The Lady from the Black Lagoon

Posted on 02 September 2018 by Mallory O'Meara

The Lady from the Black Lagoon uncovers the life and work of Milicent Patrick one of Disney s first female animators and the only woman in history to create one of Hollywood s classic movie monsters.As a teenager, Mallory O Meara was thrilled to discover that one of her favorite movies, The Creature from the Black Lagoon, featured a monster designed by a woman, Milicent Patrick But for someone who should have been hailed as a pioneer in the genre there was little information available For, as O Meara soon discovered, Patrick s contribution had been claimed by a jealous male colleague, her career had been cut short and she soon after had disappeared from film history No one even knew if she was still alive.As a young woman working in the horror film industry, O Meara set out to right the wrong, and in the process discovered the full, fascinating story of an ambitious, artistic woman ahead of her time Patrick s contribution to special effects proved to be just the latest chapter in a remarkable, unconventional life, from her youth growing up in the shadow of Hearst Castle, to her career as one of Disney s first female animators And at last, O Meara discovered what really had happened to Patrick after The Creature s success, and where she went.A true life detective story and a celebration of a forgotten feminist trailblazer, Mallory O Meara s The Lady from the Black Lagoon establishes Patrick in her rightful place in film history while calling out a Hollywood culture where little has changed since. Read The Lady from the Black Lagoon – kino-fada.fr The Lady from the Black Lagoon tells the fascinating story of Milicent Patrick, the designer of the iconic Creature he of the eponymous Black Lagoon Milicent s is a name that deserves to be recognized by fans of film, horror and art, and Mallory O Meara has done ...The Lady from the Black Lagoon is a celebration of the life and shamefully overlooked work of Milicent Patrick It s also an unflinching, from the front lines recounting of Hollywood s toxic patriarchal culture, a hist...photo creditphoto creditThe Creature from the Black Lagoon is a horror film that was released in 1954 It features a scaled and gilled monster which was created based on the design sketches of Milicent Patrick, an artist with Universal Studios To date, the gill man is considered one of the most iconic monsters of 1950 s cinema and it continues to influence costume and design in and out of the horror genre But Milicent Patrick s name was quickly disconnected from her contribution after she st photo creditphoto creditThe Creature from the Black Lagoon is a horror film that was released in 1954 It features a scaled and gilled monster which was created based on the design sketches of Milicent Patrick, an artist with Universal Studios To date, the gill man is considered one of the most iconic monsters of 1950 s cinema and it continues to influence costume and design in and out of the horror genre But Milicent Patrick s name was quickly disconnected from her contribution after she started to receive public credit Afterall, she was a woman Heaven forbid Screenwrite...Despite the title, I would not call this a book about the Lady from the Black Lagoon This is a memoir about O Meara researching Milicent Patrick s previously unknown life with a lot of filler to make this into a full length book With a few exceptions, the first 85% of this book doesn t have much about Milicent Patrick Instead we learn about her father s background, William Randolph Hearst and his architect Julia Morgan, Nelbert Chouinard, the Wests, a history of special effects and makeup Despite the title, I would not call this a book about the Lady from the Black Lagoon This is a memoir about O Meara researching ...Mallory O Meara s The Lady from the Black Lagoon is both a great rabble rousing biography and a social science text The author has an axe to grind, but I think it actually works as a strength rather than a drawback There are some things that have upset her, and the reader will likely share in that feeling.O Meara work spotlights the little known life and talent of Milicent Patrick Patrick grew up post WWI during the Great Depression, mostly in California, with an overbearing architect fathe Mallory O Meara s The Lady from the Black Lagoon is both a great rabble rousing biography and a social science text The author has an axe to grind, but I think it actually works as a strength rather than a ...I read this over the course of a few days, took no notes so will have no review because I ve read two books since and my brain can t hold on to all of that information The Lady From The Black Lagoon is a super interesting story once you get past the pages about Patrick s dad those bits made my eyes glaze a bit Milicent Patrick was an artist whose name was buried under the thumb of her manly superiors who took credit for her work Both infuriating and fascinating Milicent Patrick certainly h I read this over the course of a few days, took no notes so will have no review because I ve r...I wanted to love this book about a pathbreaking woman and her resounding legacy as a film effects and creature designer whose legacy includes some explanations for the in jokes in The Shape of Water, among other things However, my own hard won and often denigrated professional background is in research and history, and I know from bitter experience that when you reconstruct the life of an under valued, marginalized and under documented person, you have to do it right and set up subsequent res I wanted to love this book about a pathbreaking woman and her resounding legacy as a film effects and creature designer whose legacy includes some explanations for the in jokes in The Shape of Water, among other things However, my own hard won and often denigrated professional background is in research and history, and I know from bitter experience that when you reconstruct the life of an under valu...I had never heard the name Milicent Patrick until last year when this book began to appear on lists for upcoming releases I was immediately intrigued by the idea that a woman in 1950 s Hollywood was responsible for creating the legendary monster often called Gill Man in Creature from the Black Lagoon The Lady from the Black Lagoon is part biography and part detective story, covering the life of Milicent Patrick as well as Mallory O Meara s journey to unearth clues about Patrick s film lega I had never heard the name Milicent Patrick unti...Milicent Patrick was one of the most remarkable women working in Hollywood After being one of Disney s earliest female animators, she moved her talents onscreen, working primarily as a background extra in many films She should best be known as the designer of the titular monster in the movie Creature from the Black Lagoon Yet her contributions have gone largely unknown, stripped from cinema history by a male colleague with an ego Her life went so underreported that when filmmaker Mallory O M Milicent Patrick was one of the most remarkable women working in Hollywood After being one of Disney s earliest female animators, she moved her talents onscreen, working primarily as a background extra in many films She should best be known as the designer of the titular monster in the movie Creature from the Black Lagoon Yet her contributions have gone largely unknown, stripped from cinema history by a male colleague with an ego Her ...I wanted to like this book, but the book I read and the book of my expectations were wildly different creatures My expectations said, Biography of a lost Hollywood monster designer The book said, hybrid memoir non fiction about a young horror producer seeking the tale of a lost Hollywood monster designer, with digressions And I don t want to blame O Meara, whose enthusiasm...

02 September 2018

Mallory O'Meara