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Merian C. Cooper preparatory sketches for Chennault of China, 1955-1960
Subseries contains early drafts of biographical sketches for Chennault, used in development for screenplay for unproduced film project Chennault of China. Most of the materials are undated.
Merian C. Cooper research on Pearl Harbor, 1911-1977
Contains correspondence, photographs, research, and other materials related to Cooper's post-retirement activities associated with the military. Materials date from 1911 to 1977.
Merian C. Cooper scrapbooks, 1917-1933
Contains scrapbooks of newspaper clippings about Cooper's early life and career. His military career through the Russo-Polish War and the films Grass, Chang, The Four Feathers, The Most Dangerous Game, King Kong, She, and The Last Days of Pompeii are represented. Clippings date from 1917 to 1933.
Merian C. Cooper screenplays and book drafts for Chennault of China, 1958-1960
Subseries contains research, screenplay drafts, photographs, and other materials from Cooper's unproduced film project Chennault of China. Materials date from between 1958 and 1960.
Merian C. Cooper story ideas and properties, 1934-1972
Contains articles, correspondence, and other materials related to story ideas and properties owned by Cooper.
Merian C. Cooper writings, 1921-1965
Contains notes, drafts, published and unpublished literary manuscripts, and tearsheets from newspapers from 1921 to 1924, and 1965. It includes Cooper's proposal for an autobiographical project he titled Thirty Days.
Mighty Joe Young (1949), 1921-1951
Contains research, screenplays, photographs, and other materials from Cooper's production of Mighty Joe Young (1949). Includes story treatments, screenplays, and continuity treatments, production stills and photographic reproductions of Willis O'Brien sketches mounted on art board. Materials date from between 1921 and 1951.
Obituary, funeral, and memorial service papers for Merian C. Cooper, 1973
Contains correspondence, obituaries, funeral service programs, eulogies, tributes, recordings, and photographs related to Cooper's death and burial. Materials date from 1973.
Omaggio a Merian Cooper, 2003 October 12
Footage of a panel on Merian C. Cooper at the Le Giornate del Cinema Muto festival in Pordenone, Italy in 2003.
Photoplay Productions DVD of interview, 2000-2005
This series contains intervies with: Craig Barron, Rudy Behlmer, Ray Bradbury, Bob Burns, Harry Carey, Jr., Richard Cooper, Ted Curtis, James D'Arc, Ray Harryhausen, General David L. "Tex" Hill, Paul Jensen, James Karen, Terry Moore, Rebecca Prime, Daniel Selznick, David Strohmaier, Mark Vaz.
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- Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958 23
- Cooper family 12
- Jordan, Dorothy, 1906-1988 11
- Merian C. Cooper Enterprises, Inc. 10
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- DeMille, Cecil B. (Cecil Blount), 1881-1959 3
- Photoplay Productions 3
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- Harrison, Marguerite, 1879?-1967 1
- Lawrenceville School 1
- O'Brien, Willis, 1886-1962 1
- RKO Radio Pictures 1
- Schoedsack, Ernest B., 1893-1979 1
- United States Naval Academy 1
- United States. Air Force 1
- United States. Army 1
- United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 5th 1
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