20th Century Fox

**20th Century Fox** was the former name of the current 20th Century Studios. It started off as two companies -- Fox Film Corporation (founded in 1915) and 20th Century Pictures (founded in 1933). The two companies merged together on May 31, 1935, resulting in the founding of 20th Century Fox Film Corporation.

## 1933-1966

Although it's a very old logo, it is still available on all films from November 8, 1935 to July 30, 1966 (though much less commonly as of 1953). Examples are *Ramona* (1936) (the studio's first Technicolor film), Leave Her to Heaven (1945), *Miracle on 34th Street* (1947), *All About Eve* (1950), *Decision Before Dawn* (1951), and *With a Song in My Heart* (1952). The last official film to use this logo was *Batman: The Movie* (1966). So if you're a fan of movies from the 1940s and 1950s, you will very much often see this logo before the film.

## 1953-1994

### 1953-1987

This is the CinemaScope variant, debuted on September 16, 1953 with *The Robe*. There were actually two versions of this variant -- one with a slanted 0, and the other with a straight 0. It still appears on many films, such as *How to Marry a Millionaire* (1953), *The King and I* (1956), *An Affair to Remember* (1957), *The Fly* (1958), *The Diary of Anne Frank* (1959), *Return of the Fly* (1959), *Sons and Lovers* (1960), *The Hustler* (1961), *Cleopatra* (1963), *The Sound of Music* (1965), *Curse of the Fly* (1965), *Von Ryan's Express* (1965), *Doctor* *Dolittle* (1967), *Planet of the Apes* (1968), *Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid* (1969), *MASH* (1970), *The* *French Connection* (1971), *French Connection II* (1975), *Breaking Point* (1976), *The Omen* (1976), *Raggedy* *Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure* (1977), Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977), *High Anxiety* (1977), *The Fury* (1978), *Damien: Omen I*I (1978), *Magic* (1978), *Alien* (1979), Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980), *Brubaker* (1980), *Willie & Phil* (1980), *The Final Conflict* (1981), *Chariots of Fire* (1981), *History of the World: Part I* (1981), Porky's (1982), and *Without a Trace* (1983). This was also the home video logo for 20th Century Fox tapes during most of 1982, except with a voiceover, with the company name known as 20th Century-Fox Video. The last official film to use this logo was *Wall Street* (1987), though this variant became much less common as of 1989.

This logo was not seen on films such as *Carmen Jones* (1954), *The Longest Day* (1962), *Zorba the Greek* (1964), *Patton* (1970), *Tora! Tora! Tora!* (1970), Trouble Man (1972), *The Poseidon Adventure* (1972), *The* *Legend of Hell House* (1973), *The Towering Inferno* (1974) and *Silent Movie* (1976) .

This logo was only seen in the original theatrical releases of the first two Star Wars films in the original trilogy, and also on the 1995 VHS prints of both films.

### 1981-1994

The logo is redrawn and redone here. It can still be seen on films like *The Pirate Movie* (1982), *The Verdict* (1982), Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983), *Porky's II: The Next Day* (1983), *Romancing the* *Stone* (1984), *Revenge of the Nerds* (1984), *Turk 182!* (1985), *Porky's Revenge!* (1985), *Prizzi's Honor* (1985), *Cocoon* (1985), *Commando* (1985), *The* *Jewel of the Nile* (1985), *Big Trouble in Little China* (1986), Aliens (1986), The Fly (1986), *Predator* (1987), *Wall Street* (1987), *Broadcast News* (1987), *Die Hard* (1988), *Alien* *Nation* (1988), *Cocoon: The Return* (1988), *Working Girl* (1988), *The Fly II* (1989), The Abyss (1989), The War *of the Roses* (1989), *Die Hard 2* (1990), *The Adventures of Ford Fairlane* (1990), *The Exorcist III* (1990), Home Alone (1990), *Predator 2* (1990), *Edward Scissorhands* (1990), *Sleeping with the Enemy* (1991) *Class* *Action* (1991), *Omen IV: The Awakening* (1991), *Only the Lonely* (1991), *The Commitments* (1991), *Alien 3* (]]1992]]), Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), *Hoffa* (1992), *The Vanishing* (1993), *The Sandlot* (1993), *Once Upon a Forest* (1993), *Rookie of the Year* (1993), *The Good Son* (1993), *Freaked* (1993), *Mrs. Doubtfire* (1993), *The Chase* (1994), *Bad Girls* (1994), *Speed* (1994), and *Baby's Day Out* (1994). The last film to use this logo was *Airheads* (1994), which was released on VHS on January 4, 1995.

The pre-1995 prints of all three Star Wars films in the original trilogy, up to the 1992 VHS releases, contain this variant. It's also possible that this variant was used on the first Star Wars film when it aired on CBS from 1984 to 1988, The Disney Channel in 1990, and USA Network from 1993 to 1996, and on *The Empire Strikes Back* and *Return of the Jedi*, when both aired on NBC, HBO, Cinemax, and USA Network from 1987 to 1998.

This variant was also seen on both Home Alone films when they aired on HBO and Cinemax from 1992 to 1995, and their network television counterparts as well, on NBC, FOX, TBS, Cartoon Network, FX, ABC Family, and several other networks.

## 1994-2010

For 19 years until June 2013, 20th Century Fox Film Corporation was recognized as a News Corporation company. The logo made its VHS debut on January 11, 1995 with the film to first use this logo, *True Lies*. It was also seen on films such as *Miracle on 34th Street* (1994), *The Pagemaster* (1994), *Die Hard with a* *Vengeance* (1995), *Braveheart* (1995), *Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie* (1995), *Bushwhacked* (1995), *The Brothers McMullen* (1995), *A Walk in the Clouds* (1995), *Strange Days* (1995), *Waiting to Exhale* (1995), *Dunston Checks In* (1996), *Broken Arrow* (1996), *Down Periscope* (1996), *Girl 6* (1996), *The Truth* *About Cats & Dogs* (1996), *Independence Day* (1996), *Courage Under Fire* (1996), Chain Reaction (1996), *Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie* (1997), Volcano (1997), *Speed 2: Cruise Control* (1997), *Out to Sea* (1997), Picture Perfect (1997), *The Edge* (1997), *Soul Food* (1997), *Anastasia* (1997), *Alien: Resurrection* (1997), *Home Alone 3* (1997), *Firestorm* (1998), *Great Expectations* (1998), *The Newton Boys* (1998), *Bulworth* (1998), *The X Files* (1998), *Doctor Dolittle* (1998), *The Siege* (1998), *Office Space* (1999), *Wing Commander* (1999), Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999), *Fight Club* (1999), *Anywhere But Here* (1999), *X-Men* (2000), *Tigerland* (2000), *Men of Honor* (2000), *Dr. Dolittle 2* (2001), Ice Age (2002), Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002), *Minority Report* (2002), *X-Men 2* (2003), *Man on Fire* (2004), *The Day After* *Tomorrow* (2004), *Garfield* (2004), *AVP: Alien vs. Predator* (2004), Fat Albert (2004), Robots (2005), Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005), *Aquamarine* (2006), Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006), Just My Luck (2006), *X-Men: The Last Stand* (2006), *Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties* (2006), *Eragon* (2006), Night at the *Museum* (2006), *Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer* (2007), *The Simpsons Movie* (2007), *Live Free or Die Hard* (2007), *Jumper* (2008), *Horton Hears a Who!* (2008) and *X-Men Origins: Wolverine* (2009).

This logo was not seen on films such as *Airheads* (1994), *Stealing Beauty* (1996), *She's the One* (1996), Looking for Richard (1996), *Blood and Wine* (1996), *Smilla's Sense of Snow* (1997), *Paradise Road* (1997), *The Full Monty* (1997), *Casper: A Spirited Beginning* (1997), *The Ice Storm* (1997), *Oscar and Lucinda* (1997), *Slums of Beverly Hills* (1998), *Cousin Bette* (1998), *Polish Wedding* (1998), *Casper Meets Wendy* (1998), *The* *Impostors* (1998), *Waking Ned Devine* (1998), *A Midsummer Night's Dream* (1999), Best Laid Plans (1999), *Whiteboyz* (1999), *Boys Don't Cry* (1999), *Bartok the Magnificent* (1999), *Bootmen* (2000), *Quills* (2000), *Sexy* Beast (2000), *The Deep End* (2001), *Antwone Fisher* (2002), *Down with Love* (2003), *Napoleon Dynamite* (2004), *Little Miss Sunshine* (2006), *Sunshine* (2007), *Slumdog Millionaire* (2008), *Avatar* (2009) and *Crazy* *Heart* (2009).

The last film to use this logo was *Tooth Fairy*, first seen in theaters on January 22, 2010, and on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on May 4, 2010.

This logo was originally shown on FOX on February 11, 1997, and was later seen on many over-the-air and cable networks throughout the years, especially on Spike TV, where the original Star Wars trilogy most recently aired.

## 2009-Present

When 20th Century Fox Film Corporation was about to turn 75 years old, an early "Celebrating 75 Years" version of this logo (left) began in use, starting with *Avatar*, which premiered on December 18, 2009. The logo in its entirety made its home video debut on April 22, 2010. This logo was last seen on Gulliver's Travels, which was released on December 25, 2010. The standard variant was first seen on *Big Mommas: Like Father* *Like Son* on February 18, 2011, and made its home video debut on June 14, 2011. It was also used on Rio (2011), Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) and Turbo (2013).

The fanfare music for this logo is the same as the 1994 logo (as of November 21, 1997).

When News Corporation became defunct on June 28, 2013, the last film with its byline on the 20th Century Fox logo was released in theaters -- *The Heat* (2013). At the same time, 21st Century Fox was established and became News Corporation's successor. Turbo was the first film without the old byline, and was released in theaters on July 17, 2013.

As of March 21, 2019, 20th Century Fox has now been owned by The Walt Disney Company. This resulted in a loss of one major film studio from Hollywood. The last R-rated film from 20th Century Fox before Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures took over was *Widows*, which was released on November 16, 2018.