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RKO Radio Pictures Inc., commonly known as RKO Pictures or simply RKO, was an American film production and distribution company, one of the "Big Five" film studios of Hollywood's Golden Age.
As to RKO, it’s a tale of Hollywood power brokers, fierce competition, and cinema history wrapped up in a 3 letter abbreviation. The letters stand for: Radio – Keith – Orpheum. Still mystified? Read on.
The history of RKO (aka Radio-Keith-Orpheum, aka RKO Radio Pictures) is utterly unique among the Hollywood studios, particularly the Big Five integrated majors.
What does RKO mean? RKO is a wrestling move famously performed by professional wrestler Randy Orton.
With a legacy that includes classic films like Citizen Kane, King Kong, and It’s a Wonderful Life, the modern RKO Pictures produces, finances and distributes both original entertainment and remakes of its classic films.
RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.,, American motion-picture studio that made some notable films in the 1930s and ’40s. Radio-Keith-Orpheum originated in 1928 from the merger of the Radio Corporation of America, the Keith-Albee-Orpheum theatre chain, and the American Pathé production firm.
In 1928, Radio Corporation of America (RCA) president David Sarnoff teamed with tycoon Joseph P. Kennedy to merge the theater chain with Kennedy's movie distributing company, the Film Booking...
