Whatever Happened To Baby Jane
Director Robert Aldrich’s story: a thriller about an aging ex-vaudeville child star who initiates a psychotic reign of terror over her crippled ‘30s movie-queen sister. His stars: Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. All he needed was the money. But when Aldrich scoured Hollywood for backing, he kept hearing, “We wouldn’t give you a dime for those two old broads.”
They were worth millions. Audiences asked What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? in droves — and made this eerie, surprise-laden shocker a deserved smash.
It marked both Victor Buono’s impressive Oscar®- nominated screen debut as an oily, porcine Tinseltown hanger-on and high points in the careers of its leads. And Davis won her 10th Academy Award® nomination for her acid portrayal of yowling, grotesque Baby Jane. An Oscar® winner for Best Costume Design (1962).
Special Features
Commentary by Charles Busch and John Epperson
