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doomkittiekhan 's review for:
The Lady from the Black Lagoon
by Mallory O'Meara
If you're interested in ANY of the following topics, this book is for you -
- The Creature from the Black Lagoon
- Monster movies
- Universal Pictures
- The Hearst Castle
- Globe-trotting families in the early 20th century
- Film History
- Women's History
- Stories of women working in the horror industry
- Stories of women working in film
- Stories of women working in ANY male-dominated profession
- The golden age of Hollywood
- Disney in the 1940s
- Women artist working for Disney in the 1940s
- 1940s and 1950s fashion and glamour
- A self-inventing woman who happens to look like "a goth Jessica Rabbit"
- The #MeToo movement
- Women combating real-life monsters
- Odd historical quests in archives and libraries
- Uncovering a moment in history from the ground up
- Passion projects
- Parts of a story so lovely and heartfelt they make you tear up
I know that's a lot to take in, but please don't think that just because you are not a horror fan, or don't have any clue who Milicent Patrick is, that this book isn't worth your time. Trust me - it is.
Do you believe in destiny? Like, have you ever started working on a research project and realized that events in your life have made you a vehicle to tell a story in a way that only you can...and to tell it well? I believe that kismit has made O'Meara that person for Milicent Patrick.
Her biography of Patrick is an interdisciplinary weaving that threads together O'Meara's own experience as a woman working in the horror film industry and her lifelong love of creature features (especially The Creature from the Black Lagoon) with Patrick's own story during the golden age of Hollywood. This book is O'Meara's love letter. It is all the things put onto paper that you wish you could tell someone you idolize.
It all started with a picture. A picture of Patrick painting final details onto the costume of The Creature. From that, O'Meara dove head-first into a multi-year research project to figure out who Milicent Patrick was, her artistic career, her family legacy, and finally, what her work has meant to so many people. *Seriously, reading the section of fan mail she received from little girls in the 1950s for her work creating The Creature is just lovely*.
I am so incredibly proud of the work O'Meara has done to bring Milicent Patrick's story to the general public. This is one biography that has truly blown me away and I highly recommend it to anyone.
- The Creature from the Black Lagoon
- Monster movies
- Universal Pictures
- The Hearst Castle
- Globe-trotting families in the early 20th century
- Film History
- Women's History
- Stories of women working in the horror industry
- Stories of women working in film
- Stories of women working in ANY male-dominated profession
- The golden age of Hollywood
- Disney in the 1940s
- Women artist working for Disney in the 1940s
- 1940s and 1950s fashion and glamour
- A self-inventing woman who happens to look like "a goth Jessica Rabbit"
- The #MeToo movement
- Women combating real-life monsters
- Odd historical quests in archives and libraries
- Uncovering a moment in history from the ground up
- Passion projects
- Parts of a story so lovely and heartfelt they make you tear up
I know that's a lot to take in, but please don't think that just because you are not a horror fan, or don't have any clue who Milicent Patrick is, that this book isn't worth your time. Trust me - it is.
Do you believe in destiny? Like, have you ever started working on a research project and realized that events in your life have made you a vehicle to tell a story in a way that only you can...and to tell it well? I believe that kismit has made O'Meara that person for Milicent Patrick.
Her biography of Patrick is an interdisciplinary weaving that threads together O'Meara's own experience as a woman working in the horror film industry and her lifelong love of creature features (especially The Creature from the Black Lagoon) with Patrick's own story during the golden age of Hollywood. This book is O'Meara's love letter. It is all the things put onto paper that you wish you could tell someone you idolize.
It all started with a picture. A picture of Patrick painting final details onto the costume of The Creature. From that, O'Meara dove head-first into a multi-year research project to figure out who Milicent Patrick was, her artistic career, her family legacy, and finally, what her work has meant to so many people. *Seriously, reading the section of fan mail she received from little girls in the 1950s for her work creating The Creature is just lovely*.
I am so incredibly proud of the work O'Meara has done to bring Milicent Patrick's story to the general public. This is one biography that has truly blown me away and I highly recommend it to anyone.