Republic Pictures Logo
used from 1949 to 1959.
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The following four paragraphs are taken from Wikipedia, and the Article can be read in full at REPUBLIC PICTURES
Republic Pictures is a label owned by Paramount Pictures.[2] Its history dates back to Republic Pictures Corporation, an American film studio that originally operated from 1935[3] to 1967, based in Los Angeles, California. It had production and distribution facilities in Studio City, as well as a movie ranch in Encino.
Republic was known for specialising in Westerns, cliffhanger serials, and B-films emphasising action and mystery.
Monogram Pictures, a predecessor to Republic Pictures.
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The studio was also notable for developing the careers of such famous Western stars as Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, and John Wayne. It was also responsible for the financial management and distribution of several big-budget feature films directed by John Ford, as well as one Shakespeare motion picture directed by Orson Welles.
Under the supervising leadership of Herbert J. Yates, Republic was considered a mini-major film studio, producing almost 1,000 motion pictures.[4]
Under the supervising leadership of Herbert J. Yates, Republic was considered a mini-major film studio, producing almost 1,000 motion pictures.[4]
Classic opening Logo of RKO Radio Pictures.
The famous “Transmitter” Production Logo
of RKO Radio Pictures 1929 - 1957.
Date: 1929.
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In”. Originally from The Library of Congress.
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RKO Radio Pictures.
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Classic closing Logo of RKO Radio Pictures.
Date: 1936 - 1955.
Original Rights Holder: RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
Heir to Rights Holder: RKO Pictures LLC.
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can be read in full at RKO PICTURES
RKO Pictures, commonly known as simply RKO, is an American film, television and stage production company owned by Concord.
The business was formed after the Keith-Albee-Orpheum Theatre 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.
RKO Pictures, commonly known as simply RKO, is an American film, television and stage production company owned by Concord.
Radio-Keith-Orpheum Logo, 1929.
Original Rights Holder: Radio Pictures Inc.
Heir to Rights Holder: RKO Pictures LLC.
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In its original incarnation, as RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., it was one of the “Big Five” film studios of Hollywood’s Golden Age.
Poster for the 1931 film “Alias French Gertie”.
Date: 1 April 1930.
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Author: RKO Pictures.
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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 (an initialism of Radio-Keith-Orpheum).
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.
RKO has long been renowned for its cycle of musicals starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in the Mid- to Late-1930s. Actors Katharine Hepburn and, later, Robert Mitchum had their first major successes at the Studio.
RKO has long been renowned for its cycle of musicals starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in the Mid- to Late-1930s. Actors Katharine Hepburn and, later, Robert Mitchum had their first major successes at the Studio.
Cary Grant was a mainstay for years, with credits including touchstones of the screwball comedy genre with which RKO was identified.
The work of producer Val Lewton’s low-budget horror unit and RKO’s many ventures into the field now known as film noir have been acclaimed, largely after the fact, by film critics and historians.
The Studio produced two of the most famous films in motion picture history: King Kong and producer/director/star Orson Welles’s Citizen Kane.
RKO was also responsible for notable co-productions such as It's a Wonderful Life and Notorious, and it distributed many celebrated films by animation pioneer Walt Disney and leading independent producer Samuel Goldwyn.
Scan of the original publicity poster for King Kong.
Date: 1933.
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Though it often could not compete financially for top star and director contracts, RKO’s below-the-line personnel were among the finest, including composer Max Steiner, cinematographers Nicholas Musuraca and Gregg Toland, and designer Van Nest Polglase.
Maverick industrialist Howard Hughes took over RKO in 1948. After years of disarray and decline under his control, the Studio was acquired by the General Tire and Rubber Company in 1955.
Maverick industrialist Howard Hughes took over RKO in 1948. After years of disarray and decline under his control, the Studio was acquired by the General Tire and Rubber Company in 1955.
It soon broke new business ground as the first major Studio to sell the bulk of its film library’s TV Rights. The original RKO Pictures ceased production in 1957 and was effectively dissolved two years later.
In 1978, broadcaster RKO General, the corporate heir, launched a production subsidiary, RKO Pictures Inc., which revived the film production brand with its first theatrical releases three years later.
In 1989, this business, with its remaining assets, including the Studio trademarks and the Remake Rights to many classic RKO films, was sold to new owners.
It was re-established as the production company RKO Pictures LLC., which operated independently for thirty-five years until it was acquired by Concord Originals in 2025.
Radio City Christmas Spectacular.
Date: 30 January 2008.
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The following Text is taken from Wikipedia, and the Article can be read in full at RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL
Radio City Music Hall (also known as Radio City) is an entertainment venue and Theatre at 1260 Avenue of the Americas, within Rockefeller Center, in the Midtown Manhattan neighbourhood of New York City.
Nicknamed “The Showplace of the Nation”, it is the headquarters for The Rockettes.
Radio City Music Hall was designed by Edward Durell Stone and Donald Deskey in the Art Deco Style.
Radio City Music Hall was built on a plot of land that was originally intended for an Opera House for the Metropolitan Opera, plans for which were cancelled in 1929.
Radio City Music Hall was built on a plot of land that was originally intended for an Opera House for the Metropolitan Opera, plans for which were cancelled in 1929.
It opened on 27 December 1932, as part of the construction of Rockefeller Center. The 5,960-seat Music Hall was the larger of two venues built for Rockefeller Center’s “Radio City” section, the other being the RKO Roxy Theatre (later the Center Theatre); the “Radio City” name came to apply only to Radio City Music Hall.
It was largely successful until the 1970s, when declining patronage nearly drove the Theatre to bankruptcy.
Radio City was designated a New York City Landmark in May 1978, and it was restored and allowed to remain open. The Theater was extensively renovated in 1999.
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The Grand Foyer,
Radio City Music Hall.
Date: 19 June 2017.
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By the Late-20th-Century and Early-21st-Century, it primarily hosted concerts, including by leading pop and rock musicians, and live Stage Shows such as the Radio City Christmas Spectacular.
Radio City has also hosted televised events including the Grammy Awards, Tony Awards, the Daytime Emmy Awards, MTV Video Music Awards, and NFL draft, as well as university graduation ceremonies.
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