Cooper was not afraid of "non-realism"; his career also included:

The Monkey's Paw
Son of Kong
She
Dr. Cyclops
Mighty Joe Young
This Is Cinerama
Seven Wonders of the World

And you can make a good argument that - like Carl Denham? - even his "natural" movies were bigger-than-life.

-Craig

Monsterkid since the Kennedy Era