Milicent Patrick and the Creature

11/14/20 • 21 min

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(Josh) While most of us imagine life in Hollywood’s golden age as glamorous and full of star-studded extravaganzas, for Milicent Patrick, it was anything but. Working behind the scenes and on the sides of the sound stage, Patrick designed perhaps the most famous monster in movie history: The Creature from the Black Lagoon. In this episode, we trace the incredible intersections Patrick’s life had in history as well as her should-be-celebrated film career.

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Transcript

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For the next few minutes, let me spin you a web about the woman who created one of the most iconic creatures in horror movie history and her fantastic life story. That and more on this episode of Footnoting History.

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What's up, Footnoters? It's Josh and this might come as a shock to you, but I'm not here to discuss the finer points of something that has to do with Christianity this time around. I mean, if that's what you came to this epi