From the time he was a boy, Merian C. Cooper (born on this day in 1893) wanted to be an adventurer, a wish that propelled him into journalism, the National Guard, military aviation, two world wars, and then he became a movie producer and writer, working on some cinematic classics, including King Kong in 1933. He even played one of the pilots in the film. Here again to tell this "Hollywood Goes to War" story is Roger McGrath.
