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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Merian_CMerian C. Cooper - Wikipedia

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   Merian Caldwell Cooper (October 24, 1893 – April 21, 1973) was an American filmmaker, actor, and producer, as well as a former aviator who served as an officer in the United States Army Air Service and Polish Air Force. In film, his most famous work was the 1933 movie King Kong, and he is credited as co-inventor of the Cinerama film ...

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2. normanstudios.org › blog › 2018/09/24“Distant, Difficult, and Dangerous” – The Life of Merian C ...

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   Sep 24, 2018 · On April 21 st, 1973, Merian C. Cooper died in his San Diego home of cancer. Having lived the life of ten men, the daredevil, adventurer and pioneer of cinema was suddenly gone.

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3. www.warhistoryonline.com › world-war-iThe Extraordinary Life of Merian C. Cooper - Forgotten Hero ...

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   Sep 12, 2016 · Cooper was awarded an honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement in 1952 and have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, though his first name is misspelled “Meriam”. Merian C. Cooper died in 1973 at the age of 79 in San Diego, California.

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4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › King_Kong_(1933_film)King Kong (1933 film) - Wikipedia

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   King Kong is a 1933 American pre-Code adventure horror monster film [4] directed and produced by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, with special effects by Willis H. O'Brien. Produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, it is the first film in the King Kong franchise.

   • Budget: $672,254.75
   • Music by: Max Steiner

   • Produced by: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack

5. www.historynet.com › king-kong-creator-fighter-pilotBefore Creating 'King Kong,' He Fought the Soviets from the Air

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   Jul 27, 2022 · Stories. Before Creating ‘King Kong,’ He Fought the Soviets from the Air. Merian C. Cooper lived a life as exciting as anything he captured on film. by Tom Huntington 7/27/2022. In Poland, the missions Cooper and his fellow Americans flew included escorting Polish Maj. Jerzy Kossowski’s bombers.

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   Who was Merian Caldwell Cooper?

   • But the man behind this much beloved story lived a life far more adventurous than anything you’d see on the silver screen. Merian Caldwell Cooper was born in Jacksonville Florida on October 24 th, 1893 to John C. Cooper and Mary Caldwell. When he was 7 years old, he and his family lost their home on Monroe Street in the Great Fire of 1901.

   “Distant, Difficult, and Dangerous” – The Life of Merian C. Cooper

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   Is Merian Caldwell Cooper dead or still alive?

   • He was married to Dorothy Jordan from 1933 until his death in 1973. They had one son, Maciej Słomczyński. Cooper died on April 21, 1973 in San Diego, California from cancer, aged 79. Merian Caldwell Cooper was born in Jacksonville, Florida.

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   Who is Richard Cooper & what did he do?

   • During the legal battles that followed, which eventually included RKO countersuing Universal, as well as De Laurentiis filing a lawsuit claiming interference, Colonel Richard Cooper (Merian's son and now head of the Cooper estate) jumped into the fray.

   King Kong - Wikipedia

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   What was the significance of the Cooper judgment?

   • This ruling, which became known as the "Cooper judgment", expressly stated that it would not change the previous ruling that publishing rights of the novel and serialization were in the public domain. It was a huge victory that affirmed the position Merian C. Cooper had maintained for years.

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7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › King_KongKing Kong - Wikipedia

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   The King Kong character was conceived and created by American filmmaker Merian C. Cooper. In the original film, the character's name is Kong, a name given to him by the inhabitants of the fictional "Skull Island" in the Indian Ocean, where Kong lives along with other oversized animals, such as plesiosaurs, pterosaurs and various dinosaurs.