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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Film: Industry and Craft : RKO

Introduction:
"From its beginnings in the early 30's to its end in the late 50's, RKO Radio Pictures made its individual mark on Hollywood."


1. Who was one of the co-founders of the studio?
    Joseph P. Kennedy
    Samuel Goldwyn
    Jesse Lasky
    Harry Cohn


2. RKO got its name from the merger of RCA and what vaudeville theatre chain?
    Keith-Albee-Orpheum
    Ginsberg and O'Brien
    Balaban and Katz
    Sheldrake and Schmidlapp


3. Who produced and directed RKO's first 'monster' hit?
    Hecht and MacArthur
    Cooper and Schoedsack
    Panama and Frank
    the Boulting brothers


4. Name the famed independent producer who worked at RKO for a while.
    Irving Thalberg
    Louis Mayer
    David Selznick
    Darryl Zanuck


5. Who directed the first musical that teamed Astaire and Rogers?
    Busby Berkeley
    Thornton Freeland
    Mark Sandrich
    Ernst Lubitsch


6. And who directed Astaire and Rogers' last RKO film?
    H.C. Potter
    George Cukor
    Howard Hawks
    George Stevens


7. Name the two films Howard Hawks did at RKO.
    'His Girl Friday', 'Ball of Fire'
    'The Big Sleep', 'Air Force'
    'Bringing Up Baby', 'The Big Sky'
    'Red River', 'Rio Bravo'


8. Who was the producer of such RKO classics as 'Cat People' and 'I Walked With A Zombie'?
    Carl Laemmle
    Henry Blanke
    Val Lewton
    Jerry Wald


9. What future directors edited 'Citizen Kane'?
    Gilliat and Launder
    Hecht and MacArthur
    Robson and Wise
    Panama and Frank


10. How many films did Orson Welles make at RKO?
    One
    Three
    five
    Four


11. Name the film that doesn't belong here.
    Gunga Din
    Shane
    I Remember Mama
    Annie Oakley


12. Name the film noir that doesn't belong here.
    Out Of The Past
    The Narrow Margin
    The Window
    The Killers


13. The majority of RKO films are black and white. Who directed the studio's first color film?
    Frank Borzage
    Stanley Donen
    Vincente Minelli
    Michael Curtiz


14. What RKO film was Maureen O'Hara's American debut?
    The Hunchback of Notre Dame
    Gunga Din
    Jamaica Inn
    Bachelor Mother


15. How many did Nicholas Ray direct at RKO?
    Two
    Three
    Four
    One


16. What star of 'The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre' made B-westerns at RKO?
    Tim Holt
    Humphrey Bogart
    Walter Huston
    Alfonso Bedoya


17. What eccentric billionaire took over RKO in the 50's?
    William Randolph Hearst
    Malcolm Forbes
    Charles Foster Kane
    Howard Hughes


18. And what notorious western did the eccentric billionaire who took over RKO in the 50's make at RKO?
    Duel In The Sun
    The Outlaw
    Rancho Notorious
    High Noon


19. Name the director who never worked at RKO.
    Samuel Fuller
    Raoul Walsh
    John Ford
    Billy Wilder


20. Finally, what was the studio's trademark?
    a radio tower
    bullseye target
    a lion
    mountain with stars


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