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Ed Wood: A Biography
Often labeled the worst director in Hollywood history, Ed Wood was something far more complex...a determined filmmaker working on the margins of an unforgiving industry.
This biography traces Wood’s life from his early ambitions to his years making low-budget films with limited resources, unreliable collaborators, and unwavering conviction. It examines his creative process, his partnership with Bela Lugosi, and the personal struggles that shaped both his work and reputation.
Rather than mythologizing or mocking, this book presents a clear, factual portrait of a man who continued to create despite constant setbacks.
A concise, honest look at one of Hollywood’s most unusual careers...and the persistence behind it.
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GenreBiography and Memoir
Length7 hrs 9 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 19, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1ED WOOD: A Biography
37Chapter Ten-B: The Last Apartment: 1973–1978
2Chapter One: The Eviction: December 7, 1978
38Chapter Seven-B: Making Plan 9: The Production, Piece by Piece
3Chapter Two: Poughkeepsie: 1924–1942
39Chapter Five-C: Norma: The Marriage Nobody Talks About
4Chapter Three: The War: 1942–1946
40Chapter Eleven-C: The Survivors: What Happened After
5Chapter Four: Hollywood: 1947–1952
41Chapter Twelve-B: Ed Wood in the Academy: What the Scholars Say
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6Chapter Five: Glen or Glenda
42Chapter Six-C: The Monster and the Man: The Bride of the Monster Shoot, 1954
71952–1953
43Chapter Eight-C: What He Thought: Ed Wood and His Own Films
8Glen or Glenda (1953) — The Film
44Chapter Eight-D: The Novels: Ann Gora and Her Siblings
9Critical Reception: Then and Now
45A Note Before We Begin: On Method, Sources, and Why This Story Matters
10Jail Bait (1954)
46Chapter Four-D: The Lean Years: Hollywood, 1947–1950
11Chapter Six: Bela
47Chapter Seven-C: The Premiere: March 1957 and the Long Wait
121952–1956
48Chapter Eleven-D: Burton: Why Tim Burton Made the Film He Made
13Bride of the Monster (1955) — The Film
49Chapter Five-D: The Amazing Criswell: A Man and His Certainty
14Critical Reception: Then and Now
50Chapter Six-D: Dracula to Destitution: Bela Lugosi in America, 1931–1952
15The Final Months
51Chapter Seven-D: A Day on the Set: November 1956
16Chapter Seven: Plan 9
52Chapter Eight-E: The Typewriter: How the Scripts Were Written
171956–1959
53Chapter Eleven-E: The Medveds: The Men Who Named the Worst
18Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957/1959) — The Film
54Chapter Three-B: The Cowboys: The Western That Never Got Made
19Plan 9: Critical Reception — Then and Now
55Chapter Four-E: The Bottom of the Business: Hollywood's Invisible Majority
20Night of the Ghouls (1958/1983)
56Chapter Twelve-C: The Lineage: Who Ed Wood Made Possible
21Chapter Eight: The Long Slide
57Chapter Three-C: What He Brought Home: The Pacific War and What It Left Behind
221960–1972
58Chapter Seven-E: The Audience He Had: Drive-Ins, Grindhouses, and the People Who Watched
23The Sinister Urge (1960) — The Film
59Coda: The Whole Life: One More Time
24Orgy of the Dead (1965) — The Film
60Chapter Seven-F: What He Believed: Ed Wood and the Question of Faith
25Take It Out in Trade (1970) and Necromania (1971)
61Chapter Eight-F: The Other Films
26Chapter Nine: Kathy: The Marriage
62Jail Bait, Night of the Ghouls, The Sinister Urge
27Chapter Ten: December 10, 1978: The End
63Jail Bait (1954)
28Chapter Eleven: After: 1980–1994
64Night of the Ghouls (1958)
29Chapter Twelve: What It Means: A Reckoning
65The Sinister Urge (1960)
30Chapter Four-B: Dolores: The First Love, 1952–1955
66Selected Filmography
31Chapter Six-B: The Last Year of Bela Lugosi: 1955–1956
67Edward Davis Wood Jr., Director
32Chapter Eight-B: The Decade, Year by Year: 1961–1969
68Feature Films
33Chapter Eleven-B: What the Cult Was: The Anatomy of an Unlikely Love
69Selected Short Films and Additional Credits
34Chapter Two-B: The Angora: A Private Life
70Selected Published Fiction
35Chapter Four-C: The Company He Kept: Hollywood's Lower Registers, 1950–1953
71A Note on Sources: The Record and Its Gaps
36Chapter Five-B: Four Days: The Making of Glen or Glenda, 1952
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