{"id":18526,"date":"2019-07-20T07:06:10","date_gmt":"2019-07-20T14:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/?p=18526"},"modified":"2019-07-21T09:59:37","modified_gmt":"2019-07-21T16:59:37","slug":"an-rko-radio-picture-logo-in-technicolor-1947-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2019\/07\/20\/an-rko-radio-picture-logo-in-technicolor-1947-2\/","title":{"rendered":"“An RKO Radio Picture” logo in Technicolor (1947)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18528\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2019\/07\/20\/an-rko-radio-picture-logo-in-technicolor-1947-2\/an-rko-radio-picture-logo-in-technicolor-1947\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/An-RKO-Radio-Picture-logo-in-Technicolor-1947.jpg?fit=3598%2C2520&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3598,2520\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"An RKO Radio Picture logo in Technicolor (1947)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/An-RKO-Radio-Picture-logo-in-Technicolor-1947.jpg?fit=300%2C210&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/An-RKO-Radio-Picture-logo-in-Technicolor-1947.jpg?fit=640%2C448&ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-18528\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/An-RKO-Radio-Picture-logo-in-Technicolor-1947.jpg?resize=640%2C448&ssl=1\" alt=\"An RKO Radio Picture logo in Technicolor (1947)\" width=\"640\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/An-RKO-Radio-Picture-logo-in-Technicolor-1947.jpg?resize=1024%2C717&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/An-RKO-Radio-Picture-logo-in-Technicolor-1947.jpg?resize=300%2C210&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/An-RKO-Radio-Picture-logo-in-Technicolor-1947.jpg?resize=768%2C538&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/An-RKO-Radio-Picture-logo-in-Technicolor-1947.jpg?w=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/An-RKO-Radio-Picture-logo-in-Technicolor-1947.jpg?w=1920&ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>The other day I sat down to watch a 1947 movie called \u201cSinbad, the Sailor\u201d and was not quite prepared for what I saw when I clicked \u201cplay\u201d: it was the usual “An RKO Radio Picture” logo\u2014but in Technicolor! I can\u2019t imagine \u201cSinbad\u201d is the only movie to feature the logo in color but it\u2019s the first one I remember seeing. And look how magnificent it was in color. The movie itself was only okay. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. did a retreat of his father in \u201cThe Thief of Bagdad\u201d (1924) and Maureen O\u2019Hara stood around looking more stunning than she ever had before. The real star of the picture were the sets and costumes. The crew used every possible hue available to them and shot it all in glorious, glowing, gorgeous Technicolor.<\/h3>\n<h3>Follow this link to see the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.closinglogos.com\/m\/page\/RKO+Pictures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>evolution of the RKO logo<\/strong><\/a>.<\/h3>\n<p>See also this YouTube video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Vf3Mgkp-Cbs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>RKO Pictures Logo History<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The other day I sat down to watch a 1947 movie called \u201cSinbad, the Sailor\u201d and was not quite prepared for what I saw when I clicked \u201cplay\u201d: it was the usual “An RKO Radio Picture” logo\u2014but in Technicolor! 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