What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (Two-Disc Special Edition)
starring: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Jodie Foster, Victor Buono, Wesley Addy
directed by: Robert Aldrich, Susan F. Walker
directed by: Robert Aldrich, Susan F. Walker
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A cultish horror favorite, 1962's What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? will make you think twice before hungrily unveiling a covered plate of food. Bette Davis stars as Jane Hudson, a onetime child actress and singer. As an elderly woman, she wishes to revive her vaudevillian career, but she has become a grotesque caricature of her former self. Over the years as her star faded, the star of her older sister Blanche (Joan Crawford) rose, outshining the career of the has-been Baby Jane. Jane was relegated to minor roles, which she only won when Blanche demanded that she be awarded them. The film opens years after a calamitous car accident leaves Blanche in a wheelchair, with no one to care for her except the increasingly insane and sadistic Jane and their servant, Norman. Trying to punish Blanche for her years of success, Jane tortures the housebound woman, slowly trying to starve her to death, all the while attempting to recapture the fame of her youth. This dark drama also stars Victor Buono as the hefty pianist who answers Jane's ad for an accompanist, hoping to milk some money off the demented old woman. Both Buono and Davis were nominated for Oscars for their roles in this suspenseful and somewhat sick thriller that exploited well the real-life antagonism between Davis and Crawford, while at the same time rejuvenated both their careers. --Jenny Brown
A cultish horror favorite, 1962's What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? will make you think twice before hungrily unveiling a covered plate of food. Bette Davis stars as Jane Hudson, a onetime child actress and singer. As an elderly woman, she wishes to revive her vaudevillian career, but she has become a grotesque caricature of her former self. Over the years as her star faded, the star of her older sister Blanche (Joan Crawford) rose, outshining the career of the has-been Baby Jane. Jane was relegated to minor roles, which she only won when Blanche demanded that she be awarded them. The film opens years after a calamitous car accident leaves Blanche in a wheelchair, with no one to care for her except the increasingly insane and sadistic Jane and their servant, Norman. Trying to punish Blanche for her years of success, Jane tortures the housebound woman, slowly trying to starve her to death, all the while attempting to recapture the fame of her youth. This dark drama also stars Victor Buono as the hefty pianist who answers Jane's ad for an accompanist, hoping to milk some money off the demented old woman. Both Buono and Davis were nominated for Oscars for their roles in this suspenseful and somewhat sick thriller that exploited well the real-life antagonism between Davis and Crawford, while at the same time rejuvenated both their careers. --Jenny Brown
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- Parakeets for lunch, rats for dinner
This was a stunning movie in its day!Of course, it's a bit dated now, but I think it has well stood the test of time.Bette Davis and Joan Crawford were off-screen rivals who were not too fond of each other anyway.But, they had never worked together before!And here for the first time, these two 'silver screen giants' meet, work well together and both deliver stirring, powerful performances of two sisters whose rivalry matched the actresses' real-life squabble.Closely following Hitchcock's ... Read More
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- Misery
I'm glad this was in black and white because on the back of the dvd case it showed pictures from the movie in colour.I'm not sure if I would want to see Bette Davis's face in colour because she is butt-ugly in this.Joan Crawford looked kind of "ill" in this movie, I don't know what she normally looks like, this was the first movie I've seen with her.I heard she was a pill popper so maybe that's why she looked weird.As for the movie, it kept getting better and better.it starts off slow, and ... Read More
Rating: - A Classic Thriller!
"What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" is a dark and disturbing film starring Betty Davis and Joan Crawford. The film centers around two sisters: "Baby Jane" and Blanche Hudson. Both were aspiring movie stars whose careers took off in different directions: Blanche became a famous movie star while Jane fell through the cracks as a forgotten child star. A car accident, however, left Blanche crippled and ended her movie career. It was up to Jane, then, to care for Blanche. One day a local television station ... Read More
Rating: - MASOCHISM VS SADISM
MASOCHISM VS SADISM
FINALLY A PAIRING OF BETTE DAVIS AND JOAN CRAWFORD. IT TOOK OVER 30 YEARS! DAVIS GOT THE NOMINATION, BUT CRAWFORD MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE ACADEMY AWARDS THAT THE AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS GOES TO ANNE BANCROFT FOR HER PERFORMANCE IN THE MIRACLE WORKER! BETTE NEVER FORGAVE JOAN FOR THIS, AND MADE LIFE SO MISERABLE FOR JOAN DURING THE FILMING OF THEIR NEXT EFFORT, HUSH, HUSH SWEET CHARLOTTE THAT JOAN HAD TO LEAVE THE SET! BETTE EVEN WENT SO FAR AS HAVING EVERYONE ON ... Read More
Rating: - DVD Arrival
This item arrived in a timely fashion; it was once a favorite of my and I was happy to receive it.
- Parakeets for lunch, rats for dinnerThis was a stunning movie in its day!Of course, it's a bit dated now, but I think it has well stood the test of time.Bette Davis and Joan Crawford were off-screen rivals who were not too fond of each other anyway.But, they had never worked together before!And here for the first time, these two 'silver screen giants' meet, work well together and both deliver stirring, powerful performances of two sisters whose rivalry matched the actresses' real-life squabble.Closely following Hitchcock's ... Read More
- MiseryI'm glad this was in black and white because on the back of the dvd case it showed pictures from the movie in colour.I'm not sure if I would want to see Bette Davis's face in colour because she is butt-ugly in this.Joan Crawford looked kind of "ill" in this movie, I don't know what she normally looks like, this was the first movie I've seen with her.I heard she was a pill popper so maybe that's why she looked weird.As for the movie, it kept getting better and better.it starts off slow, and ... Read More
- A Classic Thriller!"What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" is a dark and disturbing film starring Betty Davis and Joan Crawford. The film centers around two sisters: "Baby Jane" and Blanche Hudson. Both were aspiring movie stars whose careers took off in different directions: Blanche became a famous movie star while Jane fell through the cracks as a forgotten child star. A car accident, however, left Blanche crippled and ended her movie career. It was up to Jane, then, to care for Blanche. One day a local television station ... Read More
- MASOCHISM VS SADISMMASOCHISM VS SADISM
FINALLY A PAIRING OF BETTE DAVIS AND JOAN CRAWFORD. IT TOOK OVER 30 YEARS! DAVIS GOT THE NOMINATION, BUT CRAWFORD MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE ACADEMY AWARDS THAT THE AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS GOES TO ANNE BANCROFT FOR HER PERFORMANCE IN THE MIRACLE WORKER! BETTE NEVER FORGAVE JOAN FOR THIS, AND MADE LIFE SO MISERABLE FOR JOAN DURING THE FILMING OF THEIR NEXT EFFORT, HUSH, HUSH SWEET CHARLOTTE THAT JOAN HAD TO LEAVE THE SET! BETTE EVEN WENT SO FAR AS HAVING EVERYONE ON ... Read More
- DVD ArrivalThis item arrived in a timely fashion; it was once a favorite of my and I was happy to receive it.
