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As a child, Baby Jane Hudson was the toast of vaudeville. As an adult, however, Baby Jane was overshadowed by her more talented sister, Blanche, who became a top movie star. Then, one night in the early '30s, came the accident, which crippled Blanche for life and which was blamed on a drunken, jealous Jane. Flash-forward to 1962: Jane (Bette Davis), decked out in garish chalk-white makeup, still lives with the invalid Blanche (Joan Crawford) in their decaying L.A. mansion. When Jane isn't tormenting the helpless Blanche by serving her dead rats for breakfast, she is plotting and planning her showbiz comeback. Convinced that her days are numbered if she remains in the house with her addlepated sister, Blanche desperately tries to get away, but all avenues of escape are cut off by the deranged Jane.Product Identifiers
ProducerRobert Aldrich
EAN5051892143233
eBay Product ID (ePID)171415170
Product Key Features
ActorBette Davis, Victor Buono, Anna Lee, Joan Crawford, Marjorie Bennett
Film/TV TitleWhatever Happened to Baby Jane?
DirectorRobert Aldrich
LanguageEnglish
Run Time130 Mins
FormatBlu-ray
Release Year2013
FeaturesBehind the Scenes\The John Williams Show
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate12A/12
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
ComposerFrank DeVol
ReviewsEmpire - It's a classic, dammit!
Additional InformationAs a child, Baby Jane Hudson was the toast of vaudeville. As an adult, however, Baby Jane was overshadowed by her more talented sister, Blanche, who became a top movie star. Then, one night in the early '30s, came the accident, which crippled Blanche for life and which was blamed on a drunken, jealous Jane. Flash-forward to 1962: Jane (Bette Davis), decked out in garish chalk-white makeup, still lives with the invalid Blanche (Joan Crawford) in their decaying L.A. mansion. When Jane isn't tormenting the helpless Blanche by serving her dead rats for breakfast, she is plotting and planning her showbiz comeback. Convinced that her days are numbered if she remains in the house with her addlepated sister, Blanche desperately tries to get away, but all avenues of escape are cut off by the deranged Jane. WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? sparked a trend toward casting venerable Hollywood female stars in such grotesque Grand Guignol melodramas as LADY IN A CAGE (1964) and HUSH...HUST, SWEET CHARLOTTE(1965). In addition to revitalizing the careers of Davis and Crawford, whose real-life mutual animosity came through loud and clear, the film made a star of sorts of 24-year-old character actor Victor Buono, cast as a porcine mama's-boy musical composer. Lukas Heller's screenplay was based on the novel by Henry Farrell.
Art DirectorWilliam Glasgow
ScreenwriterLukas Heller
AuthorHenry Farrell
Sound sourceDolby Digital
Movie/TV TitleWhatever Happened To Baby Jane?
EditorMichael Luciano
Director of PhotographyErnest Haller
Consumer AdviceContains moderate violence and psychological threat