Apparently, it's a long story, but after Howard Hughes ran RKO into the ground, the studio was taken over by Desilu Productions, which in turn was absorbed by Paramount. So some of the titles remained with Paramount but Ted Turner did get TV rights to many of those. Of course, Turner sold out to TimeWarnerAOL, which has its own story! There's a pretty good summary at the Scarlet Street Forum Q&A: http://pub4.ezboard.com/fscarletstreetrkoandotherstudios.showMessage?topicID=45.topic "Only connect" --E.M. Forster Donald F. Larsson English Dept., AH 230 Minnesota State University Mankato, MN 56001 -----Original Message----- From: Sharon Knolle [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tue 8/27/2002 4:58 PM To: [log in to unmask] Cc: Subject: Monogram and RKO films Hi, Does anyone know who ended up with distribution rights to Monogram and RKO films from the '40s and '50s? I've seen some RKO films end up on Turner Home Video, but certainly not all. Many thanks, Sharon Knolle Entertainment Writer [log in to unmask] Online Portfolio: http://home.sprintmail.com/~sknolle/frame.html ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]