RKO

RKO Pictures

RKO Pictures — American film and distribution company

RKO Pictures, commonly known as simply RKO, is an American film, television and stage production company owned by Concord Originals, a division of BMG. In its original incarnation, as RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., it was one of the "Big Five" film studios of Hollywood's Golden Age. The business was formed after the Keith-Albee-Orpheum theater chain and Joseph P. Kennedy's Film Booking Offices of America studio were brought together under the control of the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) in October 1928. RCA executive David Sarnoff engineered the merger to create a market for the company's sound-on-film technology, RCA Photophone, and in early 1929 production began under the RKO name. Two years later, another Kennedy concern, the Pathé studio, was folded into the operation. By the mid-1940s, RKO was controlled by investor Floyd Odlum.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 1,445 films (1928–1980) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 1,014 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1956 Where Is Jane Doe? Rko-Pathe. RKO Teleradio Pictures Inc. 8 min 35mm B&W sound
1956 WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS. RKO Teleradio Pictures Inc. 100 min 35mm B&W sound
1956 White Peril. RKO Teleradio Pictures Inc. 7 min 35mm B&W sound
1957 All Mine To Give. RKO Teleradio Pictures Inc. 102 min 35mm Color sound
1957 THAT NIGHT. RKO Teleradio Pictures Inc. 88 min. 35mm B&W sound
1957 The Beach Of Nazare. RKO Teleradio Pictures Inc. 8 min 35mm B&W sound
1957 The Girl Most Likely. RKO Teleradio Pictures Inc. 98 min. 35mm Color sound
1957 The Unholy Wife. RKO Teleradio Pictures Inc. 94 min. 35mm Color sound
1957 The Young Stranger. RKO Teleradio Pictures Inc. 84 min. 35mm B&W sound
1958 FRONTIER U. RKO Pathe 25 min 16mm Color Sound
1958 Stage struck. RKO Teleradio Pictures Inc. 95 min. 35mm Color sound
1958 The Naked And The Dead. RKO Teleradio Pictures Inc. 130 min 35mm Color sound
1959 Desert Desperados. RKO Radio Pictures 73 min. 35mm B&W sound
1959 The Mysterians. RKO Teleradio Pictures Inc. 89 min. 35mm Color sound
1959 Verboten. RKO Teleradio Pictures Inc. 94 min. 35mm B&W sound
1960 Home Is The Hero. RKO General Inc. 83 min 35mm B&W sound
1962 A Gift For Heidi. RKO General Inc. 35mm Color sound
1963 Escape To Freedom rko pathe 16 min 16mm sound
1963 King Kong Vs. RKO General Inc. 35mm Color sound
1974 Three Women Alone RKO General TV 49 min 16mm sound
1980 Air crew. RKO Radio Pictures 600 16mm Color sound
[Fires] ▶ RKO-Pathe News 16mm sound
Age of Flight Pictorial Films, Inc. / RKO 20 min 16mm Sound
Damaging Effects Of The Atomic Bomb Compared To Conventional Bombs, The ▶ RKO-Pathe Inc. 16mm sound
Danger Sleuths rko pathe 16mm sound
Fiesta Island ▶ RKO-Pathe Inc. 16mm sound
Freedom And Famine rko pathe 16mm sound
IRON MAJOR RKO 90min 16mm Sound
Let's Draw with Frank Webb / Here Come The Yanks Frank Webb / RKO Pathe 16mm sound
Let's Go Fishing ▶ RKO-Pathe Inc.
Let's Go to the Movies (1948) ▶ RKO Radio Pictures
Letter To A Pilot ▶ RKO-Pathe Inc. 16mm sound
Major Bowes' Harmony Broadcast 2 reels 16mm Sound
Major Bowes' Melody Makers 2 reels 16mm Sound
Major Bowes' Musical Varieties 2 reels 16mm Sound
Major Bowes' Radio Revels 2 reels 16mm Sound
Major Bowes' Stars of Tomorrow 2 reels 16mm Sound
Major Bowes' Variety Revue 2 reels 16mm Sound
Memo For Joe RKO Radio Pictures 16mm sound
Memo For Joe (1944) ▶ RKO Radio Pictures
Research Ranch rko pathe 9 min 16mm sound
Silver Cord RKO Pictures 16mm sound
Swift Justice 2 reels 16mm Sound
Swing Time R1 RKO Pictures 16mm sound
Swing Time R2 RKO Pictures 16mm sound