RKO Radio Pictures

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Hollywood studio film studio motion picture company

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.

Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
RKO 6
RKO Pictures 6
RKO Radio 1
RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 1
RKO Studios 1
RKO Studios (stakeholder/financier) 1
RKO studio lot 1
Val Lewton Unit at RKO 1

Statements (49)

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

Referenced by (106)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Top Hat → distributor → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
Allan Dwan → employer → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
David O. Selznick → employer → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
Ginger Rogers → employer → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
Gregg Toland → employer → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
Herman J. Mankiewicz → employer → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
Joan Crawford → employer → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
Lucille Ball → employer → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
Mark Robson → employer → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
Mark Robson → employer → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
this entity surface form: Val Lewton Unit at RKO
Max Steiner → employer → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
Merian C. Cooper → employer → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
Sam Wood → employer → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
Vernon L. Walker → employer → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
Willis H. O’Brien → employer → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
Pinocchio → filmDistributor → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
The Most Dangerous Game → filmingLocation → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
subject surface form: The Most Dangerous Game (1932 film)
this entity surface form: RKO studio lot
Bachelor Mother → filmingStudio → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
this entity surface form: RKO Studios
Hollywood Golden Age → majorStudio → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
Howard Hughes → owned → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. → owned → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
this entity surface form: RKO Studios (stakeholder/financier)
Radio Corporation of America → owned → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
On Your Toes → producedBy → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
this entity surface form: RKO
Barely Lethal → producer → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
this entity surface form: RKO Pictures
A Damsel in Distress → productionCompany → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
Bachelor Mother → productionCompany → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
Barely Lethal → productionCompany → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
this entity surface form: RKO Pictures
Bringing Up Baby → productionCompany → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
Carefree → productionCompany → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
Citizen Kane → productionCompany → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
Flying Down to Rio → productionCompany → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
Follow the Fleet → productionCompany → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
Gunga Din → productionCompany → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
film King Kong (1933) → productionCompany → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
subject surface form: King Kong (1933 film)
Kitty Foyle → productionCompany → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
Little Women (1933 film) → productionCompany → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
Mighty Joe Young → productionCompany → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
subject surface form: Mighty Joe Young (1949 film)
Morning Glory → productionCompany → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
subject surface form: Morning Glory (1933 film)
None but the Lonely Heart → productionCompany → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
Shall We Dance → productionCompany → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
Son of Kong → productionCompany → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
Stage Door → productionCompany → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
Swing Time → productionCompany → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
subject surface form: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (film)
this entity surface form: RKO Pictures
The Gay Divorcee → productionCompany → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
The Most Dangerous Game → productionCompany → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
subject surface form: The Most Dangerous Game (1932 film)
Top Hat → productionCompany → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
Carl Denham → productionCompanyContext → RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ