When RKO was making the Astaire-Rogers musicals or "The Hunchback of Notrre Dame," it was considerred one the "Big Five" studiios in Hollywood, but that was a misnomer, for rarely did RKO turn a profit. It was consider "Bif Five" because like MGM, Warners, Fox and Paramount, it owned a lot of theaters all around the country. Truth be told, it was usually the most disorganized company in Hollywood. Thee closest it came to respectability was when Dore Schary breifly ran RKO in the late 1940s. But when Howard Hughes bought RKO in 1948, he tried to get rid of every iiberal writer or director the studio had, Hughes turned to making poorly made fiims and, by 1957, RKO was finished.
@hotwax9376 Жыл бұрын
A lot of that was due to the post-WWII Red Scare, much like McCarthyism.
@Rlotpir1972 Жыл бұрын
I thought Walt Disney bought the RKO franchise.
@Sailormac27 ай бұрын
They had a damn good run while it lasted, though. Orson Welles’ masterpieces, Fred and Ginger, It’s A Wonderful Life, King Kong, numerous films noir . . . they left a HUGE mark on film history in a very short time.
@Omardelatorr1 Жыл бұрын
7:00 Damn! Those 80s intros! Love em!
@nathancruz91722 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this RKO logos from Disney classic movies and other movie industry.
@andreas7136 Жыл бұрын
The term „Radio“ and the name „Radio Keith Orpheum“, the radio tower, all this was the special obsession of RCA boss David Sarnoff, co-founder of RKO, who considered himself as the „Father of American Brodcasting“. „Radio City“ in New York as the headquarter of RCA was never realized, only the Radio City Music Hall as a part of the Rockefeller Center.
@hotwax9376 Жыл бұрын
Also, NBC, which was owned by RCA at the time, had a studio in New York called Radio City and another one in Burbank, California, called Radio City West. I don't know if RCA (or RKO) ever owned Radio City Music Hall itself or just the naming rights.
@KCSNewYear Жыл бұрын
1929 was very old, and I watched this old production.
@thatoneorangepsychofox57 Жыл бұрын
did you know: the sound of the eiffel tower beeping was actually typing its name on morse code.
@puz7 ай бұрын
thats not the Eiffel tower...........
@sandisbergvalds20086 ай бұрын
@@puz that's the iconic RKO Transmitter tower.
@scottpearson89822 күн бұрын
.._.._r ...___._ . _k ._ _..o
@HieMan-g1n Жыл бұрын
So RKO as an entity kinda sorta still exists except they produce like one movie every 15 years?
@qjar-russ-j5xe123 жыл бұрын
Randy Orton's jumping cutter! RKO OUTTA NOWHERE!
@tanapatyangkaew4649 Жыл бұрын
WATCH OUT WATCH OUT WATCH OUT WATCH OUT
@hrrproductions5532 жыл бұрын
(10:36 - 10:53) i'm impressed by that rare RKO Pictures website intro 😉👍
@missbleach87676 ай бұрын
📹📹
@paullarue2010 Жыл бұрын
RKO is still around?
@lucywillis45352 жыл бұрын
They never thought to do one with king Kong on top of it???
@JontyMaster2 жыл бұрын
That would be amazing.
@dumbass3651 Жыл бұрын
@@JontyMasterdoubt they would have the technology to do that
@Sailormac27 ай бұрын
WHAT THE *BLEEP* IS A RADIO PICTURE? . . . if you know, you know. (Seriously, nice job, and I wish they’d get back full-time into the movie production business, because those new logos are classy AF.)
@sirtophamhatt82043 жыл бұрын
Wait, Randy Orton has his own movie company?
@karlc28692 жыл бұрын
LOL.
@KimmieJonesProductions5 жыл бұрын
Nice Ubisoft Logo recreation!
@JontyMaster5 жыл бұрын
I didn't make it. A friend of mine called Juan Pablo bro vids made it
@KimmieJonesProductions5 жыл бұрын
Oh, Ok
@1leon0004 жыл бұрын
@@JontyMaster IT ISN'T EVEN A REMAKE! HE JUST GAVE IT A GREEN TINT, REPLACED THE MUSIC, AND PUT YOUR CHANNEL'S NAME ON IT!
@JontyMaster4 жыл бұрын
@@1leon000 Yeah I know that.
@koolage537 Жыл бұрын
7:02 sounds like outfit7 films
@ConclusiveLionSecond Жыл бұрын
The outfit 7 films is fake
@KCSNewYear Жыл бұрын
@@ConclusiveLionSecondI know
@koolage537 Жыл бұрын
@@ConclusiveLionSecond nooononono
@missbleach87676 ай бұрын
🦁 2nd
@ChiyoPokemon5 ай бұрын
You forget radio Keith orpheum
@JontyMaster5 ай бұрын
Not everything has to be perfect :/
@LittleLusMyLuvs8 ай бұрын
10:35 the website
@TheAlphaVideoEffecter2 жыл бұрын
5:39 what is it called?
@DetectiveConanAptx5 ай бұрын
Snow White (1937)
@erikzelada55783 жыл бұрын
RKO: im still standing
@tracestephens76593 жыл бұрын
Hey, Jonty, why did CCG88 move to a new channel in 2018?
@saskoilersfan5 жыл бұрын
So this company was owned by Joseph Kennedy. Now I understand why the wizard of Oz killed John f Kennedy .
@secretboyz2oo1382 жыл бұрын
95th Anniversary Of RKO Are Coming 2024
@readwithmecandyb3220 Жыл бұрын
Did the company die?
@HL_Lifts14 күн бұрын
Yes
@kevinp.h157 Жыл бұрын
They’re still around?
@missbleach87676 ай бұрын
Timmy turner pfp. Internet?
@tracestephens76593 жыл бұрын
Hey, Jonty, can CCG88 revive his old channel and his old videos?
@JontyMaster3 жыл бұрын
I don't think it's possible, I'm afraid.
@JontyMaster3 жыл бұрын
Some of his old videos are still around, such as his ITC Logo Evolution he made in 2016/2017.
@tracestephens765910 ай бұрын
(1928-present) [Ep. 43]
@leahrowden39393 жыл бұрын
A Radio Picture/An RKO Radio Picture
@johnjackson70454 жыл бұрын
7:02 hey i just got a triple combo on the video game and i won
@johnjackson70454 жыл бұрын
@Dylan Guerrero the rko film game. with that sound
@EthanAnania2 жыл бұрын
10:36 - 10:53 Rare RKO Pictures website intro
@saharamunozsolis7243 Жыл бұрын
Un Disney🎡🐭
@jaheemjaheemauttpathdtcats3703 жыл бұрын
The last one supposed to be 1998-present, not 1996!
@JontyMaster3 жыл бұрын
No it's not it's 1996 to present!
@johnalsaka32013 жыл бұрын
No it’s not!! It’s 1998-present!!!!
@JontyMaster3 жыл бұрын
@@johnalsaka3201 You want proof that it's from 1996 to present? HERE: closinglogosgroup.miraheze.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures#5th_Logo_(October_19,_1996-)
@smashultimatefalcoteamkong57173 жыл бұрын
@@JontyMaster taken from king kong 1933 & son of kong 1933
@johnalsaka32013 жыл бұрын
Taken from are we done yet? (2007)
@kevinp.h157 Жыл бұрын
Disney’s mother studio
@saharamunozsolis7243 Жыл бұрын
Ya vimos Alicia en el país de las maravillas 😃 ꉂ(ˊᗜˋ*)♡
@wilkinsandwonkinsandmore13083 жыл бұрын
There’s parody of this logo on crashboxes game ear we are