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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.
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(1950)
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(1953)Filmographie de RKO Pictures (1392 films)
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St. Louis Blues (1929)
, 16minutesRéalisé par Dudley Murphy
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Musical
Thèmes Musique
Street Girl (1929)
, 1h27Réalisé par Wesley Ruggles
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Comédie dramatique, Musical, Romance
Thèmes Musique
Acteurs Betty Compson, John Harron, Ivan Lebedeff, Jack Oakie, Ned Sparks, Joseph Cawthorn
The Four Seasons are a very good jazz quartet, but they perform in a New York City cafe for only $100 a week, forcing them to share a small, rundown apartment. The quartet consists of Joe Spring on clarinet, Pete Summer on accordion and guitar, Mike Fall on piano and trumpet, and an ever-pessimistic Happy Winter on violin.
Syncopation (1929)
, 1h23Réalisé par Bert Glennon
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Comédie, Comédie dramatique, Musical
Thèmes Musique
Acteurs Barbara Bennett, Ian Hunter, Osgood Perkins, Mackenzie Ward, Verree Teasdale, Dorothy Lee
Benny and Flo are a husband and wife dance team, Sloane and Darrel, traveling around the country as part of a revue. The revue gets picked up and taken to New York City, to be on Broadway. However, it quickly folds, and the two are forced to look for other employment. They eventually find work in a nightclub, becoming famous.
Le Vagabond du jazz (1929)
, 1h5Réalisé par Marshall Neilan
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie, Comédie dramatique, Musical
Thèmes La musique, Musique
Acteurs Rudy Vallée, Sally Blane, Marie Dressler, Charles Sellon, Edward J. Nugent, Nella Walker
Rudy Bronson is a senior in a small college in the Midwest. While in school, he completes a correspondence course in the saxophone, given by the nationally known Ted Grant. Bronson and his friends form a band, but have difficulty finding work. Believing that Grant will help them land professional jobs, the band heads to the Long Island, New York home of Grant. Once there, they pester Grant for an interview, to the point where Grant leaves his home, along with his manager, to stay in New York City, until Bronson gives up and goes home.
Mickey's Explorers (1929)
, 18minutesRéalisé par Albert Herman
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie
Acteurs Mickey Rooney, Billy Barty, Jimmy Robinson, Kendall McComas, Marvin Stephens
Mickey and the Gang espire to be like Christopher Columbus and explore new worlds. Mickey competes against Stinkie Davis in order to borrow Mary Ann's father's boat for the exploring. When Mickey loses, he and the Gang use their own boat. Later, the kids travel to a 'new world' (actually a small area close to home) and find themselves up against Native Americans, skeletons, and a real-live bear.
Black and Tan (1929)
, 19minutesRéalisé par Dudley Murphy
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Musical
Thèmes La musique, Le jazz, Musique
Acteurs Fredi Washington
À New York, un pianiste (Duke Ellington) ne parvient pas à trouver de concerts pour lui et son groupe. Sa situation financière est si difficile que deux hommes commissionnés par un huissier viennent prendre son piano. Il réussit finalement à le conserver grâce à l'intervention de sa femme (Fredi Washington), une danseuse connaissant un certain succès, qui propose aux deux hommes une bouteille de gin ; denrée rare en période de prohibition, ils acceptent de laisser le piano.
The Very Idea (1929)
, 1h5Réalisé par Frank Craven, Richard Rosson
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie
Thèmes Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre
Acteurs Sally Blane, Frank Craven, Hugh Trevor, Olive Tell, Doris Eaton Travis, Theodore von Eltz
Alan Camp has written a book on eugenics, and is looking to prove his theories. His sister, Edith Goodhue, and her husband, Gilbert have been frustrated for years with their inability to have children. Alan convinces them to let him to create a child through eugenics for them to adopt. Chosen to be the parents of this eugenic child are Joe Garvin, who happens to be Alan's chauffeur, and Nora, the Goodhue's maid. The two are offered $15,000 each if they conceive and deliver a child within twelve months, to which they agree.
Half Marriage (1929)
, 1h8Genres Drame, Romance
Acteurs Olive Borden, Morgan Farley, Ken Murray, Anderson Lawler, Sally Blane, Hedda Hopper
Judy Page is a young society girl who falls in love with an architect who works in her father's architectural firm, Dick Carroll. She lives in Greenwich Village in New York City, and one night after a party at her apartment, she runs off with Dick to get married. They are intercepted by Judy's mother at the apartment, who, not realizing they have already been married, insists that Judy return with her to their estate in the country. Dick remains behind in Judy's apartment.
Night Parade (1929)
, 1h11Réalisé par Malcolm St. Clair
Genres Drame
Thèmes Sport, Arts martiaux, La boxe, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre
Acteurs Aileen Pringle, Robert Ellis, Hugh Trevor, Dorothy Gulliver, Ann Pennington, Lloyd Ingraham
Bobby Murray is the middleweight champion, managed by his father, Tom. He is expected to lose an upcoming fight in defense of his title. A local sportswriter, Sid Durham, also thinks he will lose, but he has high regard for Tom. A gangster, John Zelli, also feels that Murray will lose, but wants to ensure that fact. Zelli enlists the talents of sultry Paula Vernoff to seduce Bobby, and get him to agree to throw the fight.
Tanned Legs (1929)
, 1h11Réalisé par Marshall Neilan
Genres Comédie
Thèmes Musique
Acteurs Ann Pennington, Arthur Lake, June Clyde, Dorothy Revier, Sally Blane, Albert Gran
Peggy is the daughter of Mr. Reynolds and his wife Sophie. Although married, both of the elder Reynolds are having romantic interludes with younger people, Mrs. Lyons-King and Roger Fleming, respectively. In addition, Peggy's sister, Janet, is infatuated with Clinton Darrow, a ne'er-do-well, who is only interested in the Reynolds' money, not in Janet. Peggy is in the only normal relationship, with her boyfriend, Bill.
Jazz Heaven (1929)
, 1h8Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie, Comédie romantique
Acteurs John Mack Brown, Sally O'Neil, Joseph Cawthorn, Clyde Wilfred Cook, Blanche Friderici, Albert Conti
A poor songwriter from the south, Barry Holmes, travels to New York City to be a success, bringing with him his prize possession: his piano. While he is trying to break into Tin Pan Alley, he stays at a boardinghouse run by Mrs. Langley, who insists that her house always be run with the highest propriety. A young woman, Ruth Morgan, lives in the room next to Holmes. One night, he annoys the entire boarding house as he is trying to complete a song he has been working on, “Someone”. He is stuck on the ending, until he hears Ruth humming how she thinks it should go. Stunned, he goes to her room, and invites her back to his to finish the song. Unfortunately, Mrs. Langley discovers the two unmarried people in his room, and summarily kicks him out, intending to keep his piano as payment for back rent.
Dance Hall (1929)
, 1h5Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame
Thèmes Musique
Acteurs Olive Borden, Arthur Lake, Margaret Seddon, Joseph Cawthorn, Lee Moran, Dorothy Granger
A shipping clerk, Tommy Flynn, engages a young female taxi dancer, Gracie Nolan, and the two gain some success in dance halls, winning several dance contests. As they do, he becomes infatuated with her, but she only has eyes for a pilot, Ted Smith, who wants her as a trophy of his own.