BBC iPlayer: The classic Hollywood films you can watch right now
The list includes movies by Alfred Hitchcock, John Ford and Orson Welles
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Your support makes all the difference.BBC iPlayer has added more than 20 classics produced by film studio RKO Pictures.
The distributor that produced some of the biggest films in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s was one of the five big production companies in existence during Hollywood’s Golden Age.
Among the films that have been added are the original King Kong, musical Top Hat and Citizen Kane, the Orson Wells drama considered one of the greatest films ever made.
Others include Bringing Up Baby, the screwball comedy starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant, as well as Alfred Hitchcock film Suspicion.
Speaking about the addition of these films, Dan McGolpin – controller of BBC iPlayer – said: “It’s really exciting to bring this fantastic selection of classic movies from RKO Pictures to viewers on BBC iPlayer.
“Many people can now discover these inspiring pieces of cinema for the first time and will see some of Hollywood’s finest performances from its best loved stars.”
Find a full list of every RKO Pictures film that has been added to BBC iPlayer below.
Angel Face
Beautiful But Dangerous
Blackbeard, The Pirate
Bringing Up Baby
Carefree
Citizen Kane
Fort Apache (1948)
King Kong (1933)
Kitty Foyle
Love Affair (1939)
Magnificent Ambersons
Mr Blandings Builds His Dreamhouse
My Favourite Wife
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Suspicion
The Gay Divorce
The Miracle of the Bells
The Sky’s the Limit
The Spanish Main
The Velvet Touch
Top Hat
Vivacious Lady
Wagon Master
You can find the films on BBC iPlayer here.
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