glen or glenda be edward d. wood jr first attempt at direct a feature film . for this he choose a topic near and dear to his heart . transvestism and the art of a man want to dress in woman clothes . to his credit and wood try to deal with subject matter that be largely taboo in 1953. unfortunately and wood have neither the budget nor the know how to make the film . the story open with a prologue by bela lugosi that make little sense and then move to the discovery of a dead transvestite glen or glenda ( daniel davis aka ed wood ) . inspector warren ( lyle talbot ) with the help of psychiatrist dr. alton ( timothy farrell ) try to understand why a man would want to live ( and die ) this way . glen be engage to barbara ( dolores fuller ) and be reluctant to tell her of his obsession . and that it . we see endless stock footage shot of anything from freeway traffic to soldier land on the beach and intersperse with shot of wood walk down the same street dress a either glen or glenda and look longingly at woman clothes in a store window . poor old bela and who be down on his luck and befriend by wood and keep pop in throughout the story . i be not 100 % sure but i think bela scene be add for his name value after the body of the movie be complete . to add to the confusion of lugosi narration and farrell a dr. alton also provide off screen narration . lugosi keep say and bevare and bevare . take care and take care and as well a and some gibberish about snake and snail and puppy dog tail . the story also deal with a transvestite who have a successful sex change operation and try to explain the difference between that person and wood character ( s ) . the dream sequence be laughable . a wedding sequence in which someone dress a the devil appear be a good example . wood also give u an apparent rape scene with the actor ( . ) fully clothe but leave little to the imagination and risqué for 1953. this film along with wood other classic be so bad that they become embrace by the public a cult classic over the year . for that reason and they have survive to this day .