The Hollywood Studios, Year-By-Year – RKO, 1932 – Symphony of Six Million & The Age of Consent

RKO, 1932: Selznick has come in as production chief and fired everyone but Pandro S. Berman. We look at the result of this new regime in the form of two La Cava-helmed pictures. First, the white elephant, Symphony of Six Million, based on a short story by Fannie Hurst, shows us how RKO does the Lower East Side. Then, the termite, The Age of Consent, examines the sexual mores of American college life. Though it's probably not what you're thinking.   Time Codes: 0h 01m 00s:          Symphony of Six Million (dir: Gregory La Cava) 0h 40m 12s:          The Age of Consent (dir: Gregory La Cava)   +++ * Check out our Complete Upcoming Episode Schedule * Catch up with Dave's fledgling Précis du cinema efforts on the Anagramsci Blog or on Letterboxd * Find Elise's latest film piece on Depression era film romance *And Read lots of Elise's Writing at Bright Wall/Dark Room, Cléo, and Bright Lights.* Follow us on Twitter at @therebuggy Write to us at [email protected] Theme Music: "What's Yr Take on Cassavetes?" – Le Tigre