The RKO Story - Howard's Way

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• MA

  @marksamuelsen2750 · 2 years ago

  Many Years Ago I Had The Opportunity To Go Inside The “Spruce Goose “. Sorry Howard.  My Ex Wife & I Were In LA for a Business Meeting.  Inside the Goose was Very Interesting but We Couldn’t Go into the Wings.  I remember Thinking That I Was Sitting In The Same Seat As Hughes when he Flew the Ship .  I was thrilled.

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• LA

  @lawrencegoldworm · 4 months ago

  Really great documentary about the people and times that was RKO. Thank you!

• JU

  @julianyc422 · 4 years ago

  Russell was called cranky because she called out sexual harassment and wouldn't sleep with anyone but her husband.

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• WI

  @williamsnyder5616 · 2 years ago

  In the glory days of Hollywood, the Majors and the mini-majors we're determined as to whether they owned theaters chains to exhibit their films. "The Big Five'' studios, which owned the theaters, were MGM, Warners, Paramount, Fox and RKO while the ''Little Three,'' which did not own theaters, were Columbia, Universal and United Artists. With the exceptions of MGM and Columbia, the other studios all had some moments where dodged bankruptcy. However, RKO was the most egregious. It was consistently the most mis-managed of all the studios, changing it's image and it's style. And, it wasn't just Hughes, although he put the final nail in the coffin. "The RKO Story''does a good job of explaining how chaotic mis-management can destroy a company.

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• UT

  @utubeDaveutube · 5 years ago

  Thank you for this insight, on all fronts. :-)

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• LS

  @lsimon343 · 5 years ago

  Anyone who truly knows Howard would have the respect to NOT call the Hercules the “ Spruce Goose” Howard HATED that name snd it was dismissive to his incredible plane which would inspire the B 52 and jumbo jets. Howard was a true innovator. Too bad OCD robbed him of his later years BUT LOOK AT WHAT HE ACCOMPLISHED ANYWAY!

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• FR

  @freddyfurrah3789 · 2 years ago

  Someone who also has OCD i can identify with Mr. Hughs.

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• GE

  @gentlemanjake8005 · 4 years ago (edited)

  @lsimon I think you may be missing one of the key points of this program, which is that a lot of people DID NOT respect Howard Hughes. However innovative he was in aviation, he was incompetent as a studio boss. He also relentlessly harassed actresses and abused his power to sabotage their careers if he was rejected.

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• CA

  @catman8670 · 5 years ago

  Hughs didn’t trust anyone, smart guy 👍

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• RY

  @ryanmedic789 · 1 year ago

  38D that's all she needed on this picture

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• EM

  @emilymalden3310 · 5 years ago

  If that is her voice, Jane was a decent singer.

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• SO

  @soupcon6023 · 4 years ago

  Are all the episodes available, please?

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