RKO Radio Pictures

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RKO Radio Pictures was a major Hollywood film studio of the 1930s and 1940s, known for producing classic movies including landmark monster, musical, and film noir films.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hollywood studio
film studio
motion picture company
alsoKnownAs RKO Radio Pictures
surface form: RKO

RKO Radio Pictures
surface form: RKO Pictures

RKO Radio Pictures
surface form: RKO Radio
collaboratedWith Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
Orson Welles
Val Lewton
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dissolved 1959
distributed Citizen Kane
Fantasia
surface form: Disney animated features (early 1940s)

film King Kong (1933)
surface form: King Kong (1933 film)
era 1930s
1940s
foundedBy Film Booking Offices of America
Keith-Albee-Orpheum
Radio Corporation of America
headquartersLocation Los Angeles
inception 1928
industry film industry
languageOfWork English
location Hollywood
logoFeature radio transmission tower
notableFor film noir
monster movies
musical films
notableWork Cat People (1942 film)
Suspicion (1941 film)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939 film score)
surface form: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939 film)

The Magnificent Ambersons
ownedBy Howard Hughes
parentOrganization Keith-Albee-Orpheum
surface form: Radio-Keith-Orpheum
partOf Big Five studios
produced Bringing Up Baby
Citizen Kane
film King Kong (1933)
surface form: King Kong (1933 film)

Out of the Past
Swing Time
The Big Sleep
surface form: The Big Sleep (1946 film)

Top Hat
product feature films
short films
specializedIn B movies
low-budget horror films
successor RKO General
timePeriod Hollywood Golden Age
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood

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film King Kong (1933) productionCompany RKO Radio Pictures
subject surface form: King Kong (1933 film)
film King Kong (1933) distributor RKO Radio Pictures
subject surface form: King Kong (1933 film)
Hollywood Golden Age majorStudio RKO Radio Pictures
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949 film) distributor RKO Radio Pictures
subject surface form: The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Radio Corporation of America owned RKO Radio Pictures
Fay Wray workedFor RKO Radio Pictures
Lucille Ball employer RKO Radio Pictures
Citizen Kane productionCompany RKO Radio Pictures
Citizen Kane distributedBy RKO Radio Pictures
Paramount Decree of 1948 appliedTo RKO Radio Pictures
this entity surface form: RKO
Ginger Rogers employer RKO Radio Pictures
Cinderella (1950 film) distributor RKO Radio Pictures
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. owned RKO Radio Pictures
this entity surface form: RKO Studios (stakeholder/financier)
Carl Denham productionCompanyContext RKO Radio Pictures
Son of Kong distributor RKO Radio Pictures
Son of Kong productionCompany RKO Radio Pictures
Willis H. O’Brien employer RKO Radio Pictures
Gunga Din productionCompany RKO Radio Pictures
Gunga Din distributor RKO Radio Pictures
Gunga Din distributor RKO Radio Pictures
this entity surface form: RKO
Gunga Din distributor RKO Radio Pictures
this entity surface form: RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
The Most Dangerous Game distributor RKO Radio Pictures
subject surface form: The Most Dangerous Game (1932 film)
The Most Dangerous Game productionCompany RKO Radio Pictures
subject surface form: The Most Dangerous Game (1932 film)
The Most Dangerous Game filmingLocation RKO Radio Pictures
subject surface form: The Most Dangerous Game (1932 film)
this entity surface form: RKO studio lot
Joan of Arc (1948 film) distributedBy RKO Radio Pictures
Merian C. Cooper employer RKO Radio Pictures
Max Steiner employer RKO Radio Pictures
RKO Radio Pictures alsoKnownAs RKO Radio Pictures
this entity surface form: RKO
RKO Radio Pictures alsoKnownAs RKO Radio Pictures
this entity surface form: RKO Pictures
RKO Radio Pictures alsoKnownAs RKO Radio Pictures
this entity surface form: RKO Radio
Allan Dwan employer RKO Radio Pictures
James Ashmore Creelman associatedWith RKO Radio Pictures
Joan Crawford employer RKO Radio Pictures
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs distributor RKO Radio Pictures
The Bishop's Wife distributedBy RKO Radio Pictures
Top Hat productionCompany RKO Radio Pictures
Top Hat distributor RKO Radio Pictures
Swing Time distributedBy RKO Radio Pictures
Swing Time productionCompany RKO Radio Pictures
Shall We Dance productionCompany RKO Radio Pictures
Shall We Dance distributor RKO Radio Pictures
The Gay Divorcee productionCompany RKO Radio Pictures
The Gay Divorcee distributor RKO Radio Pictures
A Damsel in Distress productionCompany RKO Radio Pictures
A Damsel in Distress distributor RKO Radio Pictures
A Damsel in Distress studio RKO Radio Pictures
Flying Down to Rio productionCompany RKO Radio Pictures
Flying Down to Rio distributor RKO Radio Pictures
Follow the Fleet productionCompany RKO Radio Pictures
Follow the Fleet distributor RKO Radio Pictures