Glen or Glenda

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Glen or Glenda is a 1953 low-budget cult film by Ed Wood that explores cross-dressing and gender identity through a highly unconventional, semi-autobiographical narrative.

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instanceOf film
alsoKnownAs I Changed My Sex NERFINISHED
I Led Two Lives NERFINISHED
basedOn Christine Jorgensen sex reassignment case (loosely inspired)
budget low-budget
cinematographyBy William C. Thompson NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Ed Wood NERFINISHED
distributor Exploitation Pictures NERFINISHED
editedBy Bud Schelling NERFINISHED
featuresCharacter The Scientist NERFINISHED
format black-and-white
genre LGBT-related film
docudrama
drama film
exploitation film
psychodrama
hasCultFollowing true
hasMainCharacter Barbara NERFINISHED
Glen NERFINISHED
Glenda NERFINISHED
musicBy William Lava NERFINISHED
narrativeStyle nonlinear
semi-autobiographical
surreal
notableFor Bela Lugosi’s bizarre narrator role
early cinematic depiction of cross-dressing
use of stock footage and dream sequences
originalLanguage English
partOf Ed Wood filmography
portrays a man struggling to reveal his cross-dressing to his fiancée
producer George Weiss NERFINISHED
productionCompany Screen Classics NERFINISHED
rating often cited as one of the best-known "so-bad-it’s-good" films
releaseYear 1953
runningTimeMinutes 65
screenwriter Ed Wood NERFINISHED
starring Bela Lugosi NERFINISHED
Dolores Fuller NERFINISHED
Ed Wood NERFINISHED
Lyle Talbot NERFINISHED
subject cross-dressing
gender identity
sex reassignment
transvestism
writer Ed Wood NERFINISHED

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Lyle Talbot notableWork Glen or Glenda
Dolores Fuller notableWork Glen or Glenda
Dolores Fuller appearedIn Glen or Glenda
William C. Thompson workedOn Glen or Glenda
William C. Thompson notableWork Glen or Glenda