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Ed Asner tells the story of RKO Pictures from the 1920s to the 1960s.

The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood (1987)

July. 03,1987

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The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood

1987

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Seasons & Episode

Seasons 1 : 1987

6 Episode

Episode 6 - Howard's End

August. 07,1987

Series concludes as Howard Hughes' purchase of RKO has a devastating effect on the studio.

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Episode 5 - Dark Victory

July. 31,1987

The 1950s were a time of mounting paranoia, reflected by the studio's ventures into film noir. Robert Mitchum makes his first screen appearance, Val Lewton creates Zombies and Cat People, and the House Un-American Activities Committee stalks its prey.

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Episode 4 - It's All True

July. 24,1987

Orson Welles spent a hectic few years at RKO, making Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons and the abandoned It's All True.

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Episode 3 - A Woman's Lot

July. 17,1987

The story of RKO Pictures, told through the eyes of the people who worked there, traces the films made at RKO for and by women, concentrating on the careers of Ginger Rogers and Katharine Hepburn.

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Episode 2 - Let's Face the Music and Dance

July. 10,1987

He examines the musicals made in the mid 1930s with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Includes interviews with both stars, the producer Pando Berman and choreographer Hermes Pan.

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Episode 1 - Birth of a Titan

July. 03,1987

Ed Asner tells the story of RKO Pictures through the eyes of the people who worked there from its creation at the start of the talkies in the late 1920s.

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Ed Asner tells the story of RKO Pictures from the 1920s to the 1960s.

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Ed Asner

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