<P> 20th Century Fox is a member of the Motion Picture Association of America . </P> <P> Twentieth Century Pictures' Joseph Schenck and Darryl F. Zanuck left United Artists (UA) over a stock dispute, and began merger talks with the management of financially struggling Fox Film, under president Sidney Kent . Spyros Skouras, then manager of the Fox West Coast Theaters, helped make it happen (and later became president of the new company). Aside from the theater chain and a first - rate studio lot, Zanuck and Schenck felt there was not much else to Fox, which had been reeling since the founder William Fox lost control of the company in 1930 . The studio's biggest star, Will Rogers, died in a plane crash weeks after the merger . Its leading female star, Janet Gaynor, was fading in popularity and promising leading men James Dunn and Spencer Tracy had been dropped because of heavy drinking . </P> <P> At first, it was expected that the new company was originally to be called "Fox - 20th Century", even though 20th Century was the senior partner in the merger . However, 20th Century brought more to the bargaining table besides Schenck and Zanuck; it was more profitable than Fox and had considerably more talent . The new company, 20th Century - Fox Film Corporation, began trading on May 31, 1935; the hyphen was dropped in 1985 . Schenck became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, while Kent remained as President . Zanuck became Vice President in Charge of Production, replacing Fox's longtime production chief Winfield Sheehan . </P> <P> The company established a special training school . Lynn Bari, Patricia Farr and Anne Nagel were among 14 young women "launched on the trail of film stardom" on August 6, 1935, when they each received a six - month contract with 20th Century Fox after spending 18 months in the school . The contracts included a studio option for renewal for as long as seven years . </P>

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