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
1931 NIGHT CLASS. (Campus Comedies) RKO Pathe Distributing Corp. 2 reels
1931 NOT SO LOUD. (Melody Comedies) RKO Pathe Distributing Corp. 2 reels
1931 OH! MARRY ME. (Manhattan Comedies) RKO Pathe Distributing Corp. 2 reels
1931 OH! OH! CLEOPATRA. RKO Pathe Distributing Corp. 2 reels
1931 OLD HOKUM BUCKET. (Fable) RKO Pathe Distributing Corp. 1 reel
1931 OLYMPIC TALENT. (Grantland Rice Sportlight) RKO Pathe Distributing Corp. 1 reel
1931 OPEN HOUSE. (Campus Comedies) RKO Pathe Distributing Corp. 2 reels
1931 OUTBOARD STUNTING. (Sportlight) RKO Pathe Distributing Corp. 1 reel
1931 PACK AND SADDLE. (Sportlight) RKO Pathe Pictures Inc. 1 reel
1931 PALEFACE PUP. (Aesop's Fables) RKO Pathe Distributing Corp. 1 reel
1931 PARENTS WANTED. (Follies Comedies) RKO Pathe Distributing Corp. 2 reels
1931 PATHE AUDIO REVIEW. 8. RKO Pathe Distributing Corp. 1 reel
1931 PEACH O' RENO. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 7 reels B&W
1931 PIGSKIN PROGRESS. (A Grantland Rice Sportlight) RKO Pathe Distributing Corp. 1 reel
1931 PLAY BALL. (Aesop Sound Fable) RKO Pathe Distributing Corp. 1 reel
1931 POISE. (Grantland Rice Sportlight) RKO Pathe Distributing Corp. 1 reel
1931 REBOUND. RKO Pathe Distributing Corp. 10 reels B&W
1931 ROUGH-HOUSE RHYTHM. RKO Pathe Distributing Corp. 2 reels
1931 SCRATCH-AS-CATCH-CAN. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 2 reels
1931 SECRET SERVICE. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 7 reels
1931 SELLING SHORTS. (Traveling Man Comedies) RKO Pathe Pictures Inc. 2 reels
1931 SHADOW OF THE DRAGON. (Vagabond Adventure Series, no. 23) RKO Pathe Distributing Corp. 1 reel
1931 SHE SNOOPS TO CONQUER. (Manhattan Comedies) RKO Pathe Distributing Corp. 2 reels
1931 SHE WENT FOR A TRAMP. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 2 reels
1931 SLOW POISON. (Rufftown Comedies) RKO Pathe Distributing Corp. 2 reels
1931 SMART WOMAN. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 8 reels B&W
1931 STOUT HEARTS AND WILLING HANDS. RKO Pathe Distributing Corp. 2 reels
1931 SUICIDE FLEET. RKO Pathe Distributing Corp. 9 reels B&W
1931 SUNDOWN TRAIL. RKO Pathe Distributing Corp. 6 reels B&W
1931 TAKE 'EM AND SHAKE 'EM. (Gay Girls Comedies) rko pathe 2 reels
1931 TENNIS TOPNOTCHERS. (Grantland Rice Sportlight) RKO Pathe Distributing Corp. 1 reel
1931 THANKS AGAIN. RKO Radio Pictures 8:00 16mm sound
1931 THANKS AGAIN. (Mr. Average Man Comedies) RKO Pathe Distributing Corp. 2 reels
1931 THAT'S MY LINE. (Traveling Man Comedies) RKO Pathe Distributing Corp. 2 reels
1931 THAT'S NEWS TO ME. RKO Pathe Distributing Corp. 2 reels
1931 THE BIG SCOOP. RKO Pathe Distributing Corp. 2 reels
1931 THE BROWN DERBY. (Toby the Pup, no. 8) RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 1 reel
1931 THE BULL THROWER. (Toby the Pup, no. 12) RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 1 reel
1931 THE CALL OF MOHAMMED. (Vagabond Adventure Series) RKO Pathe Distributing Corp. 1 reel
1931 THE COMMON LAW. RKO Pathe Distributing Corp. 8 reels B&W
1931 THE COUNTY SEAT. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 2 reels
1931 THE FALLEN EMPIRE. (Vagabond Adventure Series) RKO Pathe Distributing Corp. 1 reel
1931 THE FLY GUY. (Aesop's Fable) RKO Pathe Distributing Corp. 1 reel
1931 THE GAY DIPLOMAT. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 8 reels B&W
1931 THE GOSSIPY PLUMBER. (Follies Comedies) RKO Pathe Distributing Corp. 2 reels
1931 THE GRAND PARADE. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 2 reels B&W
1931 THE GREAT DECISION. (Floyd Gibbon's Supreme Thrills) RKO Pathe Distributing Corp. 1 reel
1931 THE GREAT JUNCTION HOTEL. RKO Pathe Distributing Corp. 2 reels
1931 THE HOT SPOT. RKO Pathe Distributing Corp. 2 reels 16mm sound
1931 THE HOUSE DICK. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 2 reels