RKO Radio Pictures, the smallest of the “Big Five” major studios, was a latecomer to Hollywood, and it developed a reputation for releasing second-rate pictures.
Despite that reputation, in the 1930s RKO introduced some of the biggest film stars of the time, including Fred Astaire and Katharine Hepburn, and produced two of the most famous movies of the time: King Kong and Citizen Kane.
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Opening War Theme
Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin
Composed in 1848 by Richard Wagner. Public domain.
Public domain recording. Source.
Closing War Theme
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