What Ever Happened To Baby Jane [1962] | ![What Ever Happened To Baby Jane [1962]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51AKADX0K4L._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Robert Aldrich
Actors: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono, Wesley Addy, Julie Allred
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: Video
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 3469
Format: Black & White, Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 128
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
EAN: 5014781116022
ASIN: B00004CKA9
Theatrical Release Date: October 31, 1962
Release Date: September 4, 2000
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Condition: Brand new & sealed. Posted from the UK within 48 hours of order.
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Amazon.co.uk Review
A cultish horror favourite, 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 house-bound 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 rejuvenating both their careers. --Jenny Brown
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Another Bette Davies classic... January 30, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
From the era when great acting and a great storyline were key, this is a classic. Good use of tension building, fabulous gritty acting, solid cinematography. You can't go wrong. Enjoy...
A fantastic movie with a plot twist you'd never suspect! August 8, 2005
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
In this movie Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? There are two sisters. Jane being the oldest was a child star and lost her fame when her giant ego got in the way of her career. Her younger sister Blanche, started her own acting career and was a bigger, better hit then Jane was. Jane drove herself insane with jealousy and liquor. Then an "accident" caused Blanche to be put in a wheelchair permenantly. Leaving her in the care of her insane sister. Jane started to slowly starve her sister and torture her as her form of revenge for Blanche stealing her acting title. This movie has twists and turns for a fantastic plot! It is truly a satisfying collectable!
Divine Feud???? May 22, 2004
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Whoa!Bette and Joan at their ultimate best. The key to the brilliance of this movie is Bette and Joan trying their best to outact each other, their real life hatred spilling over into this movie, the result- a classic macabre tale of jealousy and revenge, with superb performances from two of cinema's Golden girls. watch out for the twist in the tale!!!!! Perfect classic movie gold.
Birdie Boiler.....oops a bit of a spoiler!! May 22, 2004
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Bette Davis and Joan Crawford old enimies and now on screen sisters.Just to see these two actresses hack hell out each other on the screen is reason enough to buy this let alone the story,the tension,the laughing,the crying,the shock revelation and the hammer killer. Thsi film rules!!!!!!!!!I advise you buy the film quick!!!!!
Such A Sweet Sister! January 8, 2003
17 out of 19 found this review helpful
This is the ultimate is psychological thrillers starring two of the greatest "top-billed turned has-been" movie actresses in history. Betty Davis as Jane Hudson and real life nemesis Joan Crawford as sister Blanche Hudson make for comic and scary thrills. Quick retread: Jane was "Baby Jane Hudson", a child star who lost her popularity after puberty. Blanche Hudson was jealous as a child but becomes a top rated adult movie actress. Jane, of course, becomes an increasingly insane alcoholic. Trouble ensues when Blanche is mysteriously crippled in a car wreck forcing 'whack-job' case sister Jane to care for her. The plot thickens as quickly as Jane loses her mind. It's hilarious. But the sadistic scenes Jane carries out on Blanche are both scary and hilarious, making this film a true cult classic. The ending is a masterpiece of plot twists! I can't get into more details other than to tell you that every time I've shown someone this movie, they goes nuts over it! It's frightening and comedic simultaneously. It's no wonder these two characters have been Halloween favorites for years! Quality of 'black & white' is okay and sound is what you would expect from an early 60's nightmare, but it's worth it. Before you pick up your main course covered dinner plate, remember what Jane said to Blanche - "By the way Blanche, did you know we have rats in the cellar?!"
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