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American film and distribution company
RKO Pictures, commonly known as simply RKO, is an American film, television and stage production company owned by Concord. In its original incarnation
RKO_Pictures
RKO Pictures (also known as RKO Productions, Radio Pictures, RKO Radio Pictures, and RKO Teleradio Pictures) is an American film production and distribution
List_of_RKO_Pictures_films
American film production company
modern-day Walt Disney Pictures. By 1953, the company ended their agreements with such third-party distributors as RKO Radio Pictures and United Artists and
Walt_Disney_Pictures
American broadcasting mass media corporation
RKO General Inc. (previously General Teleradio Inc. and RKO Teleradio Pictures Inc.) was an American broadcasting company that, from 1952 through 1991
RKO_General
American independent production company
for four years. In June 2007, the company formed a joint venture with RKO Pictures to remake four films from the latter's library, namely Five Came Back
Twisted_Pictures
Large U.S. film companies
today's Big Five, Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures were also part of the original Big Five, along with RKO Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and
Major_film_studios
Topics referred to by the same term
RKO refers to RKO Pictures, an American film company. RKO may also refer to: RKO General, holding company for General Tire and Rubber Company up to 1981
RKO_(disambiguation)
for RKO Pictures. Laughton and O'Hara would work together again in Jamaica Inn (1939) for the British-based Mayflower Pictures, and again at RKO for This
Maureen_O'Hara_filmography
American actor and businessman (1924–2025)
pilot, investment banker, actor, film and stage producer and CEO of RKO Pictures. His last acting credit was in 2012 and his last producing credit was
Ted_Hartley
American independent media company
Annapurna Pictures, LLC is an American independent media company founded by Megan Ellison on April 2, 2011, and based in Los Angeles, California. It is
Annapurna_Pictures
1948, the first six produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and the final six from RKO. The beauteous and scantily clad O'Sullivan was a major factor in the early
Tarzan in film, television and other non-print media
Tarzan_in_film,_television_and_other_non-print_media
Studio backlot in California (1927–1976)
RKO Forty Acres was a film studio backlot in Culver City, California. Its owners included RKO Pictures, Desilu Productions, and Paramount Pictures. Best
RKO_Forty_Acres
Hollywood double act
1995) were dance partners in a total of 10 films, 9 being released by RKO Pictures from 1933 to 1939, and 1, The Barkleys of Broadway, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Fred_Astaire_and_Ginger_Rogers
American actress (1910–1990)
Hepburn's Jo in Little Women (1933), which was directed by George Cukor for RKO. This movie brought Bennett to the attention of independent film producer
Joan_Bennett
American film and distribution company
Universal City Studios LLC (doing business as Universal Pictures), commonly known as Universal Studios or simply Universal, is an American film production
Universal_Pictures
1931 film by Wesley Ruggles
Dix and Irene Dunne, and directed by Wesley Ruggles. Released by RKO Radio Pictures, it won Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay (written
Cimarron_(1931_film)
1941 drama film by Orson Welles
the Air, Welles was courted by Hollywood. He signed a contract with RKO Pictures in 1939. Although it was unusual for an untried director, he was given
Citizen_Kane
1981 film by Michael Schultz
directed by Michael Schultz, produced by RKO Pictures and Hemdale Film Corporation, and released by Avco Embassy Pictures. The film stars George Segal, Susan
Carbon_Copy_(film)
1947 film
Laraine Day and Cedric Hardwicke. It was produced and distributed by RKO Pictures. It is based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Charles Elbert Scoggins
Tycoon_(1947_film)
American actress, model, and singer (1921–2011)
Fidelity Pictures in 1948, playing Belle Starr. The film was intended to be released by Republic Pictures, but the producer sold the film to RKO, who released
Jane_Russell
1943 film by Norman Foster
and the US and Soviet Union had joined the war and become allies). The RKO Pictures release stars Joseph Cotten, who co-wrote the screenplay with Orson Welles
Journey_into_Fear_(1943_film)
American dancer and actor (1899–1987)
RKO Radio Pictures: A Titan is Born. University of California Press. Jewell, Richard B. (2016). Slow Fade to Black: The Decline of RKO Radio Pictures
Fred_Astaire
Fictional monster resembling a gorilla
first appearance was in the novelization of the 1933 film King Kong from RKO Pictures, with the film premiering a little over two months later. A sequel quickly
King_Kong
American film distribution studio
(1928–1930) Columbia Pictures (1929–1932) United Artists (1932–1937, 1943) RKO Radio Pictures (1937–1957) A dispute with RKO Pictures in 1953 over the distribution
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Walt_Disney_Studios_Motion_Pictures
who appeared in a total of 95 theatrically released full-length motion pictures. Orphaned before she was old enough to attend school, she became fascinated
Barbara Stanwyck on stage, screen, radio, and television
Barbara_Stanwyck_on_stage,_screen,_radio,_and_television
American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment studio conglomerate
Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., commonly referred to as Sony Pictures and abbreviated as SPE, is an American, Japanese-owned, multinational mass media
Sony_Pictures
1947 film by Jean Renoir
Joan Bennett, Robert Ryan, and Charles Bickford. It was released by RKO Radio Pictures. The film is a love triangle drama about Scott, a conflicted U.S.
The_Woman_on_the_Beach
American film studio
library (including the a.a.p. library and North American rights to the RKO Radio Pictures library) while spinning off the rest of MGM. In 1989, Warner Communications
Warner_Bros._Pictures
American movie studio in California, opened 1918
Studios (1925–1928), Pathé Studios (1928–1931), RKO-Pathé Studios (1931–1935), Selznick International Pictures (1935–1956), Desilu-Culver Studios (1956–1970)
Culver_Studios
American film director (1911–1979)
surrounding Howard Hughes's takeover of RKO Pictures. As a result of the delay, the second and third pictures Ray directed, RKO's A Woman's Secret (1949) and Knock
Nicholas_Ray
Film by Alfred Hitchcock
her. It was shot in late 1945 and early 1946, and was released by RKO Radio Pictures in August 1946. Notorious is considered by critics and scholars to
Notorious_(1946_film)
American aviator, aerospace engineer and business magnate (1905–1976)
(1928), Hell's Angels (1930), and Scarface (1932). He later acquired the RKO Pictures film studio in 1948, recognized then as one of the Big Five studios in
Howard_Hughes
he began a lengthy association with producer Merian C. Cooper at RKO Radio Pictures. The following year he directed The Informer, which brought him his
John_Ford_filmography
1945 film by Edwin L. Marin
The RKO Story. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p205 Jewell, Richard B. (2016) Slow Fade to Black: The Decline of RKO Radio Pictures, University
Johnny_Angel
1946 film by Robert Siodmak
the rights to RKO Radio Pictures, who commenced production and cast McGuire in the lead. Filming took place at the RKO Radio Pictures studio lot in Los
The Spiral Staircase (1946 film)
The_Spiral_Staircase_(1946_film)
American film and distribution company
the neighboring Desilu Productions television studio (once the lot of RKO Pictures) from Lucille Ball in 1967. Using some of Desilu's established shows
Paramount_Pictures
1935 film by Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack
The Last Days of Pompeii (1935) is an RKO Radio Pictures historical film starring Preston Foster and directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack
The Last Days of Pompeii (1935 film)
The_Last_Days_of_Pompeii_(1935_film)
Artists and RKO Radio Pictures, and are now distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. Some films produced by Walt Disney Pictures are also released
List of Walt Disney Pictures films
List_of_Walt_Disney_Pictures_films
Defunct American film studio
after Selznick left Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and leased a section of RKO Pictures' secondary RKO-Pathé studio lot in Culver City, California. The studio itself
Selznick International Pictures
Selznick_International_Pictures
1954 film by Lloyd Bacon
The French Line is a 1953 American RKO Pictures musical film starring Jane Russell, directed by Lloyd Bacon and produced by Edmund Grainger, with Howard
The_French_Line
1942 film by Jacques Tourneur
American supernatural horror film directed by Jacques Tourneur and produced for RKO by Val Lewton. The film tells the story of Irena Dubrovna, a newly married
Cat_People_(1942_film)
1946 film by Frank Capra
attention of either Cary Grant or RKO producer David Hempstead, who showed it to Grant's agent. In April 1944, RKO Pictures bought the rights to the story
It's_a_Wonderful_Life
1943 film by Wilhelm Thiele
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, but this was his first with the producer Sol Lesser at RKO Pictures. Lesser had previously produced Tarzan the Fearless and Tarzan's Revenge
Tarzan_Triumphs
American actor (1919–1973)
8, 1919 – May 11, 1973) was an American actor. He played Tarzan for RKO Pictures between 1949 and 1953 and later worked in Europe, where he portrayed
Lex_Barker
1938 film by Howard Hawks
and starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. It was released by RKO Radio Pictures. The film tells the story of a paleontologist in a number of predicaments
Bringing_Up_Baby
Canadian-American film production and distribution company
Films for the 2004 sequel Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights and with Paramount Pictures for 2002's Narc and 2004's The Prince & Me which was given a studio credit
Lionsgate_Films
1946 film by Mervyn LeRoy
Without Reservations is a 1946 RKO Radio Pictures American comedy film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Claudette Colbert, John Wayne and Don DeFore
Without_Reservations
Film series made by RKO Pictures (1938–1941)
The Saint (film series) refers to eight B movies made by RKO Radio Pictures between 1938 and 1941, based on some of the books in British author Leslie
The_Saint_(film_series)
sound era, Selznick moved to RKO Radio in 1931 where he served as the studio's executive producer. During his time at RKO he oversaw the production of
David_O._Selznick_filmography
1942 film by Orson Welles
Locations for The Magnificent Ambersons Jewell, Richard B. (2012). RKO Radio Pictures: A Titan is Born. Sacramento, CA: University of California. pp. 239–40
The Magnificent Ambersons (film)
The_Magnificent_Ambersons_(film)
American media company
Black Bear Pictures, LLC is an American independent media company that develops, produces, distributes and finances original film and television content
Black_Bear_Pictures
American film director (1918–1983)
cut off from family money." At the age of 23, Aldrich began work at RKO Pictures as a production clerk, an entry-level position, after declining an offer
Robert_Aldrich
American film production company
Casanova Brown. In January 1944, International signed an agreement with RKO Pictures to provide four films for distribution. Following the merger, Spitz and
International_Pictures
American actress (1907–2003)
Baby (1938). Hepburn made a comeback by buying out her contract with RKO Radio Pictures and acquiring the film rights to The Philadelphia Story, which she
Katharine_Hepburn
1951 science fiction film
by Edward Lasker for Howard Hawks' Winchester Pictures Corporation, and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The film stars Margaret Sheridan, Kenneth Tobey
The_Thing_from_Another_World
1947 American film noir by Jacques Tourneur
high he swung, upon which all were to be hung..." A script reader at RKO Pictures recommended the novel as a "worthy addition to the rough, tough school
Out_of_the_Past
1939 British film
was made as a quota quickie and distributed by the American company RKO Pictures. It was based on the 1928 novel The Partner by Jenaro Prieto and was
The_Mysterious_Mr._Davis
1941 film by Irving Reis
Wendy Barrie and Allen Jenkins. A B film produced and distributed by RKO Pictures, it the first in a series of sixteen films about a suave detective nicknamed
The_Gay_Falcon
Italian cinematographer
was a motion-picture cinematographer best remembered for his work at RKO Pictures in the 1940s, including many of Val Lewton's series of B-picture horror
Nicholas_Musuraca
American entertainment studio conglomerate
modern-day Walt Disney Pictures. By 1953, the company ended their agreements with such third-party distributors as RKO Radio Pictures and United Artists and
The Walt Disney Studios (division)
The_Walt_Disney_Studios_(division)
1939 film by William Dieterle
and sold the rights to RKO, with Pandro S. Berman producing and William Dieterle directing. For this production, RKO Radio Pictures built on their movie
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939 film)
The_Hunchback_of_Notre_Dame_(1939_film)
American actor and filmmaker (1915–1985)
RKO Radio Studio, the expulsion of his company Mercury Productions from the RKO lot, and the total suspension of It's All True." In 1942 RKO Pictures
Orson_Welles
American film studio
the major studios, including Warner Bros. Pictures, Universal Pictures, Sony Pictures, and Paramount Pictures, as well as streaming services such as Netflix
Legendary_Entertainment
American horror film production company
Ghost House Pictures is an American film and television production company founded in 2002 by Sam Raimi and Robert Tapert. It produces horror films such
Ghost_House_Pictures
1943 American black-and-white propaganda film
Hitler's Children is a 1943 American black-and-white war film made by RKO Radio Pictures. The film stars Tim Holt, Bonita Granville and Kent Smith and was
Hitler's_Children_(1943_film)
1930 film
it was part of the takeover package when RKO Pictures acquired Pathé that year; it was re-released by RKO in 1931. Sylvia Brenner is a "plain" secretary
Sin_Takes_a_Holiday
1955 film by Harold D. Schuster
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle is a 1955 black-and-white film from RKO Pictures directed by Harold D. Schuster and starring Gordon Scott in his first film as Tarzan
Tarzan's_Hidden_Jungle
American actor (1917–1997)
The RKO Story. New York: Arlington House. ISBN 978-0-517-54656-7. Jewell, Richard B. (2016). Slow Fade to Black: The Decline of RKO Radio Pictures. Oakland
Robert_Mitchum
2007 film by Steve Carr
It was produced by Columbia Pictures, Revolution Studios, RKO Pictures, and Cube Vision and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. The film grossed $58
Are_We_Done_Yet?
1937 film by George Stevens
Quality Street is a 1937 American historical comedy film made by RKO Radio Pictures. It was directed by George Stevens and produced by Pandro S. Berman
Quality_Street_(1937_film)
1956 film by Dick Powell
Filming took place on-location in Utah, and at the RKO and Universal studio lots in Hollywood. It was RKO's first film to be shot in CinemaScope and, at a
The_Conqueror_(1956_film)
American actress, singer, and dancer (1911–1995)
Astaire are credited with revolutionizing the musical genre and gave RKO Pictures some of its biggest successes: The Gay Divorcee (1934), Top Hat (1935)
Ginger_Rogers
1947 noir drama film directed by Edward Dmytryk
antisemitism is a motivating factor. Though produced by "B-movie" specialists RKO Pictures, the film proved a critical and commercial success and was nominated
Crossfire_(film)
1941 film by Leslie Goodwins
musical comedy film directed by Leslie Goodwins and Jack Hively for RKO Pictures. Hively had to come in and finish the picture after Goodwins was hospitalized
They_Met_in_Argentina
1946 film by Mark Robson
in a series of stylish horror B films produced by Val Lewton for RKO Radio Pictures. The film was inspired by William Hogarth's 1732–1734 painting series
Bedlam_(1946_film)
Method of film production
America's largest theater chain), Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., 20th Century-Fox, and RKO Radio Pictures (the last of these five, which emerged in 1928)
Studio_system
1933 American adventure monster film
Kong) is a 1933 American Pre-Code adventure monster film produced by RKO Pictures. Directed by Ernest Schoedsack and featuring special effects by Willis
Son_of_Kong
American film company
Artists and RKO Radio Pictures. Reissued Boris Morros's productions of The Flying Deuces starring Laurel and Hardy (originally released by RKO) and Second
Astor_Pictures
American actress (1922–2017)
education. Hale moved to Hollywood in 1943, and under contract to RKO Radio Pictures, made her first screen appearance (uncredited) in Gildersleeve's Bad
Barbara_Hale
1948 American fantasy-drama film
Hale. After a production fraught with several clashes between Losey and RKO Pictures head Howard Hughes, The Boy with Green Hair was released on November
The_Boy_with_Green_Hair
American computer animation studio
has an "exclusive financing and distribution partnership" with Universal Pictures (which itself is a division of Comcast through the Universal Filmed Entertainment
Illumination_(company)
Irish and American actress and singer (1920–2015)
production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and was given a contract by RKO Pictures. From there, she went on to enjoy a long and highly successful career
Maureen_O'Hara
American film and distribution company
Searchlight Pictures, Inc., formerly known as Fox Searchlight Pictures, is an American film production and distribution company, which since 2019 has been
Searchlight_Pictures
1941 American film by Alfred Hitchcock
In November 1939, Nathanael West was hired as a screenwriter by RKO Radio Pictures, where he collaborated with Boris Ingster on a film adaptation of
Suspicion_(1941_film)
1957 American film by John Farrow
film produced and directed by John Farrow at RKO Radio Pictures, but released by Universal Pictures while RKO was in the process of ceasing its film activities
The_Unholy_Wife
American actor (1922–1996)
military service. When he got out, Selznick assigned his contract to RKO Pictures. RKO gave him a starring role in Till the End of Time, a drama about veterans
Guy_Madison
1945 horror film directed by Robert Wise
of three films that Boris Karloff made with producer Val Lewton at RKO Radio Pictures from 1945 to 1946, the other two being Isle of the Dead (1945) and
The_Body_Snatcher_(1945_film)
1950 film
1950. Jewell, Richard B. (2016). Slow Fade to Black: The Decline of RKO Radio Pictures. University of California. p. 98. ISBN 9780520289673. Stromboli at
Stromboli_(1950_film)
American film and distribution company
Productions and Walt Disney Productions went to RKO Radio Pictures and Wanger to Universal Pictures. In the late 1930s, UA turned a profit. Goldwyn was
United_Artists
American horror film
CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) Pitts, Michael R. (2015). RKO Radio Pictures Horror, Science Fiction, and Fantasy Films, 1929-1956. Jefferson,
The Most Dangerous Game (1932 film)
The_Most_Dangerous_Game_(1932_film)
1945 American pulp action film
first of four installments of the Dick Tracy film series, released by RKO Radio Pictures. Dick Tracy, a supremely intelligent police detective, must solve
Dick_Tracy_(1945_film)
1938 Marx Brothers film by William A. Seiter
Ann Miller and Frank Albertson. It was produced and distributed by RKO Pictures; RKO paid $255,000 for filming rights, which was then a record for a sound
Room_Service_(1938_film)
Relativity Media RKO Pictures Samuel Goldwyn Productions Scott Free Productions Silver Pictures Thanhouser Company Tiffany Pictures Triangle Film Corporation
Lists_of_films_by_studio
American director, producer, and actor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (M-G-M). Robertson-Cole Pictures (soon to be the Film Booking Company, F.B.O and later associated with RKO Radio Studios) instantly picked up
Sam_Wood
American independent film production company
Point Grey Pictures (PGP) is a Canadian-American film and television production company, founded in 2011 by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. The company is
Point_Grey_Pictures
1956 film by Arthur Lubin
it was among the films that helped to close the already struggling RKO Pictures. Future western stars Clint Eastwood and James Arness have supporting
The_First_Traveling_Saleslady
American entertainment company
transferred in 2015 to the Walt Disney Studios. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures has distributed most of the studio's films since The Avengers (2012). Marvel
Marvel_Studios
American film producer
vice president of development of RKO Pictures in 2002 and the senior vice president of production for Sony Pictures' O.N.C. Entertainment in 2005. Morgan
Peter_Morgan_(producer)
American actress (1911–1989)
player for RKO Radio Pictures, being cast as a chorus girl or in similar roles, with lead roles in B-pictures and supporting roles in A-pictures. During
Lucille_Ball
1947 American film by Irving Pichel
Harrison. The film was made and distributed by Hollywood major studio RKO Pictures. After the prosecution rests its case in the murder trial of Larry Ballentine
They_Won't_Believe_Me
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