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| Glen or Glenda | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Ed Wood |
| Written by | Ed Wood |
| Produced by | George Weiss |
| Starring | Ed Wood (as Daniel Davis) Dolores Fuller Bela Lugosi Lyle Talbot "Tommy" Haynes |
| Narrated by | Timothy Farrell |
| Cinematography | William C. Thompson |
| Edited by | Bud Schelling |
| Music by | William Lava (uncredited) |
| Distributed by | Columbia Classics |
Release date | 1953 |
Running time | 65 minutes 71 minutes (1982 reissue) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $20,000 |
Glen or Glenda is a 1953 movie about a male transvestite. It was written and directed by Ed Wood. It stars Ed Wood as Glen and Glenda, and features Bela Lugosi and Wood's then-girlfriend Dolores Fuller.
The movie was inspired by the Christine Jorgensen's sex reassignment surgery in 1952. George Weiss was a Hollywood producer of low-budget films. He wanted a movie made to exploit the event. He made Jorgensen several offers to appear in the movie. These offers were turned down.[1]
This was the only movie Wood directed but did not also produce. Wood himself played the title character, but under the pseudonym "Daniel Davis".[2] Lugosi is credited as "The Scientist". He acts as a sort of narrator but gives no narration relevant to the plot.[2]
- ↑ Rhodes, Gary D. (1997). Lugosi: His Life in Films, on Stage, and in the Hearts of Horror Lovers. McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0257-1.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Peary, Danny (1988). Cult Movies 3. New York: Simon & Schuster Inc. pp. 97–101. ISBN 0-671-64810-1.