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Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 1987 - 1987
Episode 1
Birth of a Titan
60 mins
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 talkies in the late 1920s.
Episode 2
Let's Face the Music and Dance
54 mins
This hour's episode gives valuable background on the making of the popular Astaire-Rogers musicals at RKO in the 1930s, with clips of some of the dance numbers, and interviews with participants including the two stars.
Episode 3
A Woman's Lot
59 mins
We learn about the actresses of RKO studio. Stories are focused on movies with Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers and Lucille Ball and their impact on RKO in the 1930s.
Episode 4
It's All True
60 mins
The story of Orson Welles' short and highly controversial career at R.K.O.
Episode 5
Dark Victory
60 mins
RKO's contribution to film noir and social drama.
Episode 6
Howard's Way
64 mins
Howard Hughes' purchase of RKO has a devastating effect on the studio.
