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You can find a wealth of movie history sites in a town near me, places where the movies and movie genres were born and the players who spearheaded the dawn of film laid the groundwork for an industry. If you find yourself anywhere near Northeast New Jersey you should take time to visit Fort Lee. That’s true all the time, but it’s especially true this year because the Fort Lee Film Commission is sponsoring several tributes in celebration of the centennial of Fox Studios, which set up shop in that city upon its incorporation in 1915.
Among the celebratory Fox Film Corporation tributes planned in Fort Lee this year are an exhibit in the Fort Lee Museum, ‘Fox Studio Centennial: From Fort Lee to Century City,’ an outdoors film series that will screen Fox movies on Saturday nights throughout the summer and a special jitney tour that will visit historical sites related to Fox. More…
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