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\nAs a teenager\, Mallory O'Meara was thr illed to discover that one of her favorite movies\, Creature from the Blac k 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 wa s 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. N o one even knew if she was still alive.
\nAs a young woman working i n the horror film industry\, O'Meara set out to right the wrong\, and in t he process discovered the full\, fascinating story of an ambitious\, artis tic woman ahead of her time. Patrick's contribution to special effects pro ved 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 a s 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 wh ere she went.
\nA true-life detective story and a celebration of a f orgotten feminist trailblazer\, Mallory O'Meara's The Lady from the Black Lagoon establishes Patrick in her rightful place in film history while cal ling out a Hollywood culture where little has changed since. (Publisher de scription: Harper Collins)
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