RKO Radio Pictures

RKO can be traced to a Milwaukee nickelodeon (1909); after a series of mergers it became the nucleus of Mutual Film Corp.; in 1928, it emerged as Radio-Keith-Orpheum and was involved in production, distribution, and exhibition; the studio employed many of the top creative talents of the 1930s and 40s and was responsible for film classics such as Citizen Kane, Bringing up baby, Suspicion, Gay divorcee, and The magnificent Ambersons; additionally RKO was the distributor of many of Samuel Goldwyn, Walt Disney, and other independently produced films; Howard Hughes acquired controlling interest in RKO (1948), purchased all outstanding stock in the early 1950s, and eventually sold to General Tire where motion pictures were abandoned for broadcasting and cable TV; the studio was closed and the real estate sold to Desilu in the 1950s.

From the description of Studio collection, 1922-1956. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 41261884

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