Jimmy Fiddler takes viewers on a tour of the newly formed Fox Studios, showing all departments, writers, producers, technicians, and actors at work.
20th Century Fox Promotional Film (1936) Online
- Original Title :
- 20th Century Fox Promotional Film
- Genre :
- Movie / Documentary / Short
- Year :
- 1936
- Cast :
- Astrid Allwyn,Warner Baxter,Irving Berlin
- Type :
- Movie
- Time :
- 15min
- Rating :
- 6.2/10
Entertainment reporter Jimmy Fidler narrates this promotional short about the newly reorganized Twentith Century Fox Film Corporation run by production boss Darryl F. Zanuck, who merged his fledgling 20th Century Pictures with Fox Film Corporation. The documentary takes the viewer on a panoramic tour of the studio, highlighting the various craft workers such as those in the make-up, carpentry, and prop departments and shows actors, producers, writers, and directors collaborating on coming studio projects. Among those seen in candid footage are Shirley Temple, Loretta Young, Adolph Menjou, Irving Berlin, Alice Faye, Warner Baxter, Victor McLaglen, and Janet Gaynor.
| Uncredited cast: | |||
 | Astrid Allwyn | - | Herself (uncredited) |
 | Warner Baxter | - | Himself (uncredited) |
 | Irving Berlin | - | Himself (uncredited) |
 | Lou Breslow | - | Himself (uncredited) |
 | J. Edward Bromberg | - | Himself (uncredited) |
| Otto Brower | - | Himself (uncredited) |
| David Butler | - | Himself (uncredited) |
 | Ruth Chatterton | - | Herself (uncredited) |
 | Irvin S. Cobb | - | Himself (uncredited) |
 | Constance Collier | - | Herself (uncredited) |
 | John Cromwell | - | Himself (uncredited) |
 | Irving Cummings | - | Himself (uncredited) |
| Buddy G. DeSylva | - | Himself (uncredited) |
 | Alice Faye | - | Herself (uncredited) |
| Jimmy Fidler | - | narrator Himself (uncredited) |
The movie "The Last Slaver," being written by Sam Hellman and Gladys Lehman, was ultimately released under the title "Slave Ship."
The upcoming Shirley Temple film referred to as "The Bowery Princess" several times was ultimately released as "Dimples."
The upcoming third remake of "Merely Mary Ann" being written by Lamarr Trotti was ultimately never made.
Arthur Schwartz and Irving Caeser are shown working on a song for the upcoming "The Mark of Zorro." It wasn't until five years later in 1940 that the property finally made it to the screen.
The E. H. Griffith tat Fox has just signed to direct the Janet Gaynor picture "Ladies in Love" may be better known as the silent film director Edward H. Griffith.