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40 years ago today, the 50 Foot Woman died. actress Allison Hayes, whose claim to pop culture and film fame will forever be her portrayal as Nancy Fowler Archer, a troubled socialite, who after an encounter with some strange orbs, grows to a stature of 50-feet tall!
The movie actually isn't as bad as it sounds. Yes, it's a B-movie but not all B-movies are terrible. Sometimes, a film just can't get a good budget and get's relegated to a studio's B-status.
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman is one of my favorite B-movies, though the Incredible Shrinking Man is probably my all-time fav in this genre. Sadly, the Shrinking Man and the Giant Woman never teamed-up in a film together... That would've been awesome.
Allison Hayes was a former beauty contestant and model whose reign as Miss District of Columbia in the 1949 Miss American pageant, garnished the attention of local TV stations and eventually Universal Pictures.
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| Attack of the 50 Foot Socks! |
The reason of death for Ms. Hayes is rather tragic yet important to American consumers. In 1976, the former actress was diagnosed with leukemia. She actually was responding fairly well to treatment. However, her increased use of calcium supplements were found to have stricken her with lead poisoning. Hayes was then motivated to persuade the FDA to remove the 'drug' from the market and perform better regulations of supplements.
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| Miss Hayes has even been immortalized as a diorama kit. |
Unfortunately, after a blood transfusion, Haye's condition suddenly turned for the worse. Experiencing flu-like symptoms, she was transferred to a medical center in San Diego where she died just one week shy of her 47th birthday. Even more unfortunate, she never saw the letter from the FDA informing her that amendments to the laws governing supplement importation due to her condition.
Until tomorrow, a moment of silence for a fallen 50 Foot Woman...
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