Monday, Jul. 29, 1929
RKO in England
Steadily proceeding with the expansion of its entertainment business, Radio Corp. of America last week secured for itself distribution in Great Britain. Through RKO Export Corp., sub-subsidiary of Radio Corp., direct subsidiary of Radio-Keith-Orpheum, Inc., an arrangement was made with a British distributing company, Ideal Films, Ltd., to handle the 1929-30 output of Radio Pictures. Ideal Films, Ltd. is an affiliate of Gaumont, the British chain which controls more than 300 theatres in the most populous British cities.