AFI CATALOG OF FEATURE FILMS

THE FIRST 100 YEARS 1893–1993

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Merian C. Cooper

Also Known As: Merian Cooper

68 Titles in Filmography CAST | DIRECTOR | FILM EDITOR | PHOTOGRAPHY | PRODUCER | WRITER | HISTORY

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FILMOGRAPHY

PRODUCER

TITLE
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
YEAR
GRASS: A NATION'S BATTLE FOR LIFE
Merian Cooper
Prod
1925
CHANG
Prod
1927
THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME
Assoc prod
1932
THE PHANTOM OF CRESTWOOD
Assoc prod
1932
DIPLOMANIACS
Exec prod
1933
RAFTER ROMANCE
Exec prod
1933
THE SON OF KONG
Exec prod
1933
CHANCE AT HEAVEN
Exec prod
1933
ANN VICKERS
Exec prod
1933
BED OF ROSES
Exec prod
1933
AFTER TONIGHT
Exec prod
1933
BEFORE DAWN
Exec prod
1933
EMERGENCY CALL
Exec prod
1933
BLIND ADVENTURE
Exec prod
1933
ACE OF ACES
Exec prod
1933
FLYING DEVILS
Exec prod
1933
HEADLINE SHOOTER
Exec prod
1933
MORNING GLORY
Exec prod
1933
MELODY CRUISE
Exec prod
1933
LUCKY DEVILS
Assoc prod
1933
AGGIE APPLEBY, MAKER OF MEN
Exec prod
1933
PROFESSIONAL SWEETHEART
Exec prod
1933
MIDSHIPMAN JACK
Exec prod
1933
FLAMING GOLD
Exec prod
1933
ONE MAN'S JOURNEY
Exec prod
1933
THE SILVER CORD
Exec prod
1933
LITTLE WOMEN
Exec prod
1933
CROSS FIRE
Exec prod
1933
NO MARRIAGE TIES
Exec prod
1933
IF I WERE FREE
Exec prod
1933
THE RIGHT TO ROMANCE
Exec prod
1933
FLYING DOWN TO RIO
Exec prod
1933
DOUBLE HARNESS
Exec prod
1933
FINISHING SCHOOL
Exec prod
1934
SING AND LIKE IT
Exec prod
1934
SUCCESS AT ANY PRICE
Exec prod
1934
TWO ALONE
Exec prod
1934
THIS MAN IS MINE
Exec prod
1934
MAN OF TWO WORLDS
Exec prod
1934
SPITFIRE
Exec prod
1934
LONG LOST FATHER
Exec prod
1934
KEEP 'EM ROLLING
Exec prod
1934
THE MEANEST GAL IN TOWN
Exec prod
1934
HIPS, HIPS, HOORAY!
Exec prod
1934
THE LOST PATROL
Exec prod
1934
CRIME DOCTOR
Exec prod
1934
DANCING PIRATE
Exec prod
1936
THE TOY WIFE
Prod
1938
THE FUGITIVE
Pres
1947
FORT APACHE
Pres
1948
3 GODFATHERS
Pres
1949
MIGHTY JOE YOUNG
Pres
1949
SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON
Pres
1949
RIO GRANDE
Prod
1950
WAGON MASTER
Pres
1950
THIS IS CINERAMA
Prod
1952
THE QUIET MAN
Prod
1952
THE SEARCHERS
Exec prod
1956
THE MISSOURI TRAVELER
Exec prod
1958
THE BEST OF CINERAMA
Prod
1963

WRITER

TITLE
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
YEAR
THE LOST EMPIRE
Merian Cooper
Titles
1924
KING KONG
Idea conceived by
1933
MIGHTY JOE YOUNG
Orig story
1949
KING KONG
from an idea conceived by
1976
KING KONG
Based on a story by
2005

DIRECTOR

TITLE
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
YEAR
GRASS: A NATION'S BATTLE FOR LIFE
Rec for the screen [Dir]
1925
CHANG
Dir
1927
THE FOUR FEATHERS
Dir
1929
KING KONG
Dir
1933

PHOTOGRAPHY

TITLE
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
YEAR
GOW, THE HEAD HUNTER
Dir of photog
1928
THE FOUR FEATHERS
Dir of photog
1929

FILM EDITOR

TITLE
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
YEAR
THE LOST EMPIRE
Merian Cooper
Film ed
1924

CAST

TITLE
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
YEAR

HISTORY

TITLE
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
YEAR
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