Rko Film
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16mm…Chance at Heaven..RKO…1933…Ginger Rogers…Joel McCrea…Andy Devine $99.95 |
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LD laserdisc RKO ’52 Film Noir BEWARE, MY LOVELY Ida Lupino/Robert Ryan $39.99 |
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LD laserdisc RKO ’49 Film Noir THE BIG STEAL Robert Mitchum/Jane Greer/Wm Bendix $24.99 |
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ROBERT RYAN CLAUDETTE COLBERT ORIG RKO FILM NOIR STILL $16.00 |
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RKO HORROR THRILLER SPIRAL STAIRCASE ORIG FILM STILL #2 $12.00 |
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JANE RUSSELL ROBERT MITCHUM ORIG RKO FILM NOIR STILL $12.00 |
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LOUIS HAYWARD DANCE GIRL DANCE ORIGINAL RKO FILM STILL $16.00 |
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ELLEN DREW RUDY VALLEE ORIG MAN ALIVE RKO FILM STILL $12.00 |
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ANN DVORAK THE LONG NIGHT ORIGINAL RKO FILM NOIR STILL $12.00 |
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RKO FILM NOIR STRANGE BARGAIN ORIGINAL VINTAGE STILL $12.00 |
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WE WHO ARE ABOUT TO DIE ORIG JOHN MIEHLE RKO FILM STILL $12.00 |
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ANN DVORAK ORIGINAL JOHN MIEHLE RKO FILM STILL #2 $16.00 |
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RKO HORROR THRILLER SPIRAL STAIRCASE ORIG FILM STILL #5 $12.00 |
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JANIS PAIGE THE HALF BREED ORIG RKO WESTERN FILM STILL $12.00 |
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RKO HORROR THRILLER SPIRAL STAIRCASE ORIG FILM STILL #4 $12.00 |
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RKO HORROR THRILLER SPIRAL STAIRCASE ORIG FILM STILL #1 $12.00 |
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LORETTA YOUNG TAKES AIM ORIGINAL RKO WESTERN FILM STILL $12.00 |
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EDDIE CANTOR IF YOU KNEW SUSIE ORIGINAL RKO FILM STILL $12.00 |
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ROSALIND RUSSELL IS SISTER KENNY ORIG RKO FILM STILL #2 $12.00 |
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ROSALIND RUSSELL IS SISTER KENNY ORIG RKO FILM STILL #6 $12.00 |
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ROSALIND RUSSELL IS SISTER KENNY ORIG RKO FILM STILL #9 $12.00 |
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ROSALIND RUSSELL IS SISTER KENNY ORIG RKO FILM STILL #3 $12.00 |
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ROSALIND RUSSELL IS SISTER KENNY ORIG RKO FILM STILL #1 $12.00 |
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LORETTA YOUNG ORSON WELLES ORIG RKO FILM NOIR STILL #2 $12.00 |
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TERESA WRIGHT ORIGINAL RKO ENCHANTMENT FILM STILL #1 $12.00 |
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ANN DVORAK ORIGINAL JOHN MIEHLE RKO FILM STILL #1 $16.00 |
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CLIVE BROOK IF I WERE FREE ORIG VINTAGE RKO FILM STILL $12.00 |
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FRANK MORGAN HAS LADY LUCK ORIG RKO GAMBLING FILM STILL $12.00 |
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RANDOLPH SCOTT ORIGINAL BOMBARDIER RKO WAR FILM STILL 1 $12.00 |
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MARY CARLISLE IS THE GRAND OLD GIRL ORIG RKO FILM STILL $12.00 |
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RICHARD CARLSON MARTHA SCOTT ORIGINAL RKO FILM STILL $12.00 |
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JANE WYMAN THE BLUE VEIL ORIGINAL RKO FILM STILL #3 $12.00 |
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JANE WYMAN THE BLUE VEIL ORIGINAL RKO FILM STILL #1 $12.00 |
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LOVELY LINA ROMAY ORIGINAL RKO HONEYMOON FILM STILL $12.00 |
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ROSALIND RUSSELL IS SISTER KENNY ORIG RKO FILM STILL #7 $12.00 |
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ROSALIND RUSSELL IS SISTER KENNY ORIG RKO FILM STILL #4 $12.00 |
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ROSALIND RUSSELL IS SISTER KENNY ORIG RKO FILM STILL #8 $12.00 |
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1939 Ad RKO Film Movie Child of Divorce Anne Shirley – ORIGINAL $19.95 |
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1941 Ad Anna Neagle RKO Film Actor Star Herbert Wilcox – ORIGINAL $24.95 |
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16mm #503 – RKO Feature Presentation color/music – theater announcement $5.50 |
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WALT DISNEY Mickey Mouse SILLY SYMPHONIES Technicolor Cartoon RKO Film Trade Ad $59.99 |
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A-1945 JOHNNY ANGEL RKO RAFT TREVOR HASSO ACTION FILM AD $21.95 |
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A-1939 GUNGA DIN FAIRBANKS JR GRANT McLAGLEN RKO FILM AD $21.95 |
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1939 Ad RKO Swiss Family Robinson Plays the Thing Film – ORIGINAL $24.95 |
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1939 Ad RKO Sir Walter Scott Ivanhoe Film Movie Knights – ORIGINAL $24.95 |
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Movie Still I’M FROM THE CITY Joe Penner RKO Film 1939 $9.97 |
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CRACK-UP Vintage 1946 RKO Film Noir CLAIRE TREVOR PAT O’BRIEN LOBBY CARD Amnesia $34.95 |
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CRACK-UP Vintage 1946 RKO Film Noir CLAIRE TREVOR PAT O’BRIEN HERBERT MARSHALL $34.95 |
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ROBERT MITCHUM ROBERT RYAN ORIGINAL Vintage 1951 RKO FILM NOIR THE RACKET Photo $14.95 |
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TERRY MOORE Vintage 1951 GAMBLING HOUSE RKO Film Noir ORIGINAL MOVIE PHOTO $9.95 |
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VICTOR MATURE 1951 Chevy Sedan Vintage GAMBLING HOUSE RKO Film Noir MOVIE PHOTO $9.95 |
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VICTOR MATURE ORIGINAL Vintage 1951 GAMBLING HOUSE RKO Film Noir MOVIE PHOTO $9.95 |
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VICTOR MATURE ORIGINAL Vintage 1951 GAMBLING HOUSE RKO Film Noir MOVIE PHOTO $9.95 |
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VICTOR MATURE WILLIAM BENDIX Vintage GAMBLING HOUSE RKO Film Noir MOVIE PHOTO $9.95 |
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16mm Model Railroading–IRON PONIES—1948 RKO Short $34.95 |
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CAROLE LOMBARD ORIG VIGIL IN THE NIGHT RKO FILM STILL $12.00 |
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8×10 RKO FILM STAR GINGER ROGERS -REDHEAD- PUBLICITY CARD- for PRIMROSE PATH- $5.00 |
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Original 1957 RKO – UNHOLY WIFE French Movie Poster Diana Dors 1sh Film Noir art $19.95 |
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SEFFI DUNA THE GIRL AND THE GAMBLER ORIGNAL RKO FILM STILL $12.00 |
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WHEELER AND WOOLSEY ORIGINAL RKO GIRL CRAZY FILM STILL $16.00 |
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CHARLES MIDDLETON MAUDE EBURNE HOLLYWOOD COWBOY ORIGINAL RKO FILM STILL $12.00 |
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COULD THIS BE BETTY GRABLE IN THE GAY DIVORCEE ORIGINAL RKO FILM STILL $20.00 |
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JAMES GLEASON MARGARET CALLAHAN ORIGINAL HOT TIP RKO FILM STILL $12.00 |
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LUPE VELEZ IS THE GIRL FROM MEXICO ORIGINAL VINTAGE RKO FILM STILL $12.00 |
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DESPERATE (1947 RKO film) Steve Brodie, Raymond Burr VH $16.95 |
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1949 Ad RKO Pathe TV Film American-Standard Winterglo $6.50 |
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ADELE JERGENS ORIGINAL Vintage 1950 EDGE OF DOOM RKO Film Noir MOVIE PHOTO $11.95 |
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DANA ANDREWS FARLEY GRANGER Vintage 1950 EDGE OF DOOM RKO Film Noir MOVIE PHOTO $9.95 |
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FARLEY GRANGER PAUL STEWART Vintage 1950 EDGE OF DOOM RKO Film Noir MOVIE PHOTO $9.95 |
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FARLEY GRANGER Vintage 1950 EDGE OF DOOM RKO Film Noir MOVIE PHOTO $9.95 |
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ELLA RAINES GEORGE RAFT PAT O’BRIEN 1949 DANGEROUS PROFESSION RKO FILM NOIR LC $24.95 |
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ROBERT MITCHUM FAITH DOMERGUE Vintage RKO FILM NOIR WHERE DANGER LIVES Photo $9.99 |
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FOLLOW ME QUIETLY Original VINTAGE 1949 RKO FILM NOIR LINEN BACKED INSERT POSTER $79.95 |
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Rare Film Noir ANGEL FACE – ROBERT MITCHUM / JEAN SIMMONS Otto Preminger RKO $9.99 |
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JOHN FORD CLASSIC THE LOST PATROL ORIGINAL RKO FILM STILL #3 $12.00 |
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JOHN FORD CLASSIC THE LOST PATROL ORIGINAL RKO FILM STILL #2 $12.00 |
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JOHN FORD CLASSIC THE LOST PATROL ORIGINAL RKO FILM STILL #1 $12.00 |
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JOHN FORD CLASSIC THE LOST PATROL ORIGINAL RKO FILM STILL #4 $12.00 |
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1930 WHEELER & WOOLSY film song “THE CUCKOOS” w/ Dorothy Lee RKO RADIO PICTURES $3.99 |
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JOAN CRAWFORD ORIGINAL Vintage 1952 RKO FILM NOIR SUDDEN FEAR Photo $11.95 |
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16MM RKO CABALLERO COLLEGE B/W EXCELLENT KODAK ORIGINAL $9.99 |
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Charles Boyer & Irene Dunne Sheet Music WISHING from RKO Film Love Affair 1939 $2.99 |
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Kay Kyser Sheet Music from Film That’s Right You’re Wrong Lucille Ball RKO 1939 $5.99 |
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WESTERN STAR JOHN WAYNE IS WITHOUT RESERVATIONS ORIGINAL RKO FILM STILL #2 $16.00 |
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WESTERN STAR JOHN WAYNE IS WITHOUT RESERVATIONS ORIGINAL RKO FILM STILL #1 $12.00 |
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JOHN WAYNE THE FLYING LEATHERNECKS ORIGINAL VINTAGE RKO FILM STILL #7 $10.00 |
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JOHN WAYNE THE FLYING LEATHERNECKS ORIGINAL VINTAGE RKO FILM STILL #5 $10.00 |
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JOHN WAYNE THE FLYING LEATHERNECKS ORIGINAL VINTAGE RKO FILM STILL #6 $10.00 |
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JOHN WAYNE THE FLYING LEATHERNECKS ORIGINAL VINTAGE RKO FILM STILL #4 $10.00 |
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RPPC Rosalind Russell RKO RADIO FILMS Postcard $12.99 |
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RARE 16mm PRE-CODE Feature: THREE WHO LOVED (1931 RKO) Betty Compson $99.00 |
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CAT PEOPLE – 1942 Val Lewton Horror Fantasy Film VINTAGE RKO MOVIE LOBBY CARD $275.00 |
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THE GHOST SHIP – 1943 Val Lewton Horror Film ORIGINAL RKO MOVIE TITLE LOBBY CARD $175.00 |
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1940 Ad RCA Carole Lombard Movie Film Sound Track RKO – ORIGINAL ADVERTISING $44.95 |
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DOLORES DEL RIO IS THE FUGITIVE ORIGINAL VINTAGE RKO FILM STILL $12.00 |
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1930 Audree Henderson RKO Movies Film Actor Casting Ad – ORIGINAL $36.95 |
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1947 Movie Ad So Well Remembered John Mills RKO Film – ORIGINAL ADVERTISING $36.95 |
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1949 Movie Ad Never a Dull Moment Irene Dunne RKO Film – ORIGINAL ADVERTISING $36.95 |
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1958 Ad Buena Vista Films Movie Disney Peter Pan RKO – ORIGINAL ADVERTISING $23.95 |
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1949 Movie Ad Judge Steps Out Alexander Knox RKO FIlm – ORIGINAL ADVERTISING $36.95 |
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RKO Radio Pictures: A Titan Is Born $29.92 One of the “Big Five” studios of Hollywood’s golden age, RKO is remembered today primarily for the famous films it produced, from King Kong and Citizen Kane to the Astaire-Rogers musicals. But its own story also provides a fascinating case study of film industry management during one of the most vexing periods in American social history. RKO Radio Pictures: A Titan is Born offers a vivid history o… |
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The RKO Features: A Complete Filmography of the Feature Films Released or Produced by RKO Radio $35.95 Noted for its “B” westerns, RKO also produced several movie classics; two were Citizen Kane and Gunga Din. Comprehensive filmographic data are included here for all of the studio’s features: title, year of release, production credits, cast, genre, running time, alternate titles, availability on videocassette, and plot synopsis. Many entries give background information on the film’s production … |
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Citizen Kane (BFI Film Classics) $4.50 Citizen Kane’s unchallenged reputation as one of the greatest films in all cinema is matched only by the accumulation of critical commentary that surrounds it. What more can there be to say about a masterpiece so universally acknowledged? As Laura Mulvey shows in a fresh and original reading, the richness of the film, both thematically and stylistically, is inexhaustible. In a lucid and perceptive… |
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RKO 281 – The Battle Over Citizen Kane $2.48 See how the greatest movie ever made nearly wasn’t, in this acclaimed look at the creation of “Citizen Kane.” Liev Schreiber stars as mercurial theatrical “boy wonder” Orson Welles, whose plan to film his and co-writer Herman Mankiewicz’s (John Malkovich) thinly-veiled look at the life of publisher William Randolph Hearst (James Cromwell) and his mistress, actress Marion Davies (Melanie Griffith),… |
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Suspicion $2.99 … |
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The Lucille Ball RKO Comedy Collection: Volume One (Go Chase Yourself / Next Time I Marry / Look Who’s Laughing) $19.55 Long before she was crowned the queen of TV, Lucille Ball reigned as the “queen of the Bs” for RKO pictures, appearing in over 43 films. This collection brings together three rarely seen treasures from Lucy’s RKO days, giving modern audiences a chance to witness a star on the rise.Before she hitched her antics to Vincente Minnelli’s The Long, Long Trailer, Lucy joined Joe Penner in 1938′s romp Go … |
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1949 Movie Ad Never a Dull Moment Irene Dunne RKO Film – Original Print Ad $36.95 “Never a Dull Moment.” This is a 1949 black and white print ad for the movie “Never a Dull Moment” starring Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray. Produced by Harriet Parsons and directed by George Marshall. An RKO Radio Picture…. |
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1941 Ad Anna Neagle RKO Film Actor Star Herbert Wilcox – Original Lithograph $84.95 This is an original 1941 black and white promotional ad for Anna Neagle, a popular British star during WWII who appeared in several RKO distributed pictures produced and directed by Herbert Wilcox, (who later became her husband). Period Paper is pleased to offer an exceptionally rare and exclusive collection of lithographed promotional flyers from RKO (Radio-Keith-Orpheum) Pictures in 1941 for th… |
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1930 Audree Henderson RKO Movies Film Actor Casting Ad – Original Casting Ad $36.95 Audrey Henderson Period Paper is pleased to offer a scare 1930 collection of original casting advertisements for stage, silent film, and early talking picture actors…. |
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Rko 281 [VHS] $2.70 This absorbing HBO docudrama tells the story of the making of what is considered by many to be America’s greatest film, Citizen Kane. “Boy genius” Orson Welles came to Hollywood with no idea how to follow up his stage and radio success in the movie business. A dinner invitation to publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst’s castle, San Simeon, inspired him to use Hearst’s story as the basis for … |
The Hollywood Studio System During the Golden Age
During the Golden Age of Hollywood, five major studios (also known as the Big Five) were the top profiting studios within the film industry. MGM held the top spot for eleven years (1931-1941), with 20th Century Fox firmly in second place. Paramount profited very substantially during the early sound era (1928-1930) and after a slow period during the 1930′s climbed back to profitability during the booming 1940′s. Warner Brothers and RKO Radio Pictures remained stable until the late 1940′s when RKO began to decline.
The Hollywood Studio system created by these five major film studios is credited with developing most of the legendary stars of the Golden Era. During the early years of film production, studios would invest a great deal of money to recruit, groom, and then sign to contracts those stars who possessed the greatest talent potential. This method of self-development came to be known as the “star system.”
In 1935 the emergence of the “talent scout system” came into being. This meant that undiscovered talent from outside of the studio had a chance to be discovered by a talent scout who would then represent his client to the studios in the hope of obtaining a contract.
In an effort to find this undiscovered talent, these scouts would constantly monitor Broadway, vaudeville, and radio. On occasion, they would randomly discover a potential star out in the general public based on their style, first impression, or simply good looks. A perfect example of this is Hollywood legend Lana Turner who was discovered drinking a root beer on a bench outside of a diner by a talent scout who thought that she had the perfect look for a part in an upcoming movie.
Performance contracts within the studio system were very strict, and encroached on the social life of an actor or actress. Many allowable social activities were scheduled by the studio as a promotional technique to bring their stars more press and attention. This, in effect, meant that the star was now the property of the studio and that many aspects of their personal lives were under the complete control of the industry.
Most of the star contracts during this period were seven years long, with a six month option for contract players. Should the star prove to not be as popular as the studio had wanted and not generating enough of a profit at the box office within six months, the studio could revoke the contract. However, if they did well, they could be given a higher salary until the option period of their next contract.
These contracts gave the studios complete control over the actors, including the right to make the actor accept any role chosen by the studio whether the actor was interested in the role or not. These contracts also provided the studio the right to loan, and receive a fee or other mutually agreed upon arrangement, their stars to other studios with or without the stars consent.
Due to the restrictive nature and enforcement of these contracts, many stars often found themselves playing roles that they did not want, or were just opposed to. It could be a tough trade-off; and ultimately, in order to be a contract star during this era you had to accept the fact that you, the actor, had no control over your career and were at the mercy of the studio.
The old Hollywood studio system of star control ended soon after the Golden Era. The film studios were eventually forced into shutting down their monopolizing system allowing entertainers and other film professionals, both independent and foreign, more creative and rewarding control over their careers.
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