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This is the highest quality video on Ed Wood that I've seen on You Tube, thanks for sharing. Anyone further interested in Wood's life, and frequently surreal (and occasionally unintentionally hilarious) body of work should definitely seek out No Wave/Free Jazz guitarist (and fellow cross-dresser) Rudolph Grey's excellent oral history, "Nightmare Of Extacy." which is full of testimonials from many of Wood's friends and associates, and unlike Tim Burton's often great biopic, it also covers the latter half of his life, during which he slaved away in obscurity, churning out cheap porno paperbacks for what little money he could manage to earn, between his typewriter cycling in and out of the local pawn shop, until he finally lost it forever, unfortunately. It describes his incredibly sad decline, as a result of his crippling alcoholism, and relentless poverty. One friend even describes how Wood eventually became so inebriated and unhygienic that he even had ticks (Ticks!) burrowing into his flesh, although he was so hopelessly dependent upon booze by that point that that he either no longer cared, or was unaware, of the grim condition he was in, due to the numbing effects of the cheap rotgut liquor he had sadly become entirely dependent upon, by then.

Superb biographical presentation--honest and moving

Wow! These men can’t handle shite! Coward losers!!!!! Stilll

Kennedy Brothers were douchebags and Howard Hughs

Cool hand Luke and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Top 10 greatest movies ever made.

Great story & narration, as always, but why Shirley Temple's pic - w/dimples and all - at 5:43?

Ed Wood was & is a hero to many filmmakers. But, if you’re looking for an excellent examination of his life & career, you can’t do better than Tim Burton’s Ed Wood. Possibly, his last truly great film. However, I really enjoyed this piece on Jack Nance. A truly great talent and a truly sad end.

How on Earth can “The Elephant Man” be classed in any way as “Hollywood” ??? Apart from Lynch himself the entire production was a (absolutely genius + brilliant) British one.

This is horrific.

The heavy, adult makeup, makes her look more mature. As does the fact that to modern people the look is so old fashioned

While parents these days may not ever consider such photos, the era did not make nudes of children a taboo or something to be overly concerned about... there were what would be today considered a concerning amount of parents willing to have their child do nudes. To some extent, they considered it as innocent as paintings, although they new it to be good buisness... unfortunately, there are indeed some modern parents more than willing to exploit their children for sexualized consumption...

9:19 BINGO! I now have bets to see how many TH-cam postings use the word iconic in them. almost every one. Do we need people to read more?

Thank ypu for the stpry off Cloudette Colbert ❤

Perfect voice.

I thought he died on Cape Cod....anyway, ego and libido...will do you in every time if you don't keep both in check

His wife was the log lady

Great video. Who is the narrator?

Tragic story I never knew

Wow..Eraserhead pemiered at midnight on March 19, 1977.....The first midnight movie I saw (double feature Dawn of the Dead) during the birth of thr U.S. punk scene, new (synthpop) wave and hair bands, frustrated suburbanite teens lin the south gave Lynch the catapult he needed. I DID MY PART!

By inexplicably giving her year of birth incorrectly the computer has some losing battles with basic arithmetic. I'm guessing there is some kind of agenda at work there; oh, how I wish grown-ups would act grown-up. I was 9 years old when the Mary Tyler Moore show started its run, and coming from a household in which there was one TV, and you basically watched what your parents watched, I caught up with the show in reruns when I was in my 20s, never adhering to the myopic mindset that it was a 'woman's show'.

Loved Jack Nance. And he certainly had a tragic life. But to say he was murdered is a stretch. Manslaughter maybe. An accident probably. I look forward to your upcoming videos on David Lynch’s actors. Tragically many we’ve lost…

This is worth watching for the very sexy narrator voice. Oh my! 🥰

THERE WAS A FISH IN THE PERCOLATOR!

Wow. Rest in peace Jack who I always enjoyed watching. He died right up the street in South Pasadena, the home of so many movie folks, above and below the line. That donut shop is still up there on fair oaks, it always looks empty almost like a memorial to Jack.

Poor little girl, I hope she was happy her short life! 🙏

I enjoy her films. I was glad to see this as she seems forgotten.

You forgot to mention the role Dennis Hopper gave him in The Hot Spot. I always enjoy his performance in that film. RIP Jack Nance RIP David Lynch

Eraserhead was a weird movie. I like weird movies.

This is such a tragic story. I had never heard of Lucille Ricksen before, and it's heartbreaking to see how the studio system chewed her up and spit her out. It really highlights the dark side of Hollywood's golden age and the lack of protection for young performers. Thanks for bringing her story to light. It's important to remember these stories so they don't repeat themselves.

The og Ryan Atwood

David Lynch had a knack for casting actors who had "the Persona" similar to the characters they portrayed...Kyle Mcclanahan...had that "a little kooky" nice guy persona...because he was a funny nice guy in real life....Denis Hooper said it was easy to play "Frank Booth" because He WAS Frank Booth in a lot of ways...Laura Dern was the curious girl from next Door who could be a "steamer."...But Jack Nance didn't have to go far at all to play EraserHead - He was a troubled soul..quick to drink and temper... unsure like a little lost child.

Ironically, The Night Porter featured Dirk Bogarde as an ex KL doctor ( his similarity in appearance to another notorious KL doctor, Josef Mengele , especially when in the uniform was surely a coincidence). Bogarde saw the reality of Na*i cruelty when entering Bergen - Belsen. He was , as you stated, fascinated with the abyss of human behaviour. He is an intelligent and absorbing author . There is an interview set in the garden of his French country home, this covers his war experiences and is a well paced, intelligent to and fro between subject and questioner, its probably a BBC Arena or South Bank production. Many thanks again for your work!

Im new to this channel, Ive always loved the dark side of LA since reading a battered copy of Anger's Hollywood Babylon and reading fiction by Bret Easton Ellis ( Less than Zero / The Informers and crime noir such as LA Confidential and films by Araki/ Lynch's Mullholland Drive and Inland Empire You have a new sub ! P.S. please keep the gentle background sound effects, this helps me relax along with your voice , Thank You !

Loved him in Twin Peaks

As it turned out, the movie industry learned nothing from the example of Lucille Ricksen as the same pattern was repeated a decade later with Judy Garland, who also had a mother who drove her to overworking and a studio that fed her pills to make her sleep and then keep her awake to work long, grueling hours. Greed for money.

Tony curtis was a great actor. He made countless back to back movies that were hits throughout the 1950's. Six bridges to cross, Mister Corey, Houdini, The Square Jungle..... RIP Tony

Best narration voice on TH-cam hands down! So relaxing.

First, what a dreamy voice you have! Discovered Jack only in TP. Eraserhead came later for me. Didn’t even recognize him as the same actor as Pete. Had no idea of his immensely sad and tragic life. I hope he knew the love his fans held for him.

My mom passed away a few years ago and she actually introduced me to David lynch and Eraserhead. She loved Hollywood stories and mysteries and watching this channel brings me a smile thinking how she would have loved this. Thank you

Some ppl live in a strange odd reality in this world and suffer greatly because of it.Other just breeze through as normies barley touching the sides. Its always the former that leave lasting memories tho. RIP Jack and David. Thank you for your strange gentlness and incredible talent.❤

she reminded me of my mother. The type of mother that scars you for life.

Exceptionally well done. I never knew any of this about Mr. Nance.

Wow so sad that the phone shut off & his wife , “VanDyke” took her life.

Nance has a special place as the star of ERASER HEAD. its a masterpiece like no other. Sorry to hear of his up & down career in acting.

An old friend of my mothers who was in the navy said they took all his teeth out. He said it was common practice at the time to avoid future problems.