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Bookmark this pageWhat Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Director: Robert Aldrich
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From Time Out Film Guide
Faded child star of the '20s (Davis) terrorises faded matinee star of the '30s (Crawford) in a decaying Hollywood mansion, after a mysterious accident has confined the latter to a wheelchair. Aldrich didn't have the courage to break with mystery-thriller conventions, and so the whole thing turns out to hinge on the true responsibility for the accident, but the film's real centre of interest is its Sunset Boulevard-type acerbity about Hollywood. Clips from authentic old Crawford movies are used to represent her past, to teasingly 'biographical' effect, and much hinges on Bette Davis' real-life reputation for bitchery. The Grand Guignol elements themselves are relatively forced and unconvincing.Author: TR
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- Posted on Mar 06 2009 15:05 This is a wonderful film, but very disturbing. Bette Davis is fantastic a 'Baby Jane' and you really fear for her sister. A truly weird film.
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Cast & crew
Director: Robert Aldrich
Producer: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono, Anna Lee, Maidie Norman, Marjorie Bennett full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Rated: 12A
Duration: 133 mins
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