What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
October 12, 1962Release Date
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
October 12, 1962Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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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
Baby Jane Hudson in 1917
Anne Barton
Cora Hudson
Marjorie Bennett
Dehlia Flagg
Bert Freed
Ben Golden
Anna Lee
Mrs. Bates
Maidie Norman
Elvira Stitt
Dave Willock
Ray Hudson
Robert Aldrich
Director
William Aldrich
Lunch Counter Assistant at Beach / Third Assistant Director
Henry Farrell
Writer
Ernest Anderson
Ernie, Ice Cream Vendor at Beach (uncredited)
Lukas Heller
Writer
Russ Conway
Police Officer
Maxine Cooper
Bank Teller
Robert Cornthwaite
Dr. Shelby
Frank De Vol
Composer
Ernest Haller
Cinematographer
Michael Fox
Man in Television Commercial
Michael Luciano
Editor
Gina Gillespie
Blanche Hudson in 1917
Barbara Merrill
Liza Bates
Jack Murton
CastingDirector
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 Classified Ad Department
Debbie Burton
Singing Voice (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
Jack Solomon
Sound
Robert J. Schiffer
Makeup Artist
Kenneth Hyman
Executive Producer
Sidney Cutner
Additional Music
George Sawley
Set Decoration
Ruby Raksin
Additional Music
Robert Sherman
Dialogue Editor
Monty Westmore
Makeup Artist
William Glasgow
Art Direction
Michael Andersen
Additional Music
Carol Daniels
Stunts
Walter Blake
Producer's Assistant
Adell Aldrich
Other
Nick Archer
Assistant Editor
Eric Seelig
Costumer
Tom Connors Jr.
Assistant Director
Alex Romero
Choreographer
Norma Koch
Costume Designer
Phil Stern
Still Photographer
Don Christie
Still Photographer
Jack R. Berne
Production Supervisor
Robert Gary
Script Supervisor
John Orlando
Props
Donald Steward
Special Effects
Vou Lee Giokaris
Costumer
Albert Woodbury
Orchestrator
Peggy Shannon
Hairstylist
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 12, 1962
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 15m
Content RatingNR
Budget$980,000
Filming LocationsMalibu, United States of America
Genres
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 Hollywood rivalry between the film's two stars, Davis and Crawford, was pivotal to the film's initial success. This in part led to the revitalization of the careers of the two stars. 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".