What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Thriller, Horror, Mystery | 1962 | NR. 2hr 14min
CAST: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono DIRECTOR: Robert Aldrich WEIRD ELEPHANT | JULY 16, 2022 | MASKS OPTIONAL

Jane Hudson (Bette Davis) is an aging child star left to care for her wheelchair-bound sister Blanche (Joan Crawford), also a former child actress. Stuck living together in a mansion in old Hollywood, Blanche plots to get even with Jane for the car crash that left her crippled years earlier. But Jane is desperate to keep Blanche imprisoned as she plans a new rise to fame, and tries to hide Blanche's existence from doctors, visitors and neighbors while she devises a way to get rid of her sister.

Part of the Pride Month film series at The Grand Cinema and selected in partnership with the Rainbow Center!

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Reviews

It's one of those handful of movies you have to see to get your gay card... Here, you've got bigger than life actresses, fabulous bitchy dialogue that's like a big juicy steak both actresses are tearing apart with their bare teeth.

Charles Busch, American actor and drag performer

A lurid melodrama of hate, revenge and murder, a high-class horror film, in the Hitchcock vein, with virtuoso performances from Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, and moments both searing and poignant.

James Powers, Hollywood Reporter

Remains a masterclass in 'uglying up' and a relevant comment on the destructive nature of celebrity.

Jane Crowther, Total Film