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The Independent UK
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Jacob Stolworthy

BBC iPlayer: The classic Hollywood films you can watch right now

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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