P.M.Bryant · @pmbryant
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I’ve somehow only seen 3 films from 20th Century-Fox so far this year! Even adding the two from pre-merger Fox doesn’t help much.

This is extremely meager for one who tries to seek out classic era films from outside the TCM triumvirate (Warners-MGM-RKO).

Please send any recommendations for Fox/20th C.-Fox films from the classic era to help me remedy this!

#20thcenturyfox #classichollyood

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Classic Movies Today · @classicmovies
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50 years ago:
The Last American Hero (US)
A young hell raiser quits his moonshine business and tries to become the best NASCAR racer the south has ever seen. Loosely based on the true story of NASCAR driver Junior Johnson.
1973-07-27
themoviedb.org/movie/31605

#thelastamericanhero #lamontjohnson #jeffbridges #valerieperrine #geraldinefitzgerald #20thcenturyfox #film

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70 years ago:
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (US)
Lorelei Lee is a beautiful showgirl engaged to be married to the wealthy Gus Esmond, much to the disapproval of Gus' rich father, Esmond Sr., who thinks that Lorelei is just after his money. When Lorelei goes on a cruise accompanied only by her best friend, Dorothy Shaw, Esmond Sr. hires Ernie Malon...
1953-07-14
themoviedb.org/movie/759

#gentlemenpreferblondes #HowardHawks #janerussell #marilynmonroe #charlescoburn #20thcenturyfox

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73 years ago:
Where the Sidewalk Ends (US)
A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.
1950-07-07
themoviedb.org/movie/17221

#wherethesidewalkends #ottopreminger #danaandrews #genetierney #garymerrill #20thcenturyfox #movies

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63 years ago:
The Story of Ruth (US)
Ruth is an unusual character in the Bible. First she's a female protagonist, one of a select few there. Secondly her story gets its own book in the Old Testament, a short item of only four chapters. Lastly she's the first non-Hebrew protagonist in the Bible since Abraham sired the Hebrew people. It'...
1960-06-17
themoviedb.org/movie/43042

#thestoryofruth #henrykoster #stuartwhitman #tomtryon #peggywood #20thcenturyfox #classicfilm

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66 years ago:
Island in the Sun (US)
On a Caribbean island, a rich landowner's son, Maxwell Fleury, is fighting for political office against black labor leader David Boyeur. As if the contentious election weren't enough, there are plenty of scandals to go around: Boyeur has a secret white lover and Fleury's wife, Sylvia, is also having...
1957-06-12
themoviedb.org/movie/37373

#IslandintheSun #JamesMason #joanfontaine #joancollins #20thcenturyfox #classicmovies

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A conservative propagandist hosting his web show on a hate speech network following his dismissal from regular TV. What are the odds?

#fox #foxnewslies #tuckercarlson #newscorp #20thcenturyfox

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88 years ago:
Charlie Chan in Egypt (US)
While investigating the theft of antiquities from an ancient tomb excavation , Charlie discovers that the body of the expedition's leader concealed inside the mummy's wrappings.
1935-06-04
themoviedb.org/movie/33390

#charliechaninegypt #warneroland #ritahayworth #20thcenturyfox #classicmovies

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Zafe the Faun · @son_of_the_paladin
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20th Century Fox executive talks Star Wars toys and products back in 1977

Look back to 1977 when a 20th Century Fox executive discussed the merchandising of Star Wars.
fanthatracks.com/news/collecti

#20thcenturyfox #anewhope

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67 years ago:
23 Paces to Baker Street (US)
Philip Hannon, a blind playwright living in London, overhears part of a conversation , that leads him into a desperate race, to find a kidnapped child. When he gets no help from the police, he along with his butler, and his ex fiancée, attempt to track down the crooks.
1956-05-18
themoviedb.org/movie/71171

#23pacestobakerstreet #henryhathaway #vanjohnson #veramiles #cecilparker #20thcenturyfox #classicfilm

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64 years ago:
These Thousand Hills (US)
A cowboy tries for easy money with his partner, then tries ranching with a saloon hostess's money.
1959-05-07
themoviedb.org/movie/80320

#thesethousandhills #richardfleischer #donmurray #richardegan #leeremick #20thcenturyfox #western #film

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87 years ago:
Champagne Charlie (US)
The story is told in flashback. Backers want a gambler to marry a rich girl for her dowry.
1936-05-06
themoviedb.org/movie/293012

#champagnecharlie #minnagombell #montagulove #billybevan #20thcenturyfox #movies

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68 years ago:
Daddy Long Legs (US)
Wealthy American, Jervis Pendleton has a chance encounter at a French orphanage with a cheerful 18-year-old residen, and anonymously pays for her education at a New England college. She writes letters to her mysterious benefactor regularly, but he never writes back. Several years later, he visits he...
1955-05-05
themoviedb.org/movie/33218

#DaddyLongLegs #fredastaire #lesliecaron #terrymoore #20thcenturyfox #classicfilm

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72 years ago:
Half Angel (US)
Nurse Nora Gilpin plans are to marry building contractor Tim McCarey and settle down. But one night a sleepwalking Nora slips into a provocative dress and goes to the home of startled lawyer John Raymond, for whom she doesn't care much during the day. She does not reveal her name and he cannot figur...
1951-05-05
themoviedb.org/movie/129437

#halfangel #lorettayoung #josephcotten #cecilkellaway #20thcenturyfox #film

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33 years ago:
Short Time
As a result of a misdiagnosis, Detective Burt Simpson is told he has just weeks to live. He gains a new respect for his life and loved ones but learns that in order for his wife, Carolyn, and son, Dougie, to collect any insurance money, he must be killed in the line of duty. He then becomes the most...
1990-05-04
themoviedb.org/movie/24731

#shorttime #dabneycoleman #mattfrewer #terigarr #20thcenturyfox #classicmovies

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83 years ago:
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise (US)
On a cruise ship from Honolulu to San Francisco, the famous Chinese detective encounters four more murders while trying to figure out the murder of a Scotland Yard friend.
1940-05-02
themoviedb.org/movie/38456

#charliechansmurdercruise #sidneytoler #leogcarroll #donbeddoe #20thcenturyfox #movies

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71 years ago:
Belles on Their Toes (US)
The "Cheaper by the Dozen" crew is back, sans Clifton Webb. Lillian is struggling to make ends meet without her husband's income, while Anne, Martha, and even Ernestine find romance.
1952-05-02
themoviedb.org/movie/50549

#bellesontheirtoes #jeannecrain #myrnaloy #debrapaget #20thcenturyfox #movies

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