RKO Pictures Studio
- Also Known As: Paramount Stage 21
- Address: 5557 Melrose Ave
- Vicinity: N Gower St
- Neighborhood of Hollywood, CA in Los Angeles
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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| 1927/10/00 | Joseph P Kennedy | FBO Owner | In late 1927 David Sarnoff, general manager of RCA, approaches Joseph P Kennedy about using the system for Kennedy's studio, Film Booking Offices of America (FBO). Negotiations resulted in General Electric acquiring a substantial interest in FBO. | |||
| 1929/01/25 | RKO Pictures | Studio | Radio Corporation of America creates RKO Radio Pictures Inc after the merging Keith-Albee-Orpheum theater chain and Joseph P Kennedy's Film Booking Offices of America studio. The globe on top of Stage 21 originally supported a radio tower with RKO in neon | |||
| 1935/00/00 | Lucille Ball | Actress - flower girl | Lucille Ball lands an uncredited role as 'flower girl' in RKO Radio Pictures' "Top Hat". | Top Hat | ||
| 1938/00/00 | Nathanael West | Work | Nathanael West lands a $350-a-week job at RKO studios. | |||
| 1940/06/29 | RKO Pictures | Studio | On a Saturday morning with few RKO studio executives watching, Orson Welles begins filming Citizen Kane. "The first day I ever walked onto a set was my first day as a director." OW | Citizen Kane | ||
| 1940/07/00 | Orson Welles | Director | After dinner every night for about a month, I'd run Stagecoach, often with some different technician or department head from the studio, and ask questions. "How was this done?" "Why was this done?" It was like going to school. - OW | Citizen Kane | ||
| 1943/05/00 | Mark Robson | Director | Mark Robson films "The Seventh Victim" over 24 days at RKO Studios in Los Angeles. | The Seventh Victim | ||
| 1948/00/00 | RKO Pictures | Owner | Hughes acquires RKO. The globe on top of Stage 21 at Gower St and Melrose Ave originally supported a radio tower with RKO in neon lettering beaming out a Morse code signal "An RKO Radio Picture" (or in the studio's earliest releases, A Radio Picture). | |||
| 1948/00/00 | Howard Hughes | Owner | Hughes acquires RKO. The globe on top of Stage 21 at Gower St and Melrose Ave originally supported a radio tower with RKO in neon lettering beaming out a Morse code signal "An RKO Radio Picture" (or in the studio's earliest releases, A Radio Picture). | |||
| 1957/00/00 | Lucille Ball | Owner | Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball buy the RKO lot from General Tire. The couple's company's, Desilu, other production facility was on Cahuenga Blvd. Arnaz and Ball met when they were RKO contract players in the 1940s. |
| Particulars for RKO Pictures Studio: | |
|---|---|
| Business | American Film Industry |
| Locale Type | Campus |
| Area of Significance | Entertainment - Recreation |
| Historic Use | Film Studio |
| Area of Significance | Performing Arts |
| Owner | Private |
| Area of Significance | Social History |
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