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In 1981, [[RKO General Productions|RKO General]], corporate heir to [[RKO Radio Pictures]] under the General Tire and Rubber Company, began to re-enter film production by resurrecting the '''RKO Pictures''' label, which co-produced several films with various studios, such as [[Avco_Embassy_Pictures]], [[Universal Pictures|Universal Studios]], [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]], and [[Paramount Pictures]]. In 1984, General Tire's media holdings were reorganized to form GenCorp, with RKO General remaining as a subsidiary. A hostile takeover was attempted in 1987 on GenCorp, and RKO Pictures was spun off and sold to Wesray Capital Corporation, who then spun off the company in 1989. The studio was then acquired by Pavilion Communications, then owned by actress Dina Merrill and her husband, film producer Ted Hartley.