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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Bette Davis (Actor), Joan Crawford (Actor), Robert Aldrich (Director) | Rated: Unrated | Format: DVD
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (82 customer reviews)

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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

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5.0 out of 5 stars La plus grande performance de Bette Davis!, April 10 2009
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Lors du tournage de ce film en 1962, Bette Davis n'est plus la grande star qu'elle a jadis été; elle est vieillissante, de plus en plus exigeante et elle n'a pas obtenu de grand succès commercial depuis plusieurs années. Mais Robert Aldrich savait ce qu'il faisait en lui proposant le rôle de Baby Jane Hudson: Bette Davis n'a pas hésité à s'enlaidir pour donner à son personnage un aspect à la fois pathétique et inquiétant, tout en donnant une leçon de jeu que plusieurs actrices d'aujourd'hui auraient avantage à suivre. Et le résultat est là: What ever happened to Baby Jane est sans doute le film le plus malsain qui soit, mais aussi l'un des plus fascinant. Tout ça grâce à la (très) grande Bette!
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5.0 out of 5 stars a masterpiece, Jun 23 2007
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This is a great movie to see and have in our DVD library!! I loved the movie, the actresses, the way it is shot... everything is great!!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars WHO the Hell is Norman?, July 6 2004
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This review is from: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (Widescreen/Full Screen) (DVD)
Check out the editorial review "Sadistic Jane and their servant Norman????" The only servant, err, make that housekeeper in this saga is ELVIRA [No, NOT THAT one!] who meets ..... [Clunk!~ Thud!]

WELL, this utterly dark little Gem of Joy still pack many a wallop!

No quite dated, but such an acidic picture of Tinseltown - as a matter of fact you can still see these old [er] Dolls and Guys on Hollywood Boulevard - or Rodeo Drive [botox-powered] for that matter.

IT hasn't really aged that badly - Crawford is superb as the wheelchair bound glam queen Blance ~ utterly dependent on her increasingly insane sister Jane ~ Davis probably on a par with her turn in THE STAR. Davis sacrifices all for this role, including figure and looks, shuffling around the house in flip-flops, dragging on a cigarette and swigging booze has NEVER been this fun!

Bring along a creepy VICTOR BUONO [debut role] as a grifter with an accent and his dear old Ma ... nasty little jewels they are - check out the scene with Davis and Buono and the sandwich plate ... then the booze scene later! Priceless [It's almost Norman Desmond and Joe - the later years].

Superior lensing and direction etc. etc. etc.

Davis daughter BD HYMAN plays the teen next door.

Roaring fun for late at night viewing - double billed with Sunset Boulevard.

[Now wasn't there a musical version of this one ....?]

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