ISBN10: 0520271785, ISBN13: 9780520271784, [publisher: University of California Press 2012-06-01, Berkeley] Hardcover Language: ENG
[London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2012]

ISBN10: 0520271785, ISBN13: 9780520271784, [publisher: University of California Press, Berkerley] Hardcover Hardcover. 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 of a thirty-year roller coaster of unstable finances, management battles, and artistic gambles. Richard Jewell has used unparalleled access to studio documents generally unavailable to scholars to produce the first business history of RKO, exploring its decision-making processes and illuminating the complex interplay between art and commerce during the heyday of the studio system. Behind the blockbuster films and the glamorous stars, the story of RKO often contained more drama than any of the movies it ever produced. 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. This title offers a history of a roller coaster of RKO's unstable finances, management battles, and artistic gambles. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on ...