What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Two icons from the golden age of Hollywood, Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, take their famous feud on screen in Robert Aldrich’s box-office thriller, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Two sisters are bound by hate in a house filled with fear. Davis received an Oscar nomination for her portrayal of aging ex-child star Baby Jane Hudson, while 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 classic filled with fierce, no-holds-barred performances, selected by the prestigious American Film Institute as one of the 400 greatest American films of all time.

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Robert Aldrich – while undervalued in the United States, he was recognized as an author of unique and unrepeatable style by French critics and new wave directors. Author of revisionist westerns (Ulzana’s Raid) and war movies (The Dirty Dozen, Attack), innovative noir movies (Kiss Me Deadly, The Big Knife) and psychological thrillers (What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?).

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