Rent Glen or Glenda? / Jail Bait (1954)
2.4 of 5 from 49 ratings
2h 17min
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Double-bill from cult director Edward D. Wood Jr., widely acknowledged as the worst director in film history.
Glen or Glenda? (1953)Enjoyable, sinful, and jaw-dropping all at the same time. Edward D. Wood Jr's first film is an extraordinarily personal account of cross-dressing and a foray into the world of transsexualism, bondage and the sexually confused. Incredibly risque for the time, the whole thing is oddly frank and earnest and because of this, this kooky disaster of a movie actually has a heart, which is more than you can say for most films. It brought Bela Lugosi out of reluctant retirement to play the "puppet master" a God-like figure who presides over the action from an armchair surrounded by skulls, shrunken heads and voodoo idols and stars Ed himself in the roles of both Glen and Glenda. Also featuring Ed's then girlfriend, Dolores Fuller, who went on to become one of Elvis Presley's star songwriters. Paramount re-released the film in 1981. The world still wasn't ready.
Jail Bait (1954)
Fresh from his sensational 'Glen or Glenda', Ed Wood presents his homage to the gangster films of the 30s and 40s, starring his sex-kitten girlfriend, Dolores Fuller and introducing to the screen handsome young Steve Reeves (Hercules). Inspired by the popular TV show, 'Dragnet' and based on a new concept of the time, 'plastic surgery', 'Jail Bait' is the story of a rich kid gone bad (Clancy Malone) who is lured into a life of crime by Vic Brady (Timothy Farrell). Farrell tries to beat the rap on a fatal theatre hold-up by forcing Malone's plastic-surgeon father to change his face. But surgeon (Herbert Rawlinson) finds out his son, sought for the murder of the night watchman, has been killed by Farrell to stop him confessing. He gives Farrell the one face that will insure his undoing. FiImdom's legendary Alex Gordon co-wrote a clever script to help Ed make his first legitimate feature film.- Actors:
- Edward D. Wood Jr., Bela Lugosi, Lyle Talbot, Timothy Farrell, Dolores Fuller, 'Tommy' Haynes, Charlie Crafts, Conrad Brooks, Henry Bederski, Carol Daugherty, Captain DeZita, Helen Miles, Bruce Spencer, Shirley Speril, Amzie Strickland, Harry Thomas, William C. Thompson, Mr. Walter, George Weiss, Evelyn Wood
- Directors:
- Edward D. Wood Jr
- Producers:
- George Weiss, Joy N. Houck, J. Francis White, Edward D. Wood Jr
- Voiced By:
- Edward D. Wood Jr
- Writers:
- Edward D. Wood Jr., Alex Gordon
- Aka:
- Glen or Glenda: Confessions of Ed Wood (I Led 2 Lives / I Changed My Sex) / Hidden Face
- Studio:
- Mass Production
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Drama, Thrillers
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