Which theater chain merged with Film Booking Offices of America to form RKO?
Keith-Albee-Orpheum
Loews
Paramount
Fox
Answer
RKO Pictures was formed after the Keith-Albee-Orpheum theater chain merged with Joseph P. Kennedy's Film Booking Offices of America studio. This merger was engineered by RCA executive David Sarnoff to create a market for the company's sound-on-film technology, RCA Photophone.
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