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The company's first film studios were set up in [[Fort Lee, New Jersey]] but in 1917, William Fox sent [[Sol M. Wurtzel]] to [[Hollywood, California]] to oversee the studio's new [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]] production facilities where a more hospitable and cost effective climate existed for filmmaking. On [[July 23]], [[1926 in film|1926]], the company bought the [[patent]]s of the [[Movietone sound system]] from [[Theodore Case]] for recording sound on to [[film]].

After the [[Wall Street Crash 1929|Crash of 1929]], William Fox lost control of the company in 1930, during a hostile takeover. Under new president Sidney Kent, the new owners merged the company with [[Twentieth Century Pictures]] to form [[20th Century Fox]] in 1935.