RKO Radio Pictures

A Titan Is Born

Richard B. Jewell

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English

California Uni Pr Trade
01 April 2012

Film, TV & Radio; Films, movies & cinema; Cinema industry

"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."

By: Richard B. Jewell
Imprint: California Uni Pr Trade
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 635g
ISBN: 9780520271784
ISBN 10: 0520271785
Pages: 340
Publication Date: 01 April 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Richard B. Jewell is Professor of Critical Studies at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. He is the author of The Golden Age of Hollywood, and The RKO Story, among others.

Reviews for RKO Radio Pictures: A Titan Is Born

Jewell not only makes great use of this primary material, but presents a clear, fair-minded narrative that puts the facts into proper context. Leonard Maltin's Movie Crazy 20120607 The author is clear and candid... A readable, thought-provoking analysis. -- S.R. Kozloff, Vassar College Choice 20120926