appeals to my target audience as a massive international film company, that people know spend allot on the films, and therefore expect a big action film that is gripping and fun to watch.
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