Editing Merian C. Cooper (section)

===Argosy Pictures and Cinerama===
Cooper and his friend and frequent collaborator, noted director [[John Ford]], formed [[Argosy Pictures|Argosy Productions]] in 1946<ref name="John Ford">{{cite web|title=John Ford—Independent Profile|url=http://www.cobbles.com/simpp_archive/argosy_ford.htm|website=Hollywood Renegades|publisher=Cobblestone Entertainment|access-date=13 July 2016}}</ref> and produced such notable films as ''[[Wagon Master]]'' (1950),<ref name="the searchers" />{{rp|112}} Ford's ''[[Fort Apache (film)|Fort Apache]]'' (1948), and ''[[She Wore a Yellow Ribbon]]'' (1949).<ref name="John Ford"/> Cooper's films at Argosy reflected his patriotism and his vision of the United States.<ref name="living dangerously" />{{rp|321}}

Argosy negotiated a contract with RKO in 1946 to make four pictures. Cooper was able to make ''Grass'' a complete picture. Cooper also produced and directed ''[[Mighty Joe Young (1949 film)|Mighty Joe Young]]'', which recruited Schoedsack as director. Cooper visited the set of the film every day to check on progress.<ref name="living dangerously" />{{rp|335,340–342}}

Cooper left Argosy Pictures to pursue the process of [[Cinerama]].<ref name="living dangerously" />{{rp|350}} He became the vice president of [[Cinerama Productions]] in the 1950s and was also elected a board member. After failing to convince other board members to finance skilled technicians, Cooper left Cinerama with [[Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney]] to form C. V. Whitney Productions. Cooper continued to outline movies to be shot in Cinerama, but C. V. Whitney Productions only produced a few films.<ref name="living dangerously" />{{rp|355–358}} Cooper was the executive producer for Ford's ''[[The Searchers (film)|The Searchers]]'' (1956).<ref name="the searchers">{{cite book|last1=Eckstein|first1=Arthur M.|title=The Searchers: Essays and Reflections on John Ford's Classic Western|date=February 2004|publisher=Wayne State University Press|isbn=978-0-8143-3056-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BcQiOl0z2McC&pg=PA117|access-date=11 July 2016}}</ref>{{rp|117}}