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Author O'Meara, Mallory, author.

Title The lady from the black lagoon : Hollywood monsters and the lost legacy of Milicent Patrick / Mallory O'Meara.

Publication Info. Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Hanover Square Press, [2019]
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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  92 PATRICK    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies  92 BIOGRAPHY PATRICK    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  BIO PATRICK    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  BIOGRAPHY PATRICK    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  BIOGRAPHY PATRICK, MILICENT    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  BIO PATRICK    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  B PATRICK, MILICENT    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Whiton Branch - Non Fiction  B PATRICK, MILICENT    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  791.43 O'MEARA    DUE 04-17-24
 Marlborough, Richmond Memorial Library - Adult Department  791.43 O'MEARA    Check Shelf

Description 307 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Establishing shot -- Fade in -- Smash cut -- Dissolve -- Wipe -- Jump cut -- Monster mash -- The beauty and the beast -- Montage -- Iris -- Cross-cut -- Cutaway -- Fade out -- Epilogue -- Afterword.
Summary Mallory O'Meara 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. O'Meara discovered that Patrick's contribution had been claimed by a jealous male colleague, and she soon after had disappeared from film history. 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.
The 1954 motion picture Creature from the Black Lagoon featured a monster designed by a woman, Milicent Patrick. But Patrick's contribution was claimed by a jealous male colleague, her career was cut short, and she soon after disappeared from film history. 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 began her career as one of Disney's first female animators, and O'Meara establishes Patrick in her rightful place in film history while calling out a Hollywood culture where little has changed. -- adapted from jacket
Subject Patrick, Milicent, 1915-1998.
Women animators -- United States -- Biography.
Women in the motion picture industry -- United States -- History.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts.
Women animators. (OCoLC)fst01177128
Women in the motion picture industry. (OCoLC)fst01178040
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Biographies.
ISBN 9781335937803 (hardcover)
1335937803 (hardcover)
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