RKO
And The Academy Award Goes To….Walt Disney!
USA TODAY (blog) | Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:07:29 -0800
The resulting film, which was the first of the True Life Adventures series, did not appeal to RKO, Disney's film distributor at the time, who felt audiences would not sit still for a nature film. In addition, they felt the Disney name was so closely ...
Citizen Kane : The Classic
ABC Online | Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:15:15 -0800
Given carte blanche to direct a film at RKO, Welles collaborated with veteran Hollywood writer Herman J. Mankiewicz on CITIZEN KANE, a thinly veiled biography of the country's most powerful media baron, William Randolph Hearst, called in the film ...
31st Academy Awards at the Pantages
Los Angeles Times (blog) | Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:01:54 -0800
Los Angeles Times motion-picture editor Philip K. Scheuer reported: Hollywood staged its biggest annual shindig tonight (Monday) at RKO Pantages Theater – the 31st awards presentations of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Los Angeles Times (blog)
A Piece of Lake Bluff History to Call Home
Patch.com | Tue, 21 Feb 2012 03:03:41 -0800
Home was built by John Murdock, a partner in RKO, which backed films like King Kong and Citizen Kane. By Matt Klinkert One hundred and 10 years later, the historical landmark home still graces 550 E. Center Ave. When Queen Anne came to Lake Bluff in ...