This fanfare, which is based on the first four notes of the Beethoven Fifth, was composed by Roy Webb and conducted by Constantin Bakalienikoff. It was used during World War II.
Radio - Keith - Orpheum. One of the best studios Hollywood ever had. A combination of RCA, the Film Box Office Studio, and Keith - Albee - Orpheum vaudeville circuit. Combined by Joseph P. Kennedy (the President's father) into one of the best studios in Hollywood. Classics of R - K - O: Gunga Din, Little Women, The Animal Kingdom, Stingaree, Cimarron, Top Hat, Stage Door, Flying Down To Rio. A shame that a thug like Howard Hughes destroyed that studio.
But in the case of RKO, Howard Hughes had a lot to do with its destruction. He purged the studio of its best staff by going on an anticommnunist witchhunt and swindled RKO shareholders by lowering the value of RKO stock thru his financial deceptions.
If Howard Hughes had never been at RKO, it would have survived the antitrust regulations that drifted apart production, distribution, and exhibition.
RKO movies from the war years always had the da da da dah taken from Beethoven's 5th at the start of their idents as it's also morse for V for victory
This fanfare, which is based on the first four notes of the Beethoven Fifth, was composed by Roy Webb and conducted by Constantin Bakalienikoff. It was used during World War II.
jslasher1 8 months ago
Still get a shiver of anticipation watching that.
I'm back in my bedroom as a kid, secretly watching a late night horror double bill on my old black and white TV.
fodsaks 1 year ago
why they called the radio picture?
superdes51 1 year ago
Radio - Keith - Orpheum. One of the best studios Hollywood ever had. A combination of RCA, the Film Box Office Studio, and Keith - Albee - Orpheum vaudeville circuit. Combined by Joseph P. Kennedy (the President's father) into one of the best studios in Hollywood. Classics of R - K - O: Gunga Din, Little Women, The Animal Kingdom, Stingaree, Cimarron, Top Hat, Stage Door, Flying Down To Rio. A shame that a thug like Howard Hughes destroyed that studio.
astralagosto 2 years ago
@astralagosto Not only Howard Hughes, but also antitrust regulations that drifted apart production, distribution and exhibition bussines.
UHF43 1 year ago
Hi UHF43,
But in the case of RKO, Howard Hughes had a lot to do with its destruction. He purged the studio of its best staff by going on an anticommnunist witchhunt and swindled RKO shareholders by lowering the value of RKO stock thru his financial deceptions.
If Howard Hughes had never been at RKO, it would have survived the antitrust regulations that drifted apart production, distribution, and exhibition.
astralagosto 1 year ago
RKO movies from the war years always had the da da da dah taken from Beethoven's 5th at the start of their idents as it's also morse for V for victory
holydiver73 2 years ago
This logo came from the classic movie from RKO
"The Curse Of The Cat People"
Henry350Z 3 years ago