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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Glen or Glenda canonical | 5 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
I Changed My Sex
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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
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Ed Wood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Exploitation Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Bud Schelling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | The Scientist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
LGBT-related film
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docudrama ⓘ drama film ⓘ exploitation film ⓘ psychodrama ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Barbara
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Glen NERFINISHED ⓘ Glenda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | William Lava NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
nonlinear
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semi-autobiographical ⓘ surreal ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Bela Lugosi’s bizarre narrator role
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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
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Dolores Fuller NERFINISHED ⓘ Ed Wood NERFINISHED ⓘ Lyle Talbot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
cross-dressing
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gender identity ⓘ sex reassignment ⓘ transvestism ⓘ |
| writer | Ed Wood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.