The Man Who Made the Movies: The Meteoric Rise and Tragic Fall of William Fox

An Amazon Best Book of December 2017: William Fox’s journey from Lower East Side immigrant to successful movie mogul is in many ways a classic tale, but for one exception—within fifteen years, he was out of the company that still bears his name. Fox’s rise and fall is thoroughly examined by journalist Vanda Krefft, leaving few stones unturned in this voluminous portrait. What emerges is the story of an historic character, who launched careers and built an empire, and who battled it out with other moguls throughout the roaring twenties, only to be taken down by circumstance and the historic crash of 1929.—Chris Schluep, The Amazon Book Review