Milicent Patrick: Disney Magic to Monster Mayhem

Imaginary Worlds

Eric Molinsky

Arts, Science Fiction, Fiction, Society & Culture

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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In honor of Women’s History Month, we’re producing a two-part series about two visionary and trailblazing artists: Mary Blair and Milicent Patrick. They went to the same art school. They each began working at Disney during the Depression. They were both singled out for their talents but left in 1941. From there, they went on to have wildly different careers, but each had a lasting impact on pop culture. In part one, I talk with authors and historians Mindy Johnson and Mallory O’Meara about Milicent Patrick. She started as a special effects animator on Fantasia before designing the Gill-man from Creature from the Black Lagoon. Plus, I talk with makeup and effects artist Steve Wang about why the Gill-man is a horror icon. Mallory O’Meara’s book is The Lady From The Black Lagoon, and Mindy Johnson’s book is Ink & Paint: The Women of Walt Disney Animation. This episode is sponsored by Hims. Start your free online visit today at Hims.com/IMAGINARY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:00.6	You're listening to Imaginary Worlds, a show about how we create them and why we suspend our disbelief.
1:06.3	I'm Eric Malinski.
1:08.1	In the late 1920s, not long after Steamboat Willie came out, Walt Disney had a problem.
1:14.2	He was inventing something brand new, and he wanted to keep pushing the art form further.
1:19.2	But there weren't enough artists to hire with the skills that he needed.
1:23.4	So he realized that the best way to do that was to train them.
1:25.8	And he went to all these different art schools in Los Angeles.
1:28.4	And he's like, hey, I don't have any money, but this is what I need.
1:31.9	This is what I'm hoping to do.
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