The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick

by Mallory O'Meara

Milicent’s incredible life should have earned her an honored place in film history. But few even recognize her name. There’s still time to change that.

Stirring.

If you have ever looked with pity at a mother consoling a crying baby on a flight, imagine Elise traveling by car, train and ship through four countries with a baby, two small children and no disposable diapers or air conditioning.

Horripilation

Turns out she was leading me exactly where I needed to go.

I'm not really on board w the gee-whizziness of the tone.

You might not recognize Hearst’s name,

Crikey I feel old

There are few women with as great an influence on Southern California’s reputation as a hub of twentieth-century American art than Nelbert Chouinard. She was, as they say, one bad motherfucker.

I'm sure she'd be delighted by that characterization.