RKO (Radio-Keith-Orpheum) was founded in 1929 as RKO Radio Productions Inc and was known as one of "The Big Five" during Hollywood's Golden Age.
RKO Produced films such as: King Kong (1933), Rio Rita (1929), Check and Double Check (1930), Top Hat 1935 and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949).
In 1957, the original RKO Pictures stopped production and closed two years later until it was brought back in 1981 as a production subsidiary by RKO General. However, in 1989 the company sold its remaining assets. such as its right to recreate classic RKO films and its trademarks to new the latest owners who now run a small independent company, RKO Pictures LLC, who don't produce films, but distribute them.
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