birdbrainbooks 's review for:

The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O'Meara
4.0

3.5 - (listened on audio) - I loved learning about the elusive Milicent Patrick, the under-appreciated and forgotten talent behind the Creature of the Black Lagoon monster design and other contributions to Hollywood during her time. This story is clearly the author’s passion project, a horror film producer herself, and it’s really cool to toggle between her search for details about her hero and Milicent’s story from birth to death. Clearly there are many forgotten women who contributed to film greatness throughout history, and it’s great to hear their stories be told as is done here.