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RKO Radio Pictures, inc. correspondence
- Title
- RKO Radio Pictures, inc. correspondence, 1931-1958.
- Author
- RKO Radio Pictures.
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Not available - Please for assistance. | Ovz. Fol. 1 | Mixed material | By appointment only | *T-Mss 1996-018 Ovz. Fol. 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1996-018 Box 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
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- Description
- .41 lf. (1 box and 1 oversized folder)
- Summary
- Highlighting the careers of actors, writers, and directors, the letters, memos, loan agreements, and contractual information for various film projects span the years 1931-1958.
- Subjects
- Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998
- Shaw, Irwin, 1913-1984
- Holt, Tim, 1918-1973
- Cornered (Motion picture)
- Motion pictures > United States > History
- Hepburn, Katharine, 1907-2003
- Laughton, Charles, 1899-1962
- Motion picture actors and actresses
- Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980
- Runyon, Damon, 1880-1946
- RKO Radio Pictures
- Motion picture studios > United States
- Motion pictures > Production and direction
- Hunchback of Notre Dame (Motion picture : 1939)
- Henreid, Paul
- Access (note)
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Source (note)
- Charles Apfelbaum
- Biography (note)
- The Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corporation (RKO), one of the major Hollywood production and distribution studios of the 1930s and 40s, began in 1928 with a merger between the Film Booking Office of America and the Keith-Albee-Orpheum theater chain.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.
- Processing Action (note)
- Processed and cataloged
- Call Number
- *T-Mss 1996-018
- OCLC
- NYPW97-A0
- Author
- RKO Radio Pictures.
- Title
- RKO Radio Pictures, inc. correspondence, 1931-1958.
- Restricted Access
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Biography
- The Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corporation (RKO), one of the major Hollywood production and distribution studios of the 1930s and 40s, began in 1928 with a merger between the Film Booking Office of America and the Keith-Albee-Orpheum theater chain. In 1931, with the takeover of American Pathe the mergers were complete. Over the years, production chiefs included David O. Selznick, Merian C. Cooper, George Schaefer and Dore Schary. Among the memorable motion pictures produced by or released through RKO were the Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers musicals, early Katharine Hepburn films, THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, KING KONG, Alfred Hitchcock's SUSPICION and NOTORIOUS, and Orson Welles' CITIZEN KANE.RKO began its decline when Howard Hughes bought a controlling interest in 1948. In 1955 Hughes sold the company to the General Teleradio Corporation which, in turn, sold the television rights to over seven hundred films. The studio property was purchased by Desilu Productions in 1958.
- Indexes
- Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.
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- Research Call Number
- *T-Mss 1996-018