Creature from the Black Lagoon
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1:08:02
As a result, he said, he spent
four or five weeks himself

1:08:05
developing the model
which was eventually used.

1:08:08
So, at a staff meeting,
they decided to call Milicent Patrick

1:08:11
"The beauty who lives with the beasts".
But even that didn't satisfy Westmore.

1:08:16
A couple days later, he barged into the
office of an executive named Sam Israel

1:08:20
and said that he resented
the whole project.

1:08:22
Sam Israel wrote in a memo "He is
perturbed by Milicent being credited

1:08:26
for what he achieved in putting
these monsters together,

1:08:29
and he would like us to
ensure that, as far as possible,

1:08:32
the interviews stress the fact
that he is the one who supervises

1:08:35
the entire creation of these creatures."
1:08:37
"Milicent's job, he says, is merely
to put his ideas in the form of sketches."

1:08:42
"Frankly, I am fed up with these squawks
from people who are paid to do a job."

1:08:46
"From what I hear, Milicent's contribution
in this work is very important."

1:08:50
Milicent Patrick went on a whirlwind tour.
1:08:53
She did a jillion print interviews,
and appeared on radio and TV.

1:08:56
She was on the Today Show and toured
theatres that were showing Creature,

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and Bud Westmore made it his business
to get newspapers from cities she visited.

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He discovered she was being credited
as the designer of the creature,

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and he made it known that he wouldn't
use her as a sketch artist any more.

1:09:13
The suits at Universal tried to make
Westmore see that she herself

1:09:16
did everything possible to credit
him, and if there was any blame,

1:09:19
it was Universal's fault
or the newspapers' fault.

1:09:22
One executive, who was exchanging
memos with another executive, wrote

1:09:27
"It would be most unfair
if Westmore discontinued

1:09:29
using the services of Patrick
as a result of his pique."

1:09:32
"We haven't had a more cooperative
person on tour than Miss Patrick."

1:09:36
"In every interview, she made it clear
she worked for Bud Westmore."

1:09:39
"She plugged him as head of make-up,
and followed the instructions we gave."

1:09:44
"Patrick conducted herself beyond any
criticism from any point of view."

1:09:48
I've got a copy of Patrick's résumé,
and unfortunately,

1:09:51
it doesn't look like she ever worked
as a sketch artist at Universal again.


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