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mahatmakanejeeves

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Tue Oct 11, 2022, 07:12 AM Oct 2022

On October 10, 1924, writer, director, and producer Ed Wood Jr. was born.

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Happy birthday, Ed Wood

He's called "the worst director ever"...

...but he made movies people still have fun watching 60 years later, which is pretty successful

I wish he could have seen work survived simply because he could create an interesting story and tell it with passion



Writer,director &producer Ed Wood Jr. was #BornOnThisDay, Oct. 10, 1924. Remembered his films; Glen or Glenda (1953), Bride of the Monster (1955), & Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959). A chronic alcoholic, he passed in 1978 (age 54) from #heartattack #RIP #GoneTooSoon #birthday #BOTD


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