Ed Wood (creator): Difference between revisions

Long Answer: Throughout his life, Ed Wood loved movies and wanted to make his own. In his teenage years, he became a marine (eventually claiming to have fought at Guadalcanal while wearing a bra and panties under his uniform; of this experience he once said that he wasn't afraid of being killed, but he was scared shitless of being merely wounded - likely because he was afraid a medic would discover his secret when he was patching him up). Later, he would join a freak show as a bearded lady. In the late forties, Wood would begin his career in movies. One of his first works was a play called ''Casual Company'', based on a novel that was based on his life at the Marines. To foreshadow what was to come, the play suffered from extremely negative reviews. His first actual film would be in 1953, ''[[Glen or Glenda]]'' (based loosely on his novel ''Death Of A Transvestite''), a semi-autobiographical tale about transsexuality and Ed Wood's love for crossdressing. During this time, he met and eventually became friends with [[Bela Lugosi]]. This was when the ''[[Dracula (Film)|Dracula]]'' days were long gone and people thought he was dead, but this didn't stop Ed Wood from thinking of him as a legend among men. Bela would take a small part in ''Glen Or Glenda'' as a narrator now known for yelling "''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-8j8c7iL3E PULL THE STRING!!!]''" while clips of bison stampeding were shown.

 

 

Wood would attempt to create a film called ''The Ghoul Goes West'', which would've been the previous film in a western setting. Unfortunately, Bela Lugosi died just after filming a small scene. However, Wood improvised and used the clips for the now infamous ''[[Plan Nine From Outer Space]]''. Produced by Southern Baptist ministers, the film would feature aliens trying to stop humans from destroying the universe. And somehow, zombies, consisting of Vampira, a guy who badly impersonates Bela Lugosi with clips of real Bela spliced in, and Tor Johnson are involved. The film was finished in 1956, but was finally released in 1959 due to lack of a proper distributor.

* [[Stock Footage]]

* [[Sweater Girl]] - Not the crossdressing Wood himself, but his girlfriend.

* [[Wholesome Crossdresser]]