# Who founded MGM, RKO, Paramount, and 20th Century Fox?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 10, 2012, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-founded-mgm-rko-paramount-and-20th-century-fox/637281 "2012-10-10T04:03:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![ac05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecb155/32.png) [@ac05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ac05)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-founded-mgm-rko-paramount-and-20th-century-fox/637281/1 "2012-10-10T04:03:33Z")

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I’m writing a paper on the five major movie studios during the golden age of Hollywood. For sure, Warner Bros. was founded by four people: Harry Warner, Albert Warner, Sam Warner, and Jack Warner. But I don’t know about the other four golden age movie studios. I’ve read conflicting information regarding who founded what. So, I was wondering, if anyone knows the facts. So, I’ll ask away:

1. Who founded MGM?
2. Who founded Paramount?
3. Who founded RKO?
4. Who founded 20th Century Fox?

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-founded-mgm-rko-paramount-and-20th-century-fox/637281/2 "2012-10-10T04:06:04Z")

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nm, someone else can do it.

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**Author:** ![Scholar\_Beardpig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@Scholar\_Beardpig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scholar_Beardpig)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-founded-mgm-rko-paramount-and-20th-century-fox/637281/3 "2012-10-10T04:12:25Z")

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We ain’t here to do your homework, kemosabe. Go look it up in a book.

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-founded-mgm-rko-paramount-and-20th-century-fox/637281/4 "2012-10-10T04:18:48Z")

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> [@Scholar\_Beardpig](#):
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> We ain’t here to do your homework, kemosabe. Go look it up in a book.

Come on, don’t be so hard on the guy. Do you think there’s just, like, a big building full of “books” somewhere that he can just go to? Maybe he can get there in his flying rocket car.

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**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-founded-mgm-rko-paramount-and-20th-century-fox/637281/5 "2012-10-10T04:25:12Z")

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Google is your friend. You can answer your question within two minutes with a few simple google searches. You don’t need our help. Really you don’t…