Glen or Glenda

Glen or Glenda

  • Director: Edward D. Wood Jr.
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: April 1953
  • Runtime: 1 hour 5 minutes
  • Sound mix: Mono
  • Aspect ratio: 1.37 : 1
  • Also known as: I Led 2 Lives
  • Glen or Glenda is a drama film directed by Ed Wood and starring Bella Lugosi and Lyle Talbot.
    The film tells the story of Glenn, a transvestite, and Alan, a transgender, told by Dr. Alton.

    Details

    • Release date April 1953
    • Filming locations Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies Screen Classics (II)

    Box office

    Budget

    $20,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $10,158

    Gross worldwide

    $10,158

    Movie reviews

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    • By Gerhard 2022-10-23 12:29:47

      Male and female

      (Last year's draft, original content...)
             In 1953, Ed Wood started the drama life of Hollywood's bad movie king with a movie "Sudden Boys and Girls". But the frankness of using her own transvestites as material is also shocking. In fact, this has set the tone of Ed Wood's career throughout his life - he loved himself too much, loved his talents, loved his quirks, loved all the sparks in his head, loved everything about himself. His love for himself, his love for movies, is all...

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    • By Eino 2023-09-24 00:00:13

      Maybe I saw the director's biopic first and thought all the clumsy and rough expressions in this film were very cute. Using two cases to popularize transvestite and transgender people, the film is very sincere. Take the transvestite in "Sudden Boys and Girls" to experience the pleasure of watching pornographic films, and the transgender people in "Danish Girl" who secretly learn from prostitutes through a glass to experience identity contrast, you can also see the difference between the two....

    • By Deondre 2023-09-14 01:32:38

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    • By Uriel 2023-08-29 07:19:31

      At the end of the film, included in the disc and DVD version, when Fuller hands over her angora sweater, the scene is different from when it first aired. When it aired for the first time, she angrily threw the sweater to Wood at the end. When it aired for the first time, it showed her too trusting expression. There is a scene where Wood's mouth shows a "card!" shape when he is dressed in the opposite...

    • By Alverta 2023-08-15 05:37:04

      Ed Wood, the cult...

    • By Dangelo 2023-08-04 00:17:06

      Dressed up like a serious dress. 2...

    Movie plot

    The movie tells two stories. One was about Glenn, who secretly dressed as a woman but was afraid to tell his fiancée Barbara. The other is about Ellen, a pseudohermaphrodite who undergoes painful surgery to become a woman. Both stories were told by Dr. Alton, who also gave a serious speech on tolerance and understanding. The second narrator, the scientist, made comments that contained more philosophical points than fact. The film also...
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    Background creation

    Wood persuaded Bella Le Gussy, an old-fashioned, uncreative and drug-addicted star, to star in the play. Wood himself played a Glen or Glenda who was known somewhere, but hidden under his pseudonym was "Daniel Davis"[1]. Wood's girlfriend, Dolores Fuller as Glen's girlfriend. Fuller didn't know Wood was transvestite at the time. And the film doesn't give her a full explanation, but when she's ready, Wood is expertly donning women's...
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    Glen or Glenda, 1953 film, produced and directed by Ed Wood; starring Ed Wood, Bella Legoussy, and Wood's girlfriend Dolores Fuller. Based on actual events, this film is about cross-dressing, transgender and semi-autobiographical. Wood himself is a transvestite , and this film is a plea, a show of tolerance. Regardless, it turned into a cult movie. This is all thanks to its low price and special style.
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    Movie quotes

    • Narrator: Then there was the time Barbara was wearing the sweater Glen had always wanted to feel on his own body.

    • Johnny: Our whole existence is one big problem after another.

    • Dr. Alton: You're referring to the suicide of the transvestite?

      Inspector Warren: If that's the word you men of medical science use for a man who wears women's clothing, yes.