What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

  • Director: Robert Aldrich
  • Writer: Henry Farrell,Lukas Heller
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: October 31, 1962
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Was geschah wirklich mit Baby Jane?
  • "What Ever Happened to BabyJane?" is a thriller directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford . It was released in the United States on October 26, 1962.
    The film is adapted from a novel by Henry Farrell and tells the tragic story of a pair of elderly sisters who tortured each other because of their jealousy   .

    Details

    • Release date October 31, 1962
    • Filming locations 172 South McCadden Place, Hancock Park, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies The Associates & Aldrich Company

    Box office

    Budget

    $980,000 (estimated)

    Movie reviews

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    • By Gracie 2022-03-21 09:02:10

      "Langui's Shocking Change" in the movie book

      great movie 3
      7.7
      [US] Roger Ebert / 2021 / Guangxi Normal University...

    • By Edna 2021-12-22 08:01:09

      Queen of Terror~ (My own translation)

      Hitchcock's "Scary" achieved an unexpectedly great success, and actress Janet Lee shined with stars. Unexpectedly, Li gave up the opportunity to continue to fight in the horror film field and chose to try other types of movies. One is a political thriller "Manchurian Candidate", and the other is a musical comedy "Happy Tonight". However, her liveliness and intelligence still conquered the audience. In fact, Lee's acting career and horror films are really indissoluble. In 1946, she was 18...

    • By Mauricio 2021-12-22 08:01:09

      Who abuses whom? !

      "Jenny, you can't do without me, because you will be lonely." Joan's sister said to Betty's sister in a weak tone towards the end of the film. In the film, the sister is tortured by her sister: beating, scolding and binding is physical; cooking the rat in the basement for lunch, and the pet bird being stewed is spiritual ~ Betty Davis wears a large-sized children's clothing and is horrified Makeup, every cell in the body is filled with full of nervousness. This old woman who is enough to scare...

    • By Virgil 2021-12-22 08:01:09

      "Langui": A suspenseful classic business card that is never cold, points directly to the real life struggle of the two movie queens

      "Language" is the work of "The Twelve King Kong" director Robert Aldridge in 1962, which brings together two major actresses, Joan Crawford and Betty Davis. The two major actresses staged a classic suspense movie with no cold spots on the same stage. "Lan Girl" is adapted from Henry Fallow's novel based on the entanglement between a pair of sisters. Joan Crawford plays Blanche, although her brilliance was obscured by her sister Jane played by Betty Davis when she was young. , But became a...

    • By Adrien 2021-12-22 08:01:09

      Before I killed you, I thought about buying ice cream for you

      If women hate each other, how deep and tragic will they be?

      But because you are more popular than me and richer than me, hatred can cross the thickest blood relationship and become the only thing that binds each other.

      This sounds very scary, and it sounds very reasonable.

      This black-and-white drama film "Lan Gui Jingbian" from the 1960s illustrates this terrifying and reasonable hatred very well.

      Two great actresses in the history of Hollywood used...

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    • By Myrna 2022-04-24 07:01:14

      Musicians are so funny. Quite...

    • By Vanessa 2022-04-24 07:01:14

      The reason why this film is listed as a horror film is just because Bette Davis and Joan Crawford look horrifying after being the old beauties of the past. In terms of the film alone, it is very different from "Sunset Boulevard" of the same theme....

    • By Mariela 2022-04-24 07:01:14

      I didn't finish it, because I felt that blanche was intoxicated, and the style of ringing the bell was...

    • By Lela 2022-04-24 07:01:14

      Bette Davis's makeup is really scary, even more so when she laughs, and the ending looks like "Sunset...

    • By Estevan 2022-04-24 07:01:14

      Betty Davis' goofy performance and horrific makeup cast a deep shadow...

    Movie plot

    Baby Jenny Henderson ( Bette Davis ) was once a popular child star. The entire Henderson family relied on her income, which made her character increasingly distorted and domineering. Compared to Jenny, Blanch Henderson ( Joan Crawford ) , as an older sister , is just an ugly duckling. Not only does the younger sister turn a blind eye to herself, but even her father yells at her and has a bad attitude, and a swallowing cloth. Lan Qi...
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    Evaluation action

    The film is an excellent indoor horror film that uses elements such as delayed suspense, blocked space, and claustrophobia to shape the tension and horror of the film. But apart from these, the most powerful weapon of the film is actually the face of Bette Davis, which was once so bright and smooth, but is now covered with wrinkles and sagging. Wearing thick white powder and jagged lipstick, Davis made herself (even in close-up shots)...
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    Movie quotes

    • Jane: Oh, I wish Daddy could be here right now! You can never lose your talent, he used to tell me. You can lose everything else, but, you can't lose your talent.

    • Blanche: I was just hoping, maybe, maybe I could meet him and we could have a nice talk - just the three of us.

      Jane: Yeah, you'd like that, wouldn't you! Then you could tell him a whole lot of lies about me! Scare him off! Or, maybe have him for yourself!

      [Jane slaps Blanche]

    • Jane: Dehlia? Who's Dehlia?

      Edwin Flagg: You might not think it to look at her, but, she's my mother.

      Jane: [laughs] Oh, for a minute I thought you had a wife or a lady friend tucked away somewhere.

      Edwin Flagg: Oh, no! No. Oh, no. Nothing like that.