Greetings my friend
We are all interested in Ed, that is
why you are here. To feast your eyes and indulge the
senses. Can your heart stand the shocking truth that is Edward D
Wood Jr !
Edward
D Wood Jr was to make out his living some of the time as a
writer, producer, director, actor and cinematographer. It was
not always easy for Ed. Ever since he was a child he had wanted
to work in pictures. He had his first camera when he was
eighteen and it was Hollywood all the way. In Ed's case the
outer edges of Hollywood.
He worked in theatre
for a few years and had a few acting parts. When war broke out
he was first in line to join the Marines and saw action in the
South Pacific. Ed was awarded with several medals: Sharp Shooter
Medal, The Silver Star, The Bronze Star and
several others, I do not know which ones.
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Heroic or meritorious achievement or service not
involving participation in aerial flight.
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Awarded by the Chief of Naval personnel to those
members of the United States Navy or Naval Reserve who
qualify as "Expert" with either rifle or
carbine on a prescribed military rifle course.
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Gallantry in action against an armed enemy of
the United States or while serving with friendly foreign
forces.
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After
returning from the war, he worked in a carnival and wrote a play
called "The Casual Company" - about life in war. The
production was not a great success.. His first attempt at film was to be "The Streets of
Laredo", it didn't pan out to be a success as the budget
ran out fairly fast. He was to do many more films in his career
but two will stand out above all others. They are "Glen or
Glenda" and "Plan 9 from Outer Space". These are
his most famous films, I wouldn't say his best. But as far as
Cult status is concerned these are a mile ahead of the rest.
"Glen or Glenda" stands alone as an autobiographical
work on his transvestitism. Ed Wood was to say in his life - "If you want to know
me, just watch "Glen or Glenda". That pretty much says
it all. "Plan 9" has the cult market cornered. You
can't get better than Aliens, 9 plans, re-animated corpses and
the destruction of the Universe through the Solarmanite bomb. If
you don't know what I'm talking about, watch
the movie and it will all become relatively clear.
Later on in his life when funds were low - Ed
started writing pornographic scripts and books and even wrote
books on fetishes, fantasies and a whole different way of life
to what the average home loving American knew about such as
"The Gay Underworld" & "Sex and satanic
rituals", the list goes on an on. There was definitely a
market out there. He also made a living doing commercials and
Sex Education lessons on 8mm Reels, which you could send away
for, however this project never entirely got off the ground. I
could right novel length articles on Ed, so if you've made it
this far - I'll stop boring you and let you cruise my site.
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Ed directing and acting in an ad for Wessom Oil
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Sex Education by Correspondence
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Plan 9 the Game
You can get the game from my group Ed
Wood = Genius
