RKO Radio Pictures
Subtitle: a titan is born
By: Richard B. Jewell
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780520271784; 9780520271791
Subjects: RKO Radio Pictures; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: "Master showmen of the world": prehistory and the formation of the company; title: "It's RKO-let's go": the Brown-Schnitzer-Lebaron regime (1929-1931); title: "Failure on the installment plan, a ticket at a time": the Aylesworth-Kahane-Selznick regime (1932-1933); title: "All this is very distressing to me": the Aylesworth-Kahane-Cooper regime (1933-1934); title: "He feels the company is unsettled": the Aylesworth-McDonough-Kahane regime (1934-1935); title: "An awfully long corner": the Spitz-Briskin regime (1936-1937); title: "Plaything of industry": the Spitz-Berman regime; title: "The company's best interest": the Schaefer-Berman regime; title: "Quality pictures are the lifeblood of this business": the Schaefer-Edington regime (1940-1941); title: "Crossing wires": the Schaefer-Breen regime (1941-1942).