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  • Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years (1997)
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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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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
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Ray Danton
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Olivia de Havilland
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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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Jayne Mansfield
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Fredric March
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Herbert Marshall
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Stephen McNally
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Tom Mix
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Marilyn Monroe
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Terry Moore
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Agnes Moorehead
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Harry Morgan
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Herbert Mundin
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Ken Murray
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Alan Napier
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Gene Nelson
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Ruth Nelson
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Warner Oland
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Wiley Post
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Dick Powell
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Elvis Presley
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Vincent Price
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Dick Rich
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Will Rogers
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Joseph Schildkraut
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Al Shean
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Frank Sinatra
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Ed Wynn
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