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Howard's End

Series concludes as Howard Hughes' purchase of RKO has a devastating effect on the studio.

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Release Date: Fri, Jul 03, 1987

Country: GB
Language: En
Runtime: 60
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Ed Asner
Self - Presenter

Season 1:

Birth of a Titan
Episode 1: Birth of a Titan (Jul 03, 1987)
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.
Let's Face the Music and Dance
Episode 2: Let's Face the Music and Dance (Jul 10, 1987)
He examines the musicals made in the mid 1930s with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Includes interviews with both stars, the producer Pando Berman and choreographer Hermes Pan.
A Woman's Lot
Episode 3: A Woman's Lot (Jul 17, 1987)
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, concentrating on the careers of Ginger Rogers and Katharine Hepburn.
It's All True
Episode 4: It's All True (Jul 24, 1987)
Orson Welles spent a hectic few years at RKO, making Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons and the abandoned It's All True.
Dark Victory
Episode 5: Dark Victory (Jul 31, 1987)
The 1950s were a time of mounting paranoia, reflected by the studio's ventures into film noir. Robert Mitchum makes his first screen appearance, Val Lewton creates Zombies and Cat People, and the House Un-American Activities Committee stalks its prey.
Howard's End
Episode 6: Howard's End (Aug 07, 1987)
Series concludes as Howard Hughes' purchase of RKO has a devastating effect on the studio.

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