When Merian C. Cooper created King Kong, he assumed that he owned the character, which he had conceived in 1929, outright. Cooper maintained that he had only licensed the character to RKO for the initial film and sequel but had otherwise owned his creation. In 1935, Cooper began to feel something was amiss when he was trying to get a Tarzan vs. King Kong project off the ground for Pioneer Pictures (where he had assumed management of the company). After David O. Selznick suggested the project to Cooper, a flurry of legal activity over using the Kong character followed. Pioneer had become a completely independent company by this time, and access to properties that RKO felt were theirs was no longer automatic. This gave Cooper pause, as he came to realize that he might not have full control over this product of his own imagination after all.

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