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...Conqueror (RKO Radio...
...Conqueror (RKO Radio). An American traveler in Central Asia once asked a Mongolian herdsman where America was. "In West Russia," he replied. This picture, which purports to be based on the life of the young Genghis Khan, carries a strong suggestion that, to Hollywood's way of thinking, Mongolia is in the western U.S. The part of the "Perfect Warrior"-a man who became a supreme statesman and lawgiver as well as the most formidable military genius in Asiatic history-is played by Hollywood's best-known cowboy, John Wayne. And does he gallop across the steppe...
...RKO PICTURES, originally bought by General Tire & Rubber Co.'s Teleradio subsidiary for its film backlog (TIME, Aug. 1), will swing back into full operation as a major moviemaker. After virtually shutting down under Industrialist Howard Hughes, RKO will start off with a $22.5 million budget for eleven films (among them: Cash McCall, A Farewell to Arms, The Syndicate) in the first six months of 1956 alone...
Naked Sea (RKO Radio). Any simpleton knows how to get tuna out of a can, but it takes a special sort of chucklehead to get it out of the ocean. Anybody who sees this picture, made by Allen H. Miner and Gerald Schnitzer on a West Coast tuna clipper, will soon see why. He will also see a handsome piece of movie journalism, and so many fish that when he describes the catch his wife will hurry to fix him a cup of black coffee...
This should lead to still more profit: Teleradio plans to make 17 feature films this year. To cap Teleradio's triumph, the Federal Communications Commission has approved its merger with RKO to form a new company, RKO Teleradio Pictures, Inc. The result: a single company that owns the nation's biggest radio network (570 outlets), six television stations and moviemaking facilities as well...