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Ed or Edda?Glen or Glenda?, Ed Wood's directial debut based on Christine Jorgensen's sex change operation, examined an almost unthinkable subject for the early 1950s: transvestism. The film also lent a fascinating insight into Wood's own personality. Indeed, Wood once claimed to have engaged in a military landing while serving with the marines - wearing a bra and panties under his uniform.
[More famous now than he was when alive, Edward D.Wood Jr., was understandably ignored throughout a spectacularly unsuccessful career, died penniless, and was 'rediscovered' in the early 1980s. Named the worst director of all-time, his work is the subject of Tim Burton's biopic Ed Wood.]
[Trivia: One of Wood's pseudonyms - Akdov Telmig - is vodka gimlet spelled backwards.]
Wood, Edward Jr. ["Ed"] (1924-1978) American screenwriter and director [noted for his directorial ineptitude, as exhibited in such
films as Glen or Glenda? (1953), He or She (1953), I Led Two Lives (1953), Jail Bait (1954), Bride of the Monster (1955), Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959), and The Sinister Urge (1961)]
[Sources: Internet Movie database; Premiere magazine]More Edward Wood anecdotesRelated Anecdote Keywords:
Sex Sexual Experimentation Transvestitism War Marines Clothing Underwear Uniforms Secrets Perversion
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