Editing Merian C. Cooper (section)

===Cooper and Schoedsack===
[[File:Grass (1925) - Ernest Schoedsack & Merian Cooper.jpg|thumb|240 px|left|Cooper (right) alongside [[Ernest Schoedsack]] in a scene from ''[[Grass (1925 film)|Grass]]'' (1925).]]
After returning from overseas in 1921, Cooper got a job working the night shift at ''[[The New York Times]]''. He was commissioned to write articles for ''[[Asia (magazine)|Asia]]'' magazine. Cooper was able to travel with [[Ernest Schoedsack]] on a sea voyage on the ''Wisdom II''. As part of the journey, he traveled to Abyssinia, or the [[Ethiopian Empire]], where he met their prince regent, Ras Tefari, later known as Emperor [[Haile Selassie I]]. The ship left Abyssinia in February 1923. On their way home, the crew narrowly missed being attacked by pirates, and the ship was burned down.<ref name="living dangerously" />{{rp|81–83,95–104}} His three-part series for ''Asia'' was published in 1923.<ref name="living dangerously" />{{rp|106}}

After returning home, Cooper researched for the [[American Geographical Society]]. In 1924, Cooper joined Schoedsack and [[Marguerite Harrison]] who had embarked on an expedition that would be turned into the film ''[[Grass (1925 film)|Grass]]'' (1925).<ref name="living dangerously" />{{rp|111}} They returned later the same year. Cooper became a member of the Explorers Club of New York in January 1925 and was asked to give lectures and attend events due to his extensive traveling. ''Grass'' was acquired by [[Paramount Pictures]].  Cooper and Schoedsack's first film gained the attention of [[Jesse Lasky]], who commissioned the duo for their second film,  ''[[Chang (movie)|Chang]]'' (1927). They also produced the film ''[[The Four Feathers (1929 film)|The Four Feathers]]'',<ref name="living dangerously" />{{rp|132–137,162}} which was filmed among the fighting tribes of the Sudan. These films combined real footage with staged sequences.<ref name="trueadventure"/>