Glen or Glenda (1953)
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A psychiatrist tells the stories of a transvestite (Glen or Glenda) and a pseudohermaphrodite (Alan or Anne).
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- Bela Lugosi
- Lyle Talbot
- Timothy Farrell
- Dolores Fuller
- Edward D. Wood Jr.
- 'Tommy' Haynes
- Charlie Crafts
- Conrad Brooks
- Henry Bederski
- Carol Daugherty
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- Jul 16, 2015
Hearing the 1950s version of an analysis of "transvestism" was horrifying. Painful. Triggering. That some people believe versions of this still is uncomfortable; I don't like the idea that (a) there is something "wrong" with me (b) it can be "cured" (in the way the…
Sally Jane BlackSep 7, 2022When cinema goes to sleep, this is what it dreams.
Will SloanJan 24, 2023Every movie ever made about trans people should have a roaring clash of thunder and lightning and an eccentric actor speaking in code about gender roles. If I weren't a coward I'd get a "Pull the String" tramp stamp.
Willow Maclay - Sep 28, 2020
My gender is Bela Lugosi strung out on morphine talking about dragons eating little boys.
🕯️𝕭𝖎𝖑𝖑𝖎𝖊 🕯️May 14, 2023Have heard about this one for a long time but none of it prepared me for actually experiencing it. Went in expecting the confused and dated "educational" PSA qualities about its sexual/gender nonconformity and fetish subject matter and rough, poverty row exploitation style…
Josh LewisMar 16, 2019A hallucinatory semi-autobiographical, ambivalently-queer polemic that can’t stop contradicting itself. The only burlesque/exploitation/horror/educational/experimental/ surrealist film. There’s nothing else like it, and it gets more interesting every year. I’ve seen this…
Will Sloan - Aug 15, 2023
Justin and I presented this at the Fox Theatre as part of our now-regular Important Cinema Club’s Masterpiece Classics series. We preceded it with Kenneth Anger’s Fireworks and also handed out a free zine with an essay by local Glen or Glenda superfan Valerie Keaton, all of…
Will SloanNov 14, 2018I will forever contend that the dream sequence is every bit as on the same level as Fireworks, strangely metatextual distributor-mandated lesbian bondage inserts and all. The rest is just as compelling, containing some of Wood's most pulp-addled roundabout writing and no…
LizApr 13, 2022watched this in 4D!!!! (saw it with a transgender person next to me)
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- Shannon lovedGlen or Glenda
An incredibly underrated avant-garde film on transness as told by Ed Wood and Bela Lugosi? Okay, yes!
lucy likedGlen or Glendalow-key really loved this one. bela lugosi magical transgenderism powers
miki ross likedGlen or Glendathis is art and ed wood is the greatest director of all time fight me coward
- ty likedGlen or Glenda
bela lugosi is always at the scene of the gay crime
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Frequently Asked Questions
How long is Glen or Glenda (1953) (1953)?
The movie is 1hr 5min long.
What's Glen or Glenda (1953) (1953) about?
A psychiatrist tells the stories of a transvestite (Glen or Glenda) and a pseudohermaphrodite (Alan or Anne).
Who's the cast of Glen or Glenda (1953) (1953)?
- Bela Lugosi as Scientist
- Lyle Talbot as Inspector
- Timothy Farrell as Psychiatrist
- Dolores Fuller as Barbara
- Edward D. Wood Jr. as Glen, Glenda
- 'Tommy' Haynes as Alan, Ann
- Charlie Crafts as Johnny
- Conrad Brooks as Banker, Reporter, Pickup Artist
- Henry Bederski as Man with Hat and Receding Hairline
- Carol Daugherty as Woman in Nightmare
Who's the director behind Glen or Glenda (1953) (1953)?
Edward D. Wood Jr. directed Glen or Glenda (1953) (1953).
Who produced Glen or Glenda (1953) (1953)?
George Weiss produced Glen or Glenda (1953) (1953).
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