"Glen or Glenda"

Four minutes into Ed Wood, Jr.'s cross-dressing epic "Glen or Glenda" (Screen Classics, 1953) we get a view of the Palace Theatre as we look north on Broadway from 7th St. Thanks to Sean Alice for spotting the theatre in the film and grabbing the screenshot. We get more of the same footage eighteen minutes in. 

Featured are Bela Lugosi, Ed Wood, Lyle Talbot, Delores Fuller, Timothy Farrell and Conrad Brooks. The cinematography was by William C. Thompson.   

See our pages about the Palace Theatre on the Los Angeles Theatres site. Located at 630 S. Broadway, it opened in 1911 as the Orpheum with a two-a-day vaudeville format.  

On IMDb: "Glen or Glenda" 

The full film is on You Tube in a version from Retro Central as well as one from Screen Prism.   

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