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==Awards== [[File:Merian C. Cooper Star HWF.JPG|thumb|right|Star on [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]], at 6525 Hollywood Blvd., with first name misspelled ]] For his military service in Poland, Cooper was awarded the Silver Cross of the [[Order of Virtuti Militari]] (presented by [[Piłsudski]]), and [[Cross of Valour (Poland)|Poland's Cross of Valour]].<ref name="hoover" /> In 1927, Cooper was one of 19 prominent Americans who were given the title of "Honorary Scouts" by the [[Boy Scouts of America]] for "... achievements in outdoor activity, exploration and worthwhile adventure ... of such an exceptional character as to capture the imagination of boys". The other honorees were [[Roy Chapman Andrews]], [[Robert Bartlett (explorer)|Robert Bartlett]], [[Frederick Russell Burnham]], [[Richard E. Byrd]], [[George Kruck Cherrie]], [[James L. Clark]], [[Lincoln Ellsworth]], [[Louis Agassiz Fuertes]], [[George Bird Grinnell]], [[Charles Lindbergh]], [[Donald Baxter MacMillan]], [[Clifford H. Pope]], [[George Palmer Putnam]], [[Kermit Roosevelt]], [[Carl Rungius]], [[Stewart Edward White]], and [[Orville Wright]].<ref name="time29aug1927">{{cite magazine |date=August 29, 1927 |title=Around the World |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,723029,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220054952/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,723029,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 20, 2008 |access-date= October 24, 2007 }}</ref> In 1949, ''[[Mighty Joe Young (1949 film)|Mighty Joe Young]]'' won an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, which was presented to Willis O'Brien, the man responsible for the film's special effects.<ref name="LA times">{{cite news|title='Mighty Joe Young' (1949)|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/lat-harry-life11-la0004622614-20000803-photo.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807180931/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/lat-harry-life11-la0004622614-20000803-photo.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 August 2016|access-date=8 July 2016|agency=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Pitts|first1=Michael R.|title=RKO radio pictures horror, science fiction and fantasy films, 1930–1956.|date=2014|publisher=Mcfarland|isbn=978-0-7864-6047-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=op6vBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA192|access-date=14 November 2016}}</ref> Cooper was awarded an honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement in 1952.<ref name="film quiz">{{cite book|last1=Rausch|first1=Andrew J.|title=The Hundred Greatest American Films: A Quiz Book|date=July 2002|publisher=Citadel|isbn=978-0-8065-2337-8|page=118|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=olaP4o-DHI8C&pg=PA118|access-date=8 July 2016}}</ref> His film ''[[The Quiet Man]]'' was nominated for Best Picture that year, but lost to [[Cecil B. DeMille]]'s ''[[The Greatest Show on Earth (film)|The Greatest Show on Earth]]''.<ref name="AMC">{{cite web|title=1952 Academy Awards® Winners and History|url=http://www.filmsite.org/aa52.html|website=AMC|access-date=8 July 2016}}</ref> Cooper has a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]], though his first name is misspelled "Meriam".<ref name="mental floss">{{cite web|last1=Conradt|first1=Stacy|title=6 Misspellings on the Hollywood Walk of Fame|url=http://mentalfloss.com/article/82386/6-misspellings-hollywood-walk-fame|website=mental_floss|date=July 2016|access-date=8 July 2016}}</ref>
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