''Upton Sinclair Presents William Fox'' is a 1933
non-fiction
Nonfiction, or non-fiction, is any document or media content that attempts, in good faith, to provide information (and sometimes opinions) grounded only in facts and real life, rather than in imagination. Nonfiction is often associated with b ...
work by the American writer
Upton Sinclair
Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. (September 20, 1878 – November 25, 1968) was an American writer, muckraker, political activist and the 1934 Democratic Party nominee for governor of California who wrote nearly 100 books and other works in sever ...
.
[Solomon p.177] Sinclair based the book on a series of interviews he had conducted with
William Fox, a former
Hollywood film tycoon. The title was a reference to the screen credit "William Fox Presents" which appeared at the start of films.
Fox spoke on wide-ranging terms, particularly his childhood and his building of
Fox Film into one of the
major studios
Major film studios are production and distribution companies that release a substantial number of films annually and consistently command a significant share of box office revenue in a given market. In the American and international markets, th ...
. Much of the book was devoted to detailing what he believed was a conspiracy by
Wall Street to force him from control of Fox Film in 1930.
References
Bibliography
* Krefft, Vanda. ''The Man Who Made the Movies: The Meteoric Rise and Tragic Fall of William Fox''. HarperCollins, 2017.
* Solomon, Aubrey. ''The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography''. McFarland, 2011.
1933 non-fiction books
Books by Upton Sinclair
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