6. Howard's End
Series concludes as Howard Hughes' purchase of RKO has a devastating effect on the studio.
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The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood is a documentary TV series that premiered on BBC Four on July 3, 1987. It has 1 season and 6 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 1 Episode 6 "Howard's End", aired on August 7, 1987.
Ed Asner tells the story of RKO Pictures from the 1920s to the 1960s.
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6 episodes · 1 season
1987 · 6 episodes · Last episode: 39 years ago
Series concludes as Howard Hughes' purchase of RKO has a devastating effect on the studio.
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.
Orson Welles spent a hectic few years at RKO, making Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons and the abandoned It's All True.
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.
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.
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.
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on August 7, 1987.
The most recent episode of The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood, Season 1 Episode 6 "Howard's End", aired on August 7, 1987.
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood has 1 season with 6 episodes in total.
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood first aired on BBC Four on July 3, 1987.
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