Vanda Krefft, "The Man Who Made the Movies: The Meteoric Rise and Tragic Fall of William Fox" (Harper, 2017)

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When you hear "Twentieth Century Fox," I doubt you know where the source of "Fox" in the name. In her book, The Man Who Made the Movies: The Meteoric Rise and Tragic Fall of William Fox (Harper, 2017), Vanda Krefft presents a detailed biography of one of the founders of the American film industry, whose successes are largely unknown because of his ultimate downfall.

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