The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood(1987)
Documentary
First Air Date: 1987-07-03
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 9.0
Votes: 2
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 6
Ed Asner tells the story of RKO Pictures from the 1920s to the 1960s.
Keywords
hollywood history
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Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 6E01
Birth of a Titan
Air Date: 1987-07-03
Ed Asner tells the story of RKO Pictures through the eyes of the people who worked there from its creation at the sta...
E02
Let's Face the Music and Dance
Air Date: 1987-07-10
He examines the musicals made in the mid 1930s with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Includes interviews with both sta...
E03
A Woman's Lot
Air Date: 1987-07-17
The story of RKO Pictures, told through the eyes of the people who worked there, traces the films made at RKO for and...
E04
It's All True
Air Date: 1987-07-24
Orson Welles spent a hectic few years at RKO, making Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons and the abandoned It's A...
E05
Dark Victory
Air Date: 1987-07-31
The 1950s were a time of mounting paranoia, reflected by the studio's ventures into film noir. Robert Mitchum makes h...
E06
Howard's End
Air Date: 1987-08-07
Series concludes as Howard Hughes' purchase of RKO has a devastating effect on the studio.
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