119: Bela and Ed Wood (Bela & Boris Part 5)

You Must Remember This

Karina Longworth

Tv & Film

4.6 • 15.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2017

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Forgotten by Hollywood, struggling with morphine addiction and a dependency on alcohol, at the end of his life Bela Lugosi was welcomed into a rag tag bunch of micro-budget movie-making freaks led by Edward D. Wood Jr,, who would later become known as the worst filmmaker of all time. Through their collaborations on movies like Glen or Glenda? and Bride of the Monster, did Ed Wood help Bela, exploit him, or a little of both? Featuring Taran Killam as Bela Lugosi and Noah Segan as Ed Wood.

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0:00.0	Oh
0:08.0	A kiss, a kiss, a frown, a frown, a frown
0:30.0	Welcome to another episode of You Must Remember This.
0:35.0	A podcast dedicated to exploring the secret and or forgotten histories of Hollywood's
0:43.0	first century, part of the Paneple Network. I'm your host, Carina Longworth. And this is
0:52.6	another installment in our ongoing series, Bayla and Boris.
1:00.6	Once upon a time, many, many years ago, I am Dracula.
1:06.6	It's a lie, you, in the name of God. I know it feels like a beacon.
1:17.6	I was greater than a real empire. You're sure?
1:22.6	A week. Have I been saved?
1:26.6	She hate me. Like others.
1:29.6	A race of atomic supermen, which will conquer the world.
1:38.6	The phone is dead. Even the phone is dead.
1:44.6	We belong dead.
1:55.6	We are heading into the third act of this series, which will consist of two episodes that will trace the final acts of
2:04.6	Bayla Legosi and Boris Carloft's lives.
2:09.6	Today we'll focus on Bayla, who by the late 1940s had been cast aside by Hollywood, broke, depressed, and dependent on the
2:17.6	pain medication he was still taking to move around despite his debilitating sciatica.
2:24.6	Legosi found himself lured into the web of Edward D. Wood Jr.
2:30.6	Better known as Edward.
2:34.6	Edward has acquired the reputation of being, if not the worst filmmaker of all time, then the worst
2:41.6	filmmaker living in Hollywood in the 20th century who made use of some recognizable stars.
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