Glen or Glenda 1953 (Edward D. Wood Jr, Bela Lugosi, Lyle Talbot (Drama Movie)

[@DC.....]

Can i just say God Bless you for this channel as someone who has an undying love for old Black and White Movies from the 20',s 30's 40's and so on im truly appreciative of theses uploads with so much rubbish being made now in Hollywood im glad your keeping these classics of all genres alive and introducing them to a new generation as my Mother introduce me to them.. Again Thank You

[@christopherthorkon3997]

Let's give a shout out for Bela Lugosi. His voice was incredible. I could listen to him all day.

[@I_am_Dane_Youssef]

This is a radical film. It was so daring for Ed Wood to make this! He really did the world a service.

[@BobJenkins-ez1jl]

What does that mean? You think ed wood would be onboard with the idea of men pushing themselves into female spaces because they have a fetish or mental illness? I think ed hit the nail on the head back in 1953 with this work. On one level it asks for tolerance and on the other exposes the demented narcissism of most of these people. It's less about real identity and the very obvious sexual kink at play.

[@patrickoehlke9984]

Ever since I saw Plan 9, been rather curious about this, can't wait!

[@kimberlyyoung458]

How can a movie be terrible and good at the same time, but it is 😂😂😂

[@soda_clown]

oh my gosh I had just seen Tim Burton's Ed Wood recently for the first time and it made me love his movies even more! It's pure art.@@kimberlyyoung458

[@dickjones9713]

This is courageous for 1953

[@anneelk9066]

Courageous is how Ed Wood should have been remembered. Passion driven and aiming for stars while only being able to afford cardboard

[@sleuthentertainment5872]

Maybe everything looks like unconnected and meaningless here, but if this movie would have been made 20 years later everybody would called it "avant-garde". Ed Wood wasn't maybe a master of cinema, but he was totally ahead of his time.

[@OrtegaSauce]

Could you expand on what you're saying? Maybe on a scene that sets up something important later?

[@sweett3469]

Yep ..he showed what was already happening since the beginning of time ..men wore skirts black eyeliner..then when it was frowned upon..men went into the "closet" ..on the down low"...marrying women and living a lie just to keep a good job and being accepted..I knew some men like that..and they were miserable until their wife went out of town..then they were free to be themselves ❤😊

[@elzbietapaulina9808]

He was not ahead of-he was above and below,sometimes next to …

[@unowen-nh9ov]

& Dwain Esper was b4 Wood's time. Cross-dressing nothing new, native populations used to call it 3rd Spirited & Tim Burton did it decades later with Johnny Depp playing Wood in a sweater, like Hoffman in Tootsie, Lemmon & Curtis Some Like It Hot.

[@unowen-nh9ov]

​@@sweett3469Many cross-dressers straight family men, Fierstein wrote period piece about it called Casa Valentina, crashed a conference in Provincetown, polar opposite of DQ.

[@wintherr3527]

"A woman in mind only... but the mind rules!" This movie is a transgender manifesto, quite a surprise actually given the time it was released. Ed Wood was much more than "the worst director of all times". He was also a very courageous, daring individual. People today have all type of bigoted reactions to the simple existence of transgender people, yet if they did take the time to analyze the perfectly balanced arguments in this movie, they would gian a much broader understanding of a subject they like to condemn, but barely know. Movie is an impressive achievement, by all means.

[@atticuslikesbees]

Good Morning ☕💫 Thank you for sharing this film for free

[@free_siobhan]

man, the way so many cis characters in the movie talk about the newspaper story with such immediate sympathy is striking. the predominant reaction is not horror or disgust, it’s “imagine the suffering that person was in.” ed wood invents a sympathy that, by all accounts, was not (and is not) there. the film masks as a plea for sympathy, but really it’s a fantasy. jesus.

[@michaelshultz2540]

Love this movie. Every time I see the Sinified episode about the cashmere sweater and the girl cleaning the ofice that George hooks up with tells the cashmere story ,I think of this movie.

[@petergreen1492]

One thing that was apparent that Ed Wood had great admiration for Bela Lugosi because his role was tangential to the plot of the movie.

[@sarahsilverlight2064]

You, yourself are going off on a tangent. Nice, thoroughly uncomplimentary statement. If you're going to attempt the big words, at least know what they mean, nimrod. Hmm, allow me to guess your demographic 😂😂😂

[@celestialwonders]

Great library of films! 😊

[@ELEKTROSKANSEN]

I wish Ed would live to see the appreciation his movies got these days

[@Hadoken.]

The major problem with this film is that Ed Wood was just trying to do too much. The narration in the beginning is too much and he repeats himself. By the middle tho he’s set a nice premise and a story to tell. But he’s said so much regarding the story that the finale is basically being put off to fill out some of the movie. And thus the weird stuff enter. Sure he had no idea what he was doing as a director or actor but most of where there is dialogue it’s not that bad. Had he just focused, it would have been a pretty nice flick. Also, I can’t get over how hot and awesome figures some of these women had.

[@walterfechter8080]

Poor Bela 😞

[@ouzelle]

How is Bela Lugosi the weirdest part of this 😂

[@thurstonhowellthetwelf3220]

He's Hungarian of course....

[@charliewilsonactor828]

It’s very simple, “Pull the string!!”

[@jacobschweitzer1068]

Because his scenes and dialogue is so random they don't fit into the story being told

[@BarrySmith70]

I don’t think Bela Lugosi actually knew what the subject matter was about when he appeared in this movie. He probably thought that he was involved in another horror/ sci fi feature. Ed Wood wasn’t going to tell him.

[@redadamearth]

He knew exactly what it was. He read the full script before production, saw the finished film, etc.

[@CapstoneTider]

​@redadamearth No he didn't. He read his parts if any. Bella was battling addictions.

[@KitchenSinkSoup]

@@CapstoneTider you know that he didn't read the script?

[@CapstoneTider]

@@KitchenSinkSoup Yes, he improvised.

[@KitchenSinkSoup]

@@CapstoneTider that's not what I asked

[@doncorleone13]

Nice film Legendary B.lugosi 🌹🤘

[@rhwinner]

a TRULY MAGNIFICENT FILM. oNE OF THE GREAT IMAGINATIVE DOCUMENTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY.

[@madgang201]

Producer George Weiss wanted to make an exploitation film about transgender people to capitalize off of Christine Jorgensen, the first trans woman to ever go public. He can’t make a biopic because he can’t get the rights. He hires Ed Wood to make the film who then tries to turn it into a sort of bio film about himself and his love for wearing women’s clothing. He wasn’t gay or trans or anything. He was just very open about being in drag, like Bugs Bunny. This film however ends up being a strange combination of both things. An exploitation film and a docudrama about a man in drag (played by Ed himself) As for Bela Lugosi, I have no clue why he’s here. I mean I know Ed was a fan and wanted to work with him but the way he incorporated Lugosi into the movie is… unique. Almost like he’s in a completely different movie from everyone else.

[@bhartley868]

Lugosi is the puppet master, controlling people's' lives , so pull the string, pull the string, is controlling the people puppets he has dominion over.

[@poetryjones7946]

I absolutely love this movie. Ed was way way ahead of his time.

[@douglasworley-lr9dr]

CAN,T WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!😊😊😊😊😊

[@fromthesidelines]

Also released as "He Or She?".

[@emmalicia60]

Thank you from Venice, Italy

[@_CINEFILA_]

Gràcies per penjar la pel.lícula. 👍🏻🙂

[@jcmontecarlo6123]

At the end Bela thought he was actually Dracula😂😂😂😂

[@PrincessMicrowave]

Im blown away by this. Wow wow wow

[@roteazalee]

Ed Wood was ahead of his time.

[@yeirebeirut369]

😅🎉Genial as Ever!

[@humanbeing2420]

"Only the infinity of the depths of a man's mind can tell the story...". (??)

[@Jessymandias]

"I'm afraid the end of study is only the beginning of reality"

[@teresajordao6634]

Thank you!

[@morgancurtis466]

My mother made me watch this when I was 6 years old. WTF!!!

[@sleuthentertainment5872]

My father told me "Watch this movie with me" when I was 8 years old...it was Peter Jackson's "Braindead". So don't complain😂😂😂😂😂

[@chie5747]

Even with the ummm "interesting" part in the middle?

[@Indigo810]

This is so good because it was made in the 50s by Ed Wood.

[@HuskyProductions585]

Masterpiece.

[@elreflejodelabestia]

Gracias por cada joyita

[@beatrizferreira7809]

Guao no había visto está película, me sorprendio

[@markgarin6355]

The funny thing is... Glen didn't want to be Glenda.... Glen wanted to just dress like a Glenda. So the whole premise of the movie was screwy. Loved the Ed Wood movie pulling this theme and plan nine together, but still wondered why this one was done this way. Clearly he wasn't trying to be a transexual...

[@wintherr3527]

Lol, I suggest you to re-watch the movie.

[@Xeymaric]

After watching the catastrophic Plan 9 from outer space for cultural purpose, I was so afraid to watch this one, to judge it badly by its technique while the theme was really heavy and important to Ed Wood. But actually, the film technique is low budget, maybe not great even as a low budget, but its very intelligent and so much advanced about gender dysphoria for that era. With a 2020s customs look at it, we realize from where came most of the extremely bad reviews in the 50s and even the 80s...

[@trifidodarcy8430]

Me viene genial. Tenía mucha curiosidad. Muy agradecida por el esfuerzo.

[@garycambridge5513]

Heard great things about this ❤

[@PaleoFiles]

RIP Bela Lugosi. He deserved better

[@unowen-nh9ov]

Tragically addicts don't get to choose. Bogart, Cooper, Power, Flynn all died prematurely.

[@troycet1]

I have learned so much.

[@TwistedMetalLegion]

Less of a film and more an open letter for social acceptance

[@tinay9491]

to each their own not an issue

[@bhartley868]

It's the alcoholic version of the Christine Jorgenson story, released in time to take full advantage , of the hit to the groin experienced by all men upon learning of the tale...

[@FT56777]

Definition of fever dream: “Ed Wood” He was so before his time.

[@marceloaraujo8728]

🦇Bela, eterno🦇

[@BobJenkins-ez1jl]

Even though this movie was made in the 1950s it comes across as a relic of the 1930s. Even the melodramatic intro music and title art. Very disconnected from it's era.

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

When Ed Wood met Bela Lugosi.

[@manuelazacchetti4726]

Ermafroditi! 😊

[@PNL_King]

Absolutely fantastic cinema... Without "Glen or Glenda" there is no "No Country For Old Men". I guarantee the Cohen brothers would concur.

[@TS-1267]

... No No No... Not For Me... I've just Laddered my best pair of Stockings 😂😂😂😂 7:18

[@АлександрПростаков-п3й]

👍👍👍👏👏👏

[@bunnymassacre]

I don't believe a lot of the people in the comments actually watched this, and just read the title. I watched this years ago when I worked at a cult movie only video store, and my only thought after was that this movie is an incoherent mess, and the hour felt like 3. This is his worst movie by far, like Plan 9 looks like Citizen Kane compared to this.

[@Xeymaric]

This movie is far better than Plan 9. It's a very advanced take on gender dysphoria for the 50s. The technique is not great, the expressionist part a bit tedious, but it's extremely consistent from start to finish, unlike Plan 9, which is a real mess.

[@scream4depp]

He was David Lynch before David Lynch

[@sleuthentertainment5872]

No... Maya Deren was David Lynch before David Lynch

[@chungkingexpress94]

​@sleuthentertainment5872 Maya Deren was so ahead of her time

[@lonelyartist16]

imo even this movie has more meaning than most of mr lynch’s works

[@elaztec.aztecca]

@ 43:00 must’ve been the equivalent to porn way back when lol

[@miccar2005]

Comunque venne scritto e girato in pochi giorni. È comprensibile che sia un po' incasinato e ripetitivo.

[@Paul_Kersey]

Premiers live at 7am est? Is that the best time for an Ed wood movie ya think? 🤣

[@rustybeltway2373]

Channel 38 Boston showed it at 3 am at least once.

[@DutchCrunch333]

Your timezone aint the only one. The poor slum workers of bangladesh like ceeature features too..its 7pm somewhere

[@Paul_Kersey]

@@DutchCrunch333 Good point 👍

[@DelightLovesMovies]

haha

[@Missmoneyusa]

wow wow wow!!!!!!!

[@jonathanrogers9039]

Bela in the lab - Mr. Wizard hits the dark side

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Former state DA said I’ll have to pay for those operations…vot?😺

[@ChrisCarlin-is8wv]

I feel sorry for Lyle Talbot, his career succumbed to working with ed woods to get roles. I liked the guy in the thirties. Oh well, everybody has bills to pay and will do what needs to be done.

[@alexdavies7394]

They don't come any worse than this - or do they? 🤔😉

[@elphi-49]

Why is there so much weird stuff? I mean the green dragon, the running bulls the porno bit? whyyyy? It would have been so much better without it! There's so much comprehension and sympathy, it could have been a great movie/short movie.

[@Alexexclamationpoint]

had heard about this movie for years and constantly saw people talk about how awful it is. recently started thinking "yknow the movie is probably good actually but cis people just don't get it". and i was right!! cried like 10 times. the writing is deeply compelling. the ending is so unbelievably fucked. shame about that one super racist part. but yknow. the movie isnt even that weird! like people talk about this movie like its this bizarre incomprehensible mess. some of these people would have a heart attack if they went to an art museum or listened to an alt rock album lmao.

[@Xeymaric]

Which part was racist ? Didn't notice

[@free_siobhan]

@@Xeymaric probably the part with the “primitive” humans dancing how ed wood probably imagined non-white people danced often

[@Xeymaric]

@@free_siobhan there are a lot of people with dark skin around the world, and the scene doesn't look very specific about any ethnicity or culture, great masks have been on all continents. Offensive for some because of inaccuracy maybe (and it's the 50s, so, we don't expect much from that era), but racist is pushing a bit too far. I judge as someone living in Europe, US Americans see things differently because of historical events I know

[@susiesweet8003]

And I thought Plan 9 was bad.

[@angelwine1673]

Still dont get what is supposed to be so bad about this movie

[@Paulitica]

Being outside society norm destroys your career. Collective morality is crap.

[@stephaniehudson2883]

As a cinephile, the film is the strangest concoction of camp, avant-guard, fetishism and racism in a film, ahead of its time and pushing all boundaries but ultimately unwatchable in several scenes. I watched it at 2x playback speed for the last third. I was slapping my forehead through a lot of it.

[@michaelshultz2540]

Apparently you don't have a campy bone . 😂

[@eloirlima-hr7lt]

Bom dia dusdo bom ❤

[@atticuslikesbees]

Good Morning ☕💫

[@TS-1267]

... A Splendiferous Double Greeting Indeed You may Have a Delicious 🍎 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🖖🤓

[@benvineyard3]

I tried, but I couldn’t get very far

[@RealBigBadJohn]

Doh! I can't believe you're showing this one! ⬅

[@Zolega89]

Shall we pull the string?

[@angrypredator2704]

It’s like watching the beginning of the end of Western civilization …but in its protoplasm stage

[@irishnurhd3288]

Pull the string!!!!!!

[@DJWreckAlot]

I will argue this is the first pro trans film in the history of human?

[@antoniodonizetedeoliveirad2809]

Good morning . Brasil . 10/12/23 .

[@atticuslikesbees]

Good Morning!

[@antoniodonizetedeoliveirad2809]

@@atticuslikesbees Obrigado pela atenção .

[@zorpia621]

Not sure what role Bella Lugosi plays in this movie… a dramatic, feeble attempt to explain things from a perverted scientific viewpoint. No references to personal beliefs, ethics or morality, but a portrayal of the big 45:04 green dragon with cute furry horns! Great movie for entertainment, but not much else.

[@bls837]

Ed wood took care of the aging alcoholic Bela by casting him in his movies. Ed musta loved Bela a great deal for his inclusion.

[@bhartley868]

Bella was the puppet master overseeing the trauma & chaos playing out before his eyes... That is why Bella says PULL THE STRING PULL THE STRING , he is the puppet master...

[@bhartley868]

@@bls837 Bella was never an alcoholic that was Ed Woods love. Bella became addicted to morphine from his serious injuries in combat in WW I . He was a Major or Captain, it is in Wikipedia . He was in the Austro-Hungarian army, fighting Russians in snow. After the War and the death of his wife, with death threats against him, he fled to America with the lure of work. He had to learn English, in Dracula he was not yet conversant in English memorizing his dialog... He was paid little for Dracula compared to the other actors...

[@queenmedesa]

@@bhartley868 bela

[@reapthewhirlwind4166]

A real piece of junk not even a B movie

[@queenmedesa]

How can some people like this awful film, even for hypocrisy 's sake ? It's full of silly dialogues, nonsense scenes and awful actors ( except poor Bela )

[@CarlStJohn-x9w]

What is the definition of perversity?

[@jcmontecarlo6123]

Hollywood

[@ΚατερίναΠινη-υ6γ]

Υπότιτλους

[@kentuky1233]

1953: this is nuts. 2024: men can get pregneant and chicks can have dicks.

[@queenmedesa]

How can a man get pregnant?

[@jcmontecarlo6123]

Pure degeneration like in Berlin 1920s. Sick film

[@1234-z8x]

We get it, you want a Third Reich

[@adamrenfrow]

Terrible film

[@FUCKINGENIOUS]

Thanks for stopping by

[@michaelshultz2540]

Isn't this movie about DeSantis ? Poor DeSantis 😈

[@trevormichael4906]

….really? 🙄 in your mind rent free

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Ed and Bela….a match made in…heaven?….well, no…..made in island of suboptimal trash 😺

[@Catquick1957]

That opening dialogue about man and flying, driving, made comparable to sexual assignment is a perverse justification blaming GOD for mistakes we humans are responsible for. You are made a man or a woman, and that is what you are meant to be from the beginning of time. Am I sure? YES!!! I'm sure...absolutely.

[@trevormichael4906]

Hollyweird has been subversive evil from its conception. Learn from it. Don’t follow this vapid drivel.

[@maggiedilettante2434]

😂

[@Kami-ej9ew]

😂

[@maryr6237]

😕

[@markcorrigan9815]

😂

[@tinadenning3186]

If the creator didnt want you to have children why are you getting IF? You have a choice but someone who wants an abortion has no rights.

[@MegaPedro1975]

Pull the string!!

[@TS-1267]

... How Long is 'String' Please... 🤔

[@arkhammedik]

Pull da stringk!

[@chunlisrabbit6820]

Отвратительно и глупо.

[@TS-1267]

... True Stories Usually Are... Aren't They 🤔