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Bela's Vaudeville Dracula Act
- Bela Lugosi toured as Dracula in a vaudeville act that included him rising from a coffin after screening one of his movies.
- The show was embarrassing and poorly attended, leaving Bela barely breaking even and feeling his career decline.
Ed Wood's Passion and Identity
- Ed Wood was passionate about filmmaking but lacked technical talent, often telling imaginative but poorly executed stories.
- His fascination with cross-dressing and identity influenced his film Glen or Glenda, reflecting parts of his personal life.
Bela as God Figure in Glen or Glenda
- In Glen or Glenda, Bela Lugosi plays a godlike figure blessing the transformation of the transvestite protagonist.
- Ed Wood used creative but cheap filmmaking tricks, including a shoe box with holes for lighting effects suggested by Bela's wife Lilian.