@RyuichixCMZ RKO (Radio-Keith-Orpheum) was a holding company that included both the Radio Pictures studio, the Film Booking Offices of America (FBO) distributor, and the Keith-Albee-Orpheum theater chain.
The movies were always "a Radio Picture," since Radio Pictures produced, but it took a number of years after the creation of the RKO umbrella (in 1928) before the logos were modified to say "An RKO Radio Picture" instead of just "A Radio Picture": probably not across-the-board until 1933.
Radio's all-technicolor movies are either lost or preserved only in black and white. There are pictures with color sequences at the end (Rio Rita, Dixiana, The Cuckoos), but their beginnings are in black and white, so they have the ordinary b&w beginning logo.
looks ahead of its time, like it could have been out in the 1950's.
xxxxLetsRidexxxxx 6 months ago
Simblos, do you have other Radio Pictures Technicolor end logos from the other films?
prodfan2010 1 year ago
Is this supposed to be RKO Radio Pictures but without the RKO?
RyuichixCMZ 2 years ago 2
@RyuichixCMZ RKO (Radio-Keith-Orpheum) was a holding company that included both the Radio Pictures studio, the Film Booking Offices of America (FBO) distributor, and the Keith-Albee-Orpheum theater chain.
The movies were always "a Radio Picture," since Radio Pictures produced, but it took a number of years after the creation of the RKO umbrella (in 1928) before the logos were modified to say "An RKO Radio Picture" instead of just "A Radio Picture": probably not across-the-board until 1933.
seancdaug 1 year ago
Never seen this in color! It looks GREAT!!
ShaDeed329 3 years ago 3
simblos, can you please upload Radio Pictures technicolor begin logo 1929?
iloveentertainment 3 years ago
Radio's all-technicolor movies are either lost or preserved only in black and white. There are pictures with color sequences at the end (Rio Rita, Dixiana, The Cuckoos), but their beginnings are in black and white, so they have the ordinary b&w beginning logo.
simblos 3 years ago