What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
October 31, 1962Release Date
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
October 31, 1962Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Bette Davis
Baby Jane Hudson
Joan Crawford
Blanche Hudson
Victor Buono
Edwin Flagg
Wesley Addy
Marty McDonald
Julie Allred
Young Baby Jane Hudson
Anne Barton
Cora Hudson
Marjorie Bennett
Dehlia Flagg
Bert Freed
Ben Golden
Anna Lee
Mrs. Bates
Maidie Norman
Elvira Stitt
Dave Willock
Ray Hudson
William Aldrich
Lunch Counter Assistant at Beach
Ernest Anderson
Ernie
Russ Conway
Police Officer
Maxine Cooper
Bank Teller
Robert Cornthwaite
Dr. Shelby
Michael Fox
Man in Television Commercial
Gina Gillespie
Young Blanche Hudson
Jack Murton
CastingDirector
Barbara Merrill
Liza Bates
Don Ross
Police Officer
James Seay
Police Officer
John Shay
Police Officer
Jon Shepodd
Police Officer
Peter Virgo
Police Officer
Bobs Watson
Clerk in Newspaper Department
Debbie Burton
Singer (voice)
Murray Alper
Projectionist (uncredited)
Steve Condit
Boy in Audience (uncredited)
Dorothea Lord
Nurse (uncredited)
Norman Papson
Beach Boy (uncredited)
Mike Ragan
Police Officer (uncredited)
Sammy Shack
Theatre Patron (uncredited)
Michael St. Angel
Bank Manager (uncredited)
Jack Tornek
Man Buying Newspaper (uncredited)
Ralph Volkie
Assistant Projectionist (uncredited)
Robert Perry
Dancer (uncredited)
Bill Walker
Deliveryman (uncredited)
Ralph Hart
Small Boy (uncredited)
Robert Aldrich
Director / Producer
Henry Farrell
Novel
Lukas Heller
Screenplay
Kenneth Hyman
Executive Producer
Frank De Vol
Original Music Composer
Ernest Haller
Director of Photography
Michael Luciano
Editor
William Glasgow
Art Direction
George Sawley
Set Decoration
Jack R. Berne
Production Supervisor
Tom Connors Jr.
Assistant Director
Harold E. McGhan
Sound Editor
Till A. Gabbani
Camera Operator
George E. Marsh
Music Editor
Robert Gary
Script Supervisor
Alex Romero
Choreographer
John Orlando
Property Master
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 31, 1962
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 15m
Content RatingNR
Budget$980,000
Filming LocationsMalibu, United States
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? is a 1962 American psychological horror thriller film directed and produced by Robert Aldrich, from a screenplay by Lukas Heller, based on the 1960 novel of the same name by Henry Farrell. The film stars Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, and features the major film debut of Victor Buono. It follows an aging former child star tormenting her paraplegic sister, a former film star, in an old Hollywood mansion.
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? was released in theaters in the United States on October 31, 1962, by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film was met with critical acclaim and was a box office success. It was nominated for five Academy Awards and won one for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White, with Davis receiving her tenth and final nomination for Best Actress.
The alleged bitter rivalry between the two stars, Davis and Crawford, was pivotal to the film's initial success which helped revitalize their careers. In the years after release, critics continued to acclaim the film for its psychologically driven black comedy, camp, and creation of the psycho-biddy subgenre. The film's novel and controversial plot meant that it originally received an X rating in the U.K. Because of the appeal of the film's stars, Dave Itzkoff in The New York Times has identified it as being a "cult classic".
In 2003, the character of Baby Jane Hudson was ranked No. 44 on the American Film Institute's list of the 50 Best Villains of American Cinema.
In 2021, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".