The Resource Living dangerously : the adventures of Merian C. Cooper, creator of King Kong, Mark Cotta Vaz
Living dangerously : the adventures of Merian C. Cooper, creator of King Kong, Mark Cotta Vaz
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- Summary
- Explorer, war hero, filmmaker, and cinema pioneer Merian C. Cooper--the adventurer who created King Kong--was truly larger than life. "Pictures cannot be made from an executive's desk," "Coop" declared, and so he went to the far corners of the globe, with a motion picture camera in tow, in an era when those corners were truly unknown, untamed, and unforgiving. Cooper was one of the first bomber pilots in World War I. He then turned his attention to producing documentary films that chronicled his encounters with savage warriors, man-eating tigers, nomadic tribes, and elephant stampedes. He was the first to team Fred Astaire with Ginger Rogers, arranged Katharine Hepburn's screen test, collaborated with John Ford on Hollywood's greatest Westerns, and introduced Cinerama, the original "virtual reality." He returned to military service during World War II, flying missions into the heart of enemy territory in China.--From publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Living dangerously : the adventures of Merian C. Cooper, creator of King Kong
- Title
- Living dangerously
- Title remainder
- the adventures of Merian C. Cooper, creator of King Kong
- Statement of responsibility
- Mark Cotta Vaz
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Explorer, war hero, filmmaker, and cinema pioneer Merian C. Cooper--the adventurer who created King Kong--was truly larger than life. "Pictures cannot be made from an executive's desk," "Coop" declared, and so he went to the far corners of the globe, with a motion picture camera in tow, in an era when those corners were truly unknown, untamed, and unforgiving. Cooper was one of the first bomber pilots in World War I. He then turned his attention to producing documentary films that chronicled his encounters with savage warriors, man-eating tigers, nomadic tribes, and elephant stampedes. He was the first to team Fred Astaire with Ginger Rogers, arranged Katharine Hepburn's screen test, collaborated with John Ford on Hollywood's greatest Westerns, and introduced Cinerama, the original "virtual reality." He returned to military service during World War II, flying missions into the heart of enemy territory in China.--From publisher description
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Vaz, Mark Cotta
- Dewey number
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- 791.4302/3/092
- B
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PN1998.3.C6697
- LC item number
- V38 2005
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Cooper, Merian C
- Motion picture producers and directors
- Label
- Living dangerously : the adventures of Merian C. Cooper, creator of King Kong, Mark Cotta Vaz
- Bar code
- 31223072381727
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [421]-459) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 478 p.
- Isbn
- 9781400062768
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2004061184
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 9781400062768
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
- 56895256
- Label
- Living dangerously : the adventures of Merian C. Cooper, creator of King Kong, Mark Cotta Vaz
- Bar code
- 31223072381727
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [421]-459) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 478 p.
- Isbn
- 9781400062768
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2004061184
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 9781400062768
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
- 56895256
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