In 2015, the Fort Lee Film Commission will highlight
the 100th anniversary of the founding of Fox Studios
in Fort Lee, NJ by William Fox.
Museum Professions and were
awarded a mini-grant from the
New Jersey Council of the Humanities (NJCH) to produce this
exhibit. The grant program is part
NJCH’s annual program to support New Jersey based humanities projects. The students contacted the Fort Lee Film Commission
last spring according to Myers.
“They wanted to borrow from our
collection of artifacts and archival
photos to make up the bulk of this
exhibit,” he said.
In 2015, the Fort Lee Film Commission will highlight the 100th
anniversary of the founding of Fox
Studios in Fort Lee, NJ by William
Fox. This centennial will be celebrated as an exhibit entitled “Fox
Studio Centennial: From Fort Lee,
New Jersey to Century City, California 1915-2015” and will run at
the Fort Lee Museum, 1588 Parker
Avenue from March –December,
2015. This exhibit will feature
artifacts and archival stills from
their collection as well as those
borrowed from collectors. It will
feature still images and enlarged
photos scanned from the personal
scrapbook of Fox’s first star and
the first sex symbol of film, Theda
Bara. Theda worked at Fox Studio
in Fort Lee on the corner of Main
Street and Linwood Avenue from
1915 through 1918 prior to Fox’s
move to NYC and then California.
The annual Movies and Music
Under the Stars will include the
“Summer of Fox” and each film
shown from July 4 through September 5 will be either a classic or
more recent Fox Studios film.
For more information on the Fort
Lee Film Commission visit
www.FortLeeFilm.org
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