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    TV Movie | 150 min | Documentary
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years (1997)
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TV Movie | 150 min | Documentary

The first half century of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation from its beginnings under Hungarian immigrant William Fox to it emergence as a major studio.
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Kevin Burns (written by)
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Jan 21, 1997 (United States)
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172 cast members
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James Coburn
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Gregory Peck
Jimmy Ringo (archive footage) Jimmy Ringo (archive footage)   See fewer
Elizabeth Taylor
Cleopatra Cleopatra   See fewer
Lowell Thomas
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Lauren Bacall
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Irving Berlin
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Pat Boone
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Ralph Bunche
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Theodore Case
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Calvin Coolidge
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Wally Cox
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Mark Damon
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Cesare Danova
Himsel (archive footage) (uncredited) Himsel (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Ray Danton
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Olivia de Havilland
Virginia Stuart Cunningham (archive footage) (uncredited) Virginia Stuart Cunningham (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Irene Dunne
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Fabian
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Jimmy Fidler
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Anthony Franciosa
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Kay Francis
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Betty Grable
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Edmund Gwenn
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Oscar Hammerstein II
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Howard Hawks
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Rita Hayworth
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David Hedison
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Audrey Hepburn
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Bob Hope
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Carole Landis
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June Lang
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Al Lichtman
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Charles Lindbergh Jr.
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Myrna Loy
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Rouben Mamoulian
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Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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Jayne Mansfield
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Fredric March
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E.G. Marshall
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Herbert Marshall
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Chris-Pin Martin
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Dean Martin
Michael Whiteacre (archive footage) (uncredited) Michael Whiteacre (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
James Mason
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Victor Mature
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Dorothy McGuire
Katie Nolan (archive footage) (uncredited) Katie Nolan (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Nina Mae McKinney
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Barbara McLean
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Stephen McNally
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Beryl Mercer
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Gary Merrill
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Sal Mineo
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Carmen Miranda
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Cameron Mitchell
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Thomas Mitchell
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Robert Mitchum
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Tom Mix
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Marilyn Monroe
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Terry Moore
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Agnes Moorehead
Velma (archive footage) (uncredited) Velma (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Harry Morgan
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Alan Mowbray
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Herbert Mundin
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Ken Murray
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Alan Napier
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Patricia Neal
Helen Benson (archive footage) (uncredited) Helen Benson (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Gene Nelson
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Ruth Nelson
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Lloyd Nolan
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Tommy Noonan
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Edmond O'Brien
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George O'Brien
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Arthur O'Connell
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Una O'Connor
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Maureen O'Hara
Tacey King (archive footage) (uncredited) Tacey King (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Frederick O'Neal
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Jack Oakie
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Warner Oland
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Robert Osterloh
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Patricia Owens
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Derek Paget
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John Payne
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Millie Perkins
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Jean Peters
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Walter Pidgeon
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Ezio Pinza
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Sidney Poitier
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Wiley Post
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Dick Powell
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Tyrone Power
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Elvis Presley
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Vincent Price
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Edmund Purdom
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Anthony Quinn
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Tony Randall
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Basil Rathbone
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Michael Rennie
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Anne Revere
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Dick Rich
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The Ritz Brothers
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Roy Roberts
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Jay Robinson
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Richard Rodgers
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Will Rogers
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Barbara Rush
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Jane Russell
Dorothy Shaw (archive footage) (uncredited) Dorothy Shaw (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
George Sanders
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Tommy Sands
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Maximilian Schell
Capt. Hardenberg (archive footage) (uncredited) Capt. Hardenberg (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Joseph Schildkraut
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David O. Selznick
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Al Shean
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Ann Sheridan
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Anne Shirley
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Jean Simmons
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Russell Simpson
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Frank Sinatra
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Walter Slezak
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Howard Smith
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Rod Steiger
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James Stewart
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Dean Stockwell
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George E. Stone
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Russ Tamblyn
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Don Taylor
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Shirley Temple
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The Three Stooges
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Lawrence Tibbett
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Arthur Treacher
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Tom Tryon
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Lana Turner
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Henry B. Walthall
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Jack L. Warner
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Ethel Waters
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Orson Welles
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Richard Widmark
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Michael Wilding
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Susan Walker (archive footage) (uncredited) Susan Walker (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Joanne Woodward
Eve White / Eve Black / Jane (archive footage) (uncredited) Eve White / Eve Black / Jane (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Ed Wynn
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Robert Young
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