The lady from the black lagoon : Hollywood monsters and the lost legacy of Milicent Patrick
(2019)
By:
O'Meara, Mallory
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
BIOGRAPHY/PATRICK,M
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Hanover Square Press, [2019]
DESCRIPTION
307 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781335937803, 1335937803, 9781335937803
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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