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RKO Pictures

RKO Pictures
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Date de fondation 23 octobre 1928

RKO Pictures, abréviation de Radio-Keith-Orpheum Pictures, est la plus ancienne des sociétés américaines indépendantes de production de films de cinéma. Formellement dissoute en 1959, elle a cependant repris vie en 1981 à travers l'exploitation de son catalogue à la suite de plusieurs rachats de droits. Son logo est un émetteur sur un globe terrestre.

Ses meilleurs films

Bambi
Bambi
(1942) Cendrillon
Cendrillon
(1950) Blanche-Neige et les Sept Nains
Blanche-Neige et les Sept Nains
(1938) Pinocchio
Pinocchio
(1940) Les Sept Samouraïs
Les Sept Samouraïs
(1954) Peter Pan
Peter Pan
(1953)
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Filmographie de RKO Pictures (1392 films)

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The Royal Bed
The Royal Bed (1931)

Réalisé par Lowell Sherman, Bryan Foy
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie
Thèmes Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre
Acteurs Mary Astor, Lowell Sherman, Anthony Bushell, Nance O'Neil, Hugh Trevor, Robert Warwick

Princess Anne (Mary Astor) plans to run away with Freddie Granton (Anthony Bushell), the commoner secretary of her father, King Eric VIII (Lowell Sherman), once her domineering mother, Queen Martha (Nance O'Neil), has left for a vacation in America. Anne is therefore aghast when the Marquis of Birten (Alan Roscoe) brings news that he has negotiated her political marriage to Prince William of Grec (Hugh Trevor), a man she has never even met. Dismissing Anne's vehement protests, the Queen is delighted, a feeling not shared by Anne's loving but ineffectual father.
Sally in Our Alley
Sally in Our Alley (1931)
, 1h10
Réalisé par Maurice Elvey
Genres Drame, Comédie, Comédie romantique, Musical, Romance
Thèmes Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre
Acteurs Gracie Fields, Ian Hunter, Florence Desmond, Fred Groves, Gibb McLaughlin, Ivor Barnard

A British soldier (Ian Hunter) goes off to fight in World War I, with his girlfriend (Gracie Fields) waiting and worried at home. He is soon wounded in battle and crippled. He comes to the conclusion that she would be better off believing that he has been killed so she can get on with her life. She gets the news and is devastated. Several years later she is still grieving for him, but he has now been cured and goes looking for her.
Way Back Home
Way Back Home (1931)
, 1h21
Réalisé par William A. Seiter
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame
Acteurs Phillips Lord, Frank Albertson, Bette Davis, Stanley Fields, Frankie Darro, Dorothy Peterson

A decade earlier, Jonesport, Maine preacher Seth Parker and his wife offered shelter to runaway Robbie Turner, who as an infant was abandoned by his sadistic, alcoholic father Rufe. Mary Lucy Duffy, who has been banished from her home by her father for fraternizing with farm hand David Clark, is living with the Parkers as well, and her romance with David attracts the attention of the local gossips. Years earlier, David's mother Rose had run off with a stranger, and when she and her illegitimate infant son returned to Jonesport, they were shunned by the townspeople.
Young Donovan's Kid
Young Donovan's Kid (1931)
, 1h17
Réalisé par Fred Niblo, James Anderson
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Policier
Acteurs Richard Dix, Marion Shilling, Jackie Cooper, Frank Sheridan, Boris Karloff, Dick Rush

Jim Donovan (Richard Dix) is a two-bit mob leader in New York during the 1920s. When another mobster, Ben Murray (Richard Alexander) is killed in a gunfight between rival gangs, Donovan takes it upon himself to raise his son, Midge Murray (Jackie Cooper). When Donovan seeks the advice of the parish priest on how to raise an adolescent boy, the priest, Father Dan (Frank Sheridan), enlists the services of his niece, Kitty Costello (Marion Shilling). When she directs Donovan to get honest work, he agrees, and she gets him a job at the ironworks where she is also employed. He is slowly transformed by the effect that both Midge and Kitty have on him. He also falls in love with Kitty.
Men Of Chance
Men Of Chance (1931)
, 1h7
Réalisé par George Archainbaud
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame
Acteurs Ricardo Cortez, Mary Astor, John Halliday, Ralph Ince, Kitty Kelly, James Donlan

This script must be run from the command line
The Sin Ship
The Sin Ship (1931)
, 1h5
Réalisé par Louis Wolheim, James Anderson
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame
Acteurs Mary Astor, Ian Keith, Louis Wolheim, Hugh Herbert, Russ Powell, Alan Roscoe

Smiley Marsden (Ian Keith) is a bank-robber on the run from the police, with his moll, Frisco Kitty (Mary Astor). Cornered, they arrive at the San Francisco docks, where they convince the captain of a small cargo ship, Sam McVeigh (Louis Wolheim), to take them aboard on his run to Mexico, mostly because he is enchanted with Kitty. Marsden is posing as a minister. As the ship sets sail, every sailor aboard lusts after Kitty, none more so than the captain. One night, when inebriated, he corners Kitty in his cabin and begins to force himself on her. She stops him by basically telling him that he is better than that, which makes him do some deep soul-searching. During the rest of the voyage, Kitty manages to fend off the rest of the crew, with the help of the disarmed captain.
White Shoulders
White Shoulders (1931)
, 1h20
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame
Thèmes Sexualité
Acteurs Mary Astor, Jack Holt, Ricardo Cortez, Sidney Toler, Kitty Kelly, Robert Keith

Norma Selbee is a chorus girl trying to make it in New York City. Her fortunes are not going well, and she is flat broke and on the verge of starvation when she meets Gordon Kent. Kent has spent the last several years in the back woods, utilizing his mining engineering acumen to accumulate a large fortune of approximately $20 million. He has come to the big city looking for a good time, hopefully among the "white shoulders" of the fair damsels of the Big Apple. Upon meeting Norma, he falls head over heels for her and proposes on their first evening together. Norma is reluctant to agree, for she is not a gold-digger, and she is not in love with Kent. But she has no prospects, and she feels that she may come to love him in time, so she agrees, and the two are immediately married.
Friends and Lovers
Friends and Lovers (1931)
, 1h8
Réalisé par Victor Schertzinger
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Romance
Acteurs Adolphe Menjou, Lili Damita, Laurence Olivier, Erich von Stroheim, Hugh Herbert, Frederick Kerr

À Londres, le Capitaine Geoffrey Roberts, un officier britannique, tombe amoureux de la belle Alva Sangrito, dont le mari Victor est en fait un maître-chanteur. La jeune femme se rend compte qu'elle aime réellement Geoffrey et elle essaie de résister au complot ourdi par son mari. Après avoir payé 5 000 £ à Victor, Geoffrey part pour l'Inde où il est affecté à un poste reculé. Peu après son arrivée, Geoffrey est rejoint par le Lieutenant Ned Nichols, un jeune officier. En discutant de leur vie en Angleterre, ils avouent tous deux être toujours amoureux d'une belle femme restée au pays, et ils réalisent bientôt qu'il s'agit de la même, à savoir Alva. Leur amitié en souffre mais lors d'une escarmouche Geoffrey sauve la vie de Ned. Ils décident alors de brûler la photographie d'Alva et se jurent une amitié éternelle.
Transgression
Transgression (1931)
, 1h10
Réalisé par Herbert Brenon
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame
Thèmes Sexualité
Acteurs Kay Francis, Paul Cavanagh, Ricardo Cortez, Nance O'Neil, Doris Lloyd, John St. Polis

Required to travel to India for a year to oversee financial matters, English businessman Robert Maury (Paul Cavanagh) is in a quandary regarding his young wife. His older sister, Honora (Nance O'Neil), suggest that he leave her at their country estate, where she can keep an eye on her. But his wife, Elsie (Kay Francis), is fearful of the boredom which may set in if she were to remain on the isolated property. Maury gives in to his wife's fears, and decides to allow her to move to Paris for the duration of his time on the sub-continent.