Cambridge university press, with robert gurwath, which reframes the history of the global war and the wilsonian moment, selfdetermination and the International Origins of anticolonial nationalism. Mr. Manela will close our symposium with a lecture that explores how wilsons ideas and convictions reformed, how they helped shape the 1919 peace settlement and how that continues to impact us today. Ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming dr. Erez manela. [ applause ] thank you, lora, for that kind introduction. I want to take a second to thank lora and matt and camille and everybody else, all the rest of the staff at the world war i museum and memorial, including everybody who has kept us organized and on time and well fed throughout these two days. This is the second time, as you mentioned, lora, i worked with this group. And im just i have been amazed by your intellectual engagement and your organizational wizardry, so i would like to take a moment to put our hands together and
Empires and the wilsonen moment, the International Origins of anticolonialism. He will explore how president w explores how the president s convictions were formed, how they helped shape the 1919 peace settlement, and how that continues to impact us today. Ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming dr. Erez manela. [ applause ] thank you, lora for that kind introduction. I just want to take a minute to thank lora and matt and camille and everybody else, all the rest of the staff at the world war i museum and memorial, including everybodys whos kept us organized and on time and wellfed throughout these two days. Its the second time, as you mentioned, lora, that ive worked with this group. And im just ive been amazed by your intellectual engagement and your organizational wizard ri. I would like to take a moment to put our hands together and thank the people who brought us all here. [ applause ] in december of 1918, u. S. President Woodrow Wilson arrived in britain enroute to the
Monster in the black lagoon. Have their own pantheon, torefo, one of disneys first animators, actress, illustrator. Every thing about Millicent Patrick was larger than life. The greatest honor of my life so far to tell her story. If youve rid the book you know, read the hard cover version you know there are pictures because millicent lived a visual cinematic life. I have a treat for all of you. Photos never seen before. I have hundreds and hundreds of them i wasnt allowed to pub in because we could not fit 700 photos in the book and would sort of like to take you through telling you about mill sent and why she is a trailblazing artist and one of the most important women weve ever had in the Film Industry and why we dont know her any longer. Id like to take you through her life a little bit with awesome photos. So, see if i can remember how to do this. Yes. Thats delete. Sorry. Heres my girl. So Millicent Patrick began life, grew up in a place call the hearst capital. If cribs was a tv
Fifties became a special effects Makeup Artist and designed the costume for the iconic creature from the black lagoon horror film. Up next on American History tv, author and filmmaker Mallory Omeara discusses her book, the lady from the black lagoon. Hollywood monstrous and the lost legacy of milicent patrick. The Kansas City Public Library hosted this event and provided the video. I wrote a book called the lady from the black lagoon hollywood monsters and the lost legacy of Millicent Patrick. But who the heck is Millicent Patrick . She is the forrest gump of the 1950s. She most noticeably designed the creature from the black lagoon, the pantheon of monsters. It was the last one to be included. Everyone has their own pantheon, you can come fight me later. [laughter] in my opinion, creature was the last one. She did so much more. She was one of disneys first female animators, she was an actress, she was an illustrator. Everything about Millicent Patrick was larger than life. It has been
The pantheon of monsters. It was the last one to be included. Everyone has their own pantheon, you can come fight me later. [laughter] in my opinion, creature was the last one. She was one of disneys first female animators, she was an actress, she was an illustrator. Everything about Millicent Patrick was larger than life. It has been the greatest honor of my life so far to tell her story. If you read the book, you know there are pictures in there because millicent lived a very visual, cinematic life. I have a treat for all of you. Ive got some photos that have never been seen before. I have hundreds of them i was not allowed by my publisher to put in because we could not fit 700 different photos in the book. So i would like to take you through while telling you about millicent and why she is a trailblazing artist and one of the most important women we have ever had in the film industry. I would like to take you through her life a little bit with some awesome photos. Can room or i ca h