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RKO Radio Pictures

West Hollywood, California(approximate location)

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Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Film
Founded1928Wikidata
Founded byJoseph P. Kennedy Sr., David SarnoffWikidata
LocationWest Hollywood, California
Websiterko.com
Emailinfo@rko.com
Phone+1 (310) 277-0707
Statusclosedclosed 1959 i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
7.7IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

92 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards
Oscars16of71nominations23%
BAFTAs0of1nominations0%

148 wins from 293 nominations across all awards

Box office
$16m

Combined US gross, 6 of 100 titles

Citizen Kane poster
Highest rated
Citizen Kane
1941
8.2491,492 votes
The Conqueror poster
Lowest rated
The Conqueror
1956
3.73,964 votes
Mostly
drama, romance, comedy
Active
1931–1957
Rotten Tomatoes
86%
Best known for
Citizen Kane

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 94 of 100 titles. Unmatched titles are left out rather than guessed. Oscars, Emmys and BAFTAs are itemised; other awards sit in the totals. IMDb counts wins separately from losing nominations, so nominations here is wins plus losses.

Credits24 of 1,143

100 films

Titles per year100 titles · busiest 1947 with 8 · 1931–1957

100 titles across 27 years, averaging 3.7 a year. The last five years average 1.6 a year, below their long-run rate.

Quality over time92 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
3579their average 7.719401950

Their 1940s work is their strongest, averaging 7.8 across 45 titles. The 31 titles since 1948 average 7.0, 0.6 below their 7.7 overall. 10 of 92 rated titles sit above their 7.7 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.

Who they work with

Directors
  • John Ford6
  • George Stevens6
  • Nicholas Ray4
  • Robert Wise4
  • John Cromwell3
Writers
  • Dudley Nichols6
  • DeWitt Bodeen4
  • Allan Scott4
  • Frank S. Nugent3
  • John Twist3
Notable cast
  • John Wayne8
  • Robert Mitchum8
  • Cary Grant8
  • Ginger Rogers8
  • Robert Ryan6
Genres
  • Drama55 of 94
  • Romance35 of 94
  • Comedy27 of 94
  • Film-Noir19 of 94
  • Crime17 of 94

Names appearing on two or more of RKO Radio Pictures’s produced titles, across the 94 matched to OMDb. Cast is the top-billed few OMDb lists per title, so it is notable cast rather than a full cast list. A title can carry more than one genre, so the genre counts overlap.

Works with8 companies

Companies that appear alongside RKO Radio Pictures on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

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