Millicent Patrick created the Creature from the Black Lagoon. A jealous co-worker, Bud Westmore claimed credit for it.
Press tour "The Beauty Who Created the Beast" was quickly changed by Westmore to "The Beauty Who Lives With the Beast", to avoid citing Patrick as the creator of the Gill-man. When she returned to Los Angeles, Patrick was informed that she no longer worked for Universal Studios"
You see the name of Westmore on many movies of that era.
Here's more on the Westmore scandal.
https://www.npr.org/2019/03/28/707306134/the-forgotten-woman-who-designed-the-creature-from-the-black-lagoon
Oct 25, 2026, 10:53 AM@randulo is interesting. Guess you're right
@reverend Just a guess. I happened to know that story from a book (whose title I can't recall). My quote is from wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milicent_Patrick
@randulo Standard behavior for the time 🤬. Sadly, still too common today 😡
@Thorium I feel this is a little beyond standard of holding women back. He was jealous and got her fired after using her work and claiming it as his own.
@randulo Probably viewed her as a threat to his narrative. Toxic masculinity at its finest 🙄