Originally titled I CHANGED MY SEX, this was supposed have been a telling of the Christine Jorgenson story. That idea fell through and Ed Wood wound up making this one instead.
I’ve never seen this DVD on sale individually; it was part of an Ed Wood box set. Rhino Video did put out a VHS version of this sometime prior to the release of the DVD box set.
Under the pseudonym Daniel Davis, Ed himself plays the title character(s). His then real-life girlfriend Dolores Fuller plays the sympathetic paramour. Bela Lugosi’s narration steers us through this strange little masterpiece.
My friend and Wood troupe regular Conrad Brooks has a couple of walk-on parts in the movie, one as a photographer at the beginning and then later as a man who tries to light “Glenda’s” cigarette.
It has been said that this movie was really Ed’s plea for understanding regarding his propensity for cross-dressing. This theory really gains ground when Ed later confirmed that the story of GLEN OR GLENDA was, indeed, his own story.
Another wooden performance from Timothy Farrell as the psychiatrist. Almost fell asleep as Farrell was spouting his dialogue.
I give this one 6 “Angora Sweaters” out of 10.
I’ve never seen this DVD on sale individually; it was part of an Ed Wood box set. Rhino Video did put out a VHS version of this sometime prior to the release of the DVD box set.
Under the pseudonym Daniel Davis, Ed himself plays the title character(s). His then real-life girlfriend Dolores Fuller plays the sympathetic paramour. Bela Lugosi’s narration steers us through this strange little masterpiece.
My friend and Wood troupe regular Conrad Brooks has a couple of walk-on parts in the movie, one as a photographer at the beginning and then later as a man who tries to light “Glenda’s” cigarette.
It has been said that this movie was really Ed’s plea for understanding regarding his propensity for cross-dressing. This theory really gains ground when Ed later confirmed that the story of GLEN OR GLENDA was, indeed, his own story.
Another wooden performance from Timothy Farrell as the psychiatrist. Almost fell asleep as Farrell was spouting his dialogue.
I give this one 6 “Angora Sweaters” out of 10.
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