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I love anything dealing with Hollywood history, so I enjoy Tom Rothman’s historical monologue Fox Legacy on the Fox Film Channel. But, surprisingly, today’s New York Times profile on the Fox Filmed Entertainment co-chairman’s cable show didn’t mention the closing of the 20th Century Fox film research library since it seems relevant. So I’ve learned the original article did report on the library’s fate, but that portion was trimmed for space. The article says, ”Mr. Rothman writes the monologues himself, doing much of his own research… For Edward Scissorhands he pored through Fox archival material.” 
So does that mean Rothman uses the film research library, too? If so, sad that it won’t be there much longer. Meanwhile, I’ve heard it costs between $750,000 to $1 million a year to keep the library open. Now let’s get creative. Fox Legacy could embrace the facility and maybe even shoot the show there to help underwrite it. That’s a win-win situation for all concerned.
- 20th Fox Responds To Outpour Of Anger: “We Are Passionate About Film History”
- WHAT A DAMN SHAME! 20th Fox To Close One Of The Last Studio Research Libraries
Editor-in-Chief Nikki Finke - tip her here.
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It takes a great man or woman to admit making a mistake and taking the steps to fix it. Mr. Rothman, prove you’re a great man and allow the library to stay on the lot.
This may be closest some of us will ever come to knowing what it felt like to lose one of the great libraries in ancient days. Let’s pray it doesn’t come to that. Let’s do better than pray–raise our voices: Spend whatever bucks it takes to keep this great treasure alive.
The Research Libray is a sanctuary on the Fox lot, with a knowledgeable and friendly staff. This is a huge loss for Fox, and the entire creative community.
The 20 Century Library is a wonderful library and it needs to stay open!
I have had in my posession a “one reel” cartoon theater film of one of the six fully animated cartoons of the “Goofy Gophers”. After some research, I found that only 6 “Goofy Gopher” cartoons were made. The reel I have had since the 70′s when and old theater closed down in the city I live is called “Goofy Gophers Go For Broke”. I contacted Turner on the possibility of that organization taking the film and properly “archiving” it as I am not knowledgable enough to do it properly. I received no interest. I thought I would try to find out if the Fox Organization was interested in the film, however it seems that preserving films are of no interest to the “movers and shakers” of the film industry. No one is interested in “spending” to preserve history, only in “spending” to make more. What a shame!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have had a fascination with movies, movie posters, movie wardrobe, etc. all my life. I guess it has to end somewhere. It truly is a shame!!!!