What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (Robert Aldrich, US 1962)

Two icons from the golden age of Hollywood, Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, take their famous feud on-screen in Robert Aldrich's thriller. In fierce, no-holds-barred performances, Bette Davis portrays aging ex-child star Baby Jane Hudson while Joan Crawford plays Blanche, the crippled sister Jane torments psychologically. As the sisters descend into madness, the tension builds to a shocking ending in this unforgettable Academy Award-winning classic.

Reviews

“A lurid melodrama of hate, revenge and murder, a high-class horror film, in the Hitchcock vein, with virtuoso performances from Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, and moments both searing and poignant.”

—James Powers, Hollywood Reporter

“Fascinatingly warped: an extended study in decaying flesh, set to a score mordantly trying to break into Hooray for Hollywood.

—Mike McCahill, The Guardian

“One of Hollywood’s best gothic grotesqueries.”

—Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

“One of the best shockers since Hitchcock’s Psycho.”

—Harrison Carroll, LA Herald-Examiner

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