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In 1865, General Sherman issued 'Special Field Order 15', which ordered the distribution of lots of 40 acres to some freed black families on the Georgia coast, and also distributed some surplus army mules.

The company is named after a famous episode of early Reconstruction. The studio also contracted the first African-American cinema star, Dorothy Dandridge.Ģ0th Century Fox is a member of the Motion Picture Association of America.Ĥ0 Acres and a Mule Filmworks is the production company of noted American filmmaker Spike Lee. Among the most famous actresses to come out of this studio were Shirley Temple, who was 20th Century Fox's first film star, Alice Faye, Betty Grable, Gene Tierney, Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield.

#Largest movie production companies series#

Television series produced by Fox include The Simpsons, Family Guy, M*A*S*H, The X-Files, Bones, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Futurama, How I Met Your Mother, Glee, Modern Family, New Girl, and 24. Located in the Century City area of Los Angeles, just west of Beverly Hills, the studio used to be a subsidiary of News Corporation, but is now a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox.Ģ0th Century Fox has distributed famous film series, including Avatar, the first two Star Wars trilogies, Ice Age, Power Rangers, X-Men, Die Hard, Planet of the Apes, Night at the Museum, Taken, Fantastic Four, Alien, Predator, Alvin and the Chipmunks. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation -also known as 20th Century Fox, 20th Century Fox Pictures, 20th, or simply Fox-is an American film studio, distributor and one of the six major American film studios.