July 3, 1987 • 1h
Ed Asner tells the story of RKO Pictures through the eyes of the people who worked there from its creation at the start of the tal...Read more
July 10, 1987 • 1h
He examines the musicals made in the mid 1930s with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Includes interviews with both stars, the produ...Read more
July 17, 1987 • 1h
The story of RKO Pictures, told through the eyes of the people who worked there, traces the films made at RKO for and by women, co...Read more
July 24, 1987 • 1h
Orson Welles spent a hectic few years at RKO, making Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons and the abandoned It's All True.
July 31, 1987 • 1h
The 1950s were a time of mounting paranoia, reflected by the studio's ventures into film noir. Robert Mitchum makes his first scre...Read more
August 7, 1987 • 1h
Series concludes as Howard Hughes' purchase of RKO has a devastating effect on the studio.