cinemaman Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 TopBilled Please add the following stars to your very informative thread on RKO studio films. Mary Astor Joseph Cotton Frances Dee Delores Del Rio Henry Fonda Miriam Hopkins Charles Laughton Myrna Loy Joel McCrea Dorothy McGuire Agnes Moorehead Dick Powell Anthony Quinn Randolph Scott Jean Simmons Claire Trevor Fay Wray Keep up with your good work. Thanks cinemaman. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted September 25 Author Share Posted September 25 10 hours ago, cinemaman said: TopBilled Please add the following stars to your very informative thread on RKO studio films. Mary Astor Joseph Cotton Frances Dee Delores Del Rio Henry Fonda Miriam Hopkins Charles Laughton Myrna Loy Joel McCrea Dorothy McGuire Agnes Moorehead Dick Powell Anthony Quinn Randolph Scott Jean Simmons Claire Trevor Fay Wray Keep up with your good work. Thanks cinemaman. Sure thing. Welcome to the TCM message boards! I have about a hundred more of them to add to the thread. I am going in no specific order, except that I usually alternate them (female-male-female-male) so I'm not doing all the actresses at once or all the male actors at once. The RKO contract players you mentioned are ones I plan to include. Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted September 25 Author Share Posted September 25 Before I continue with the RKO contract players... I thought I would mention which RKO titles are on TCM's upcoming schedule: 9.26. GUN LAW (1938) western with George O'Brien 9.27 THEY WON'T BELIEVE ME (1947) noir with Robert Young 9.28. BIRD OF PARADISE (1932) precode with Dolores Del Rio 10.02. DOUBLE DYNAMITE (1951) comedy with Groucho Marx 10.02 A GIRL IN EVERY PORT (1952) another comedy with Groucho 10.05. ROBERTA (1935) musical with Irene Dunne 10.06 VIGIL IN THE NIGHT (1940) medical drama with Carole Lombard 10.06 MR. AND MRS. SMITH (1941) comedy with Carole Lombard 10.07 FIGHT FOR YOUR LADY (1937) rom-com with John Boles 10.08 LOVE AFFAIR (1939) romance drama with Irene Dunne 10.09. RACE STREET (1948) noir with George Raft 10.10. TOP HAT (1935) musical with Ginger Rogers 10.10. GUNGA DIN (1939) historical drama with Douglas Fairbanks Jr. 10.11. THE RACKET (1951) noir with Lizabeth Scott 10.12. KING KONG (1933) precode drama with Fay Wray 10.13. DEVOTION (1931) precode drama with Ann Harding 10.13. BLIND ADVENTURE (1933) precode mystery with Robert Armstrong 10.14 ABE LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS (1940) historical biopic with Raymond Massey 10.18 DESTINATION MURDER (1950) noir with Hurd Hatfield 10.19 MR. AND MRS. SMITH (1941) comedy with Carole Lombard 10.20. BREAKFAST FOR TWO (1937) rom-com with Barbara Stanwyck 10.22 BORN TO LOVE (1932) precode romance drama with Constance Bennett 10.22 THE COMMON LAW (1932) precode romance drama with Constance Bennett 10.22. BED OF ROSES (1933) precode romance drama with Constance Bennett 10.22. ROCKABYE (1932) precode romance drama with Constance Bennett 10.22. OUR BETTERS (1933) precode romance drama with Constance Bennett 10.23 TYCOON (1947) action adventure with John Wayne 10.23 NO MARRIAGE TIES (1933) precode romance drama with Richard Dix 10.23. DEATH OF A SCOUNDREL (1956) drama with George Sanders 10.24. TARZAN AND THE AMAZONS (1945) adventure with Johnny Weissmuller 10.24. MURDER ON THE BLACKBOARD (1934) precode mystery with Edna May Oliver 10.25. MACAO (1952) noir with Jane Russell 2 Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted September 26 Author Share Posted September 26 JACKIE COOPER YOUNG DONOVAN'S KID (1931) SYNCOPATION (1942) THE NAVY COMES THROUGH (1942) Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted September 26 Author Share Posted September 26 AGNES MOOREHEAD CITIZEN KANE (1941) THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (1942) JOURNEY INTO FEAR (1942) THE BIG STREET (1942) GOVERNMENT GIRL (1943) STATION WEST (1948) THE BLUE VEIL (1951) THE CONQUEROR (1956) 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted September 26 Author Share Posted September 26 CHARLES LAUGHTON THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (1939) THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WANTED (1940) THE TUTTLES OF TAHITI (1942) THIS LAND IS MINE (1943) FOREVER AND A DAY (1943) PASSPORT TO DESTINY (1944) THE MAN ON THE EIFFEL TOWER (1949) THE BLUE VEIL (1951) 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted September 26 Author Share Posted September 26 ANN SOTHERN HOORAY FOR LOVE (1935) SMARTEST GIRL IN TOWN (1936) WALKING ON AIR (1936) THERE GOES MY GIRL (1937) SUPER-SLEUTH (1937) THERE GOES THE GROOM (1937) SHE'S GOT EVERYTHING (1937) THE JUDGE STEPS OUT (1948) 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted September 27 Author Share Posted September 27 FRANK BUCK BRING 'EM BACK ALIVE (1932) WILD CARGO (1934) FANG AND CLAW (1935) JUNGLE CAVALCADE (1941) Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted September 27 Author Share Posted September 27 SIMONE SIMON THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER (1941) CAT PEOPLE (1942) THE CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE (1944) MADEMOISELLE FIFI (1944) 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted September 27 Author Share Posted September 27 TOM KEENE SUNDOWN TRAIL (1931) FREIGHTERS OF DESTINY (1931) SUICIDE FLEET (1931) PARTNERS (1932) THE SADDLE BUSTER (1932) GHOST VALLEY (1932) COME ON DANGER! (1932) BEYOND THE ROCKIES (1932) RENEGADES OF THE WEST (1932) SON OF THE BORDER (1933) CROSS FIRE (1933) THE CHEYENNE KID (1933) SCARLET RIVER (1933) 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted September 27 Author Share Posted September 27 I should mention that Tom Keene reinvented himself a few times. Initially he was billed as George Duryea (his real name) in early sound pictures. But when he was signed by RKO, he became Tom Keene. After he finished making B westerns at RKO in the mid 30s he made B westerns at Paramount. Then in the early 40s he was making B westerns at Monogram. Still under the name Tom Keene. In 1944 he started making dramatic pictures at various studios under the name Richard Powers. He was back under contract at RKO in the postwar era, appearing in noir as Richard Powers. In 1950 he did a B western, this time at Republic where he was billed as Tom Keene again. But he also kept making pictures in other genres as Richard Powers! His television work and other film work in the 50s was done as Richard Powers. But then he appeared as Tom Keene in a western comedy at Universal in 1958. Basically the Tom Keene name was his western identity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Keene_(actor)#Filmography Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted September 28 Author Share Posted September 28 FAY WRAY THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME (1932) KING KONG (1933) THE BIG BRAIN (1933) WOMAN IN THE DARK (1934) THE RICHEST GIRL IN THE WORLD (1934) WILDCAT BUS (1940) MELODY FOR THREE (1941) 2 Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted September 28 Author Share Posted September 28 ROBERT BENCHLEY THE SPORT PARADE (1932) HEADLINE SHOOTER (1933) RAFTER ROMANCE (1933) SYNCOPATION (1942) THE SKY'S THE LIMIT (1943) PAN-AMERICANA (1945) 2 Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted September 28 Author Share Posted September 28 I should pause for a moment to say Robert Benchley also wrote scripts at RKO...for films he did not appear in as an actor. These include SKY DEVILS (1932); SECRETS OF THE FRENCH POLICE (1932); THE GAY DIVORCEE (1934); MURDER ON A HONEYMOON (1935); and DANCING PIRATE (1936). 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted September 28 Author Share Posted September 28 BILLIE BURKE A BILL OF DIVORCEMENT (1932) CHRISTOPHER STRONG (1933) FINISHING SCHOOL (1934) WE'RE RICH AGAIN (1934) WHERE SINNERS MEET (1934) BECKY SHARP (1935) IRENE (1940) GILDERSLEEVE ON BROADWAY (1943) 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted September 29 Author Share Posted September 29 KENT SMITH CAT PEOPLE (1942) THIS LAND IS MINE (1943) HITLER'S CHILDREN (1943) FOREVER AND A DAY (1943) YOUTH RUNS WILD (1944) THE CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE (1944) THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE (1946) MAGIC TOWN (1947) DESIGN FOR DEATH (1948) Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted September 29 Author Share Posted September 29 MIRIAM HOPKINS THE RICHEST GIRL IN THE WORLD (1934) BECKY SHARP (1935) THE WOMAN I LOVE (1937) WISE GIRL (1937) 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted September 29 Author Share Posted September 29 ADOLPHE MENJOU FRIENDS AND LOVERS (1931) PRESTIGE (1931) MORNING GLORY (1933) STAGE DOOR (1937) THAT'S RIGHT YOU'RE WRONG (1939) A BILL OF DIVORCEMENT (1940) FATHER TAKES A WIFE (1941) SYNCOPATION (1942) STEP LIVELY (1944) MAN ALIVE (1945) HEARTBEAT (1946) BUNDLE OF JOY (1956) I MARRIED A WOMAN (1958) 2 Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted September 30 Author Share Posted September 30 ANNE JEFFREYS NEVADA (1944) STEP LIVELY (1944) THOSE ENDEARING YOUNG CHARMS (1945) ZOMBIES ON BROADWAY (1945) SING YOUR WAY HOME (1945) DICK TRACY (1945) DING DONG WILLIAMS (1946) STEP BY STEP (1946) DICK TRACY VS. CUEBALL (1946) VACATION IN RENO (1946) TRAIL STREET (1947) RIFFRAFF (1947) RETURN OF THE BADMEN (1948) Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted September 30 Author Share Posted September 30 LEE TRACY THE HALF-NAKED TRUTH (1932) WANTED! JANE TURNER (1936) CRIMINAL LAWYER (1937) BEHIND THE HEADLINES (1937) CRASHING HOLLYWOOD (1938) FIXER DUGAN (1939) THE SPELLBINDER (1939) MILLIONAIRES IN PRISON (1940) BETRAYAL FROM THE EAST (1945) 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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