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Index
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
Prologue: “The Biggest Deal in Motion Picture History”
Part I: Beginnings, 1879–1903
Chapter 1: Promises
Chapter 2: Destiny
Chapter 3: Eva
Chapter 4: The Dark Side of the Dream
Part II: The Greatest Adventure, 1904–1925
Chapter 5: 700 Broadway
Chapter 6: Necessary Expenses
Chapter 7: “The Next Napoleon of the Theatre”
Chapter 8: The Wizard of Menlo Park
Chapter 9: Madness and Murder
Chapter 10: Justice
Chapter 11: Independence
Chapter 12: “William Fox Presents”
Chapter 13: A Daughter of the Gods (1916)
Chapter 14: “The Greatest Showman on Earth”
Chapter 15: Mirror of the Movies
Chapter 16: “All His Secret Ambition”
Chapter 17: “The Finest in Entertainment the World Over”
Chapter 18: “The Making of Me”
Chapter 19: The End of Theda
Chapter 20: Exodus
Chapter 21: Everything Changes
Chapter 22: A Visit from Royalty
Chapter 23: Eclipse
Chapter 24: “Humanity Is Everything”
Chapter 25: The Iron Horse (1924)
Part III: The One Great Independent, 1925–1929
Chapter 26: Renewal
Chapter 27: “The Wonder-Thing”
Chapter 28: Talking Pictures
Chapter 29: All for Fox Films
Chapter 30: The Roxy
Chapter 31: Sunrise (1927)
Chapter 32: The Triumph of Movietone
Chapter 33: The One Great Independent
Chapter 34: Storm Signals
Chapter 35: Lone Master of the Movies
Chapter 36: Big Money
Chapter 37: Trouble
Chapter 38: Fate
Chapter 39: Recovery
Chapter 40: Disaster: October 1929
Chapter 41: Siege
Chapter 42: War
Chapter 43: “We Want You, Mr. Fox”
Chapter 44: Defeat
Chapter 45: The End of the Dream
Part IV: Despair, 1930–1943
Chapter 46: Sorrow and Rage
Chapter 47: The Meter Reader and the Banker
Chapter 48: Upton Sinclair Presents William Fox
Chapter 49: Nobody
Chapter 50: Alone
Chapter 51: Revenge
Chapter 52: Confession
Chapter 53: Prison
Part V: Acceptance, 1943–1952
Chapter 54: Exile
Chapter 55: Fade to Black
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Notes
Index
Photograph Section
About the Author
Copyright
About the Publisher
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