1:07:01
Another negative review came from
the Los Angeles Daily News.
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"The action unreels as fast as
an anchor being hoisted,
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Miss Adams changes
bathing suits several times,
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walks woodenly
and persistently into danger,
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and screams so often and so loud that
little babes in the audience grew pale."
1:07:17
Julie Adams, who shot this scene on
her 27th birthday, has just screamed.
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If I was Bissell, I'd be more worried
about Carlson swinging that bat
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than about the creature.
1:07:26
When Bissell's young daughters
saw Creature in a theatre,
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one of 'em stood up and screamed
"It's going after Daddy!"
1:07:34
Milicent Patrick was one of
the designers of the gill-man
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and actually worked on the suit,
and then, because she was a looker,
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Universal sent her out on a tour
to drum up interest in the movie.
1:07:43
Universal was going to promote her as
"The beauty who created the beast",
1:07:47
but Bud Westmore, protecting
his turf, took exception to that.
1:07:50
He claimed that the creation
of the creature was completely his work.
1:07:53
Westmore, lying through his teeth,
1:07:55
said that many people had been involved
in the original sketches,
1:07:59
but had all dropped out of
the project when it became difficult.
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
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"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
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and said that he resented
the whole project.
1:08:22
Sam Israel wrote in a memo "He is
perturbed by Milicent being credited
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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
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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.
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She did a jillion print interviews,
and appeared on radio and TV.
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She was on the Today Show and toured
theatres that were showing Creature,