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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 12A

Part of Hollywood on Hollywood
Robert Aldrich, USA, 1962, 132m.

The Screening on Tuesday 13 December will be introduced by Lucy Bolton (QMUL), and will be followed by a post-film discussion in The Garden Cinema Bar.


As a child, Jane Hudson (Bette Davis) was a pampered vaudeville star known to the world as Baby Jane while her younger sister, Blanche (Joan Crawford), led life in her considerable shadow. Decades pass and Blanche becomes a beautiful, talented movie idol and Jane a has-been. When a car accident cripples Blanche, binding her to a wheelchair, Jane sees her opportunity to regain power and assumes the role of caretaker. Her newly gained dominance completes the transformation of the sugar-sweet child star into a nightmarish caricature of Baby Jane. As she does everything she can to make her sister's life a living hell, including feeding Blanche a dead rat and brutally beating her when she tries to phone for help, Jane plots a comeback, aided by shifty musical director Edwin Flagg (Victor Buono).

Cast:
Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono

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