History Creator / RKOPictures

[[folder: Disney Films]]

* ''Film/MightyJoeYoung'' (distributed by Creator/{{Disney}} rather than RKO Pictures)

* Creator/{{Disney}}:
** ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}''
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}''
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}''
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}''
** ''WesternAnimation/SaludosAmigos''
** ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeCaballeros''
** ''WesternAnimation/MakeMineMusic''
** ''WesternAnimation/FunAndFancyFree''
** ''WesternAnimation/MelodyTime''
** ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad''
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}''
** ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland''
** ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan''
** ''Film/SongOfTheSouth''
** ''Film/TheReluctantDragon''
** ''Film/SoDearToMyHeart''
** ''Film/TreasureIsland1950''
** ''Film/TheStoryOfRobinHoodAndHisMerrieMen''
** ''WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts'' from 1937 to 1956

* ''Film/MightyJoeYoung''

* ''Film/BarelyLethal'' (co-production with Creator/{{A24}} and RatPac Entertainment)

* ''Film/AreWeDoneYet'' (sequel to ''Film/AreWeThereYet'', co-production with Creator/ColumbiaPictures and Creator/RevolutionStudios)

* ''Film/TheStoryOfRobinHoodAndHisMerrieMen''

* The first 14 films in the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon:

* ''Film/BarelyLethal''

As of today, RKO mainly exists to handle the copyrights of its library, as well as helping to produce the occasional film.

Hughes' management of the studios was described by period historian Betty Lasky as a "systematic seven-year rape." A big fan of staunch anti-communist Senator UsefulNotes/JosephMcCarthy, Hughes shut down RKO briefly to weed out people in suspicion of Communist sympathies. Hughes, being no fan of the UsefulNotes/HaysCode but a big fan of free publicity, made a number of steamy films that barely made it past the censors (some of which starred his muse, Creator/JaneRussell), then had his staff pose as religious groups to push MoralGuardians to boycott his own movies. It didn't help matters that most of the films Hughes produced at RKO were just plain awful, which Hollywood doesn't care about, but were expensive flops, which Hollywood ''does'' care about. The final straw came in 1956, when RKO unleashed Hughes' production of ''Film/TheConqueror'', which managed to become one of the year's highest grossing pictures and still failed to bring back its bloated budget, and even today is seen as a joke for its [[WTHCastingAgency asinine casting of]] Creator/JohnWayne as UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan, poor script, and possibly causing the cancer related deaths of its cast, including Wayne.

During TheThirties, RKO produced the highly popular and iconic Creator/FredAstaire-Creator/GingerRogers musicals, as well as many Creator/CaryGrant films. It was in many respects the studio that built ScrewballComedy, films such as ''Film/BringingUpBaby.'' In 1936, it signed a landmark agreement with [[Creator/{{Disney}} Walt Disney]], which was in effect for almost two decades and largely replaced the output of Creator/VanBeurenStudios; his first feature film, ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' was the most successful Hollywood film in between ''Film/TheBirthOfANation1915'' and ''Film/GoneWithTheWind''. Samuel Goldwyn was another independent producer to be employed by RKO, joining the company in 1941. Selznick also made movies for RKO as an independent producer. In the later period of its life, it was the American distributor of Creator/AkiraKurosawa's ''Film/{{Rashomon}}'', and thus was responsible for exposing American movie audiences to Japanese cinema.

** ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''
** ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}''
** ''Disney/{{Fantasia}}''
** ''Disney/{{Dumbo}}''

** ''Disney/SaludosAmigos''
** ''Disney/TheThreeCaballeros''
** ''Disney/MakeMineMusic''
** ''Disney/FunAndFancyFree''
** ''Disney/MelodyTime''
** ''Disney/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad''
** ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}''
** ''Disney/AliceInWonderland''
** ''Disney/PeterPan''

** ''Disney/{{Bambi}}''

* ''Literature/LittleWomen''

During TheThirties, RKO produced the highly popular and iconic Creator/FredAstaire-Creator/GingerRogers musicals, as well as many Creator/CaryGrant films. It was in many respects the studio that built ScrewballComedy, films such as ''Film/BringingUpBaby.'' In 1936, it signed a landmark agreement with [[Creator/{{Disney}} Walt Disney]], which was in effect for almost two decades and largely replaced the output of Creator/VanBeurenStudios; his first feature film, ''Film/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' was the most successful Hollywood film in between ''Film/TheBirthOfANation1915'' and ''Film/GoneWithTheWind''. Samuel Goldwyn was another independent producer to be employed by RKO, joining the company in 1941. Selznick also made movies for RKO as an independent producer. In the later period of its life, it was the American distributor of Creator/AkiraKurosawa's ''Film/{{Rashomon}}'', and thus was responsible for exposing American movie audiences to Japanese cinema.