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Summary: Amazing performances!
Review: I still remember the first time i saw this movie in Tv and I was a teenager! Incredible performances by the divas Joan crawford and Bette davis. This Dvd, even thou, has a marketing glitch because they say in the package and advertising that it has only audio in english but I found out that it has an SPANISH track too! Benjamin, San Juan Puerto Rico END
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Summary: Davis shows a hilariously horrific side to her as Baby Jane.
Review: The dark comedy "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" is by far one of Bette Davis's best performances, gaining her an Oscar nomination. The movie starts in 1917 as child star Baby Jane Hudson is singing for her many fans an eerie, yet amusing-sounding song entitled "I've Written a Letter to Daddy," and also shows some of the behind-the-scenes events that take place with the child [and her family]. The next scene is in 1935 when Jane's sister, Blanche (played by Joan Crawford), has evolved into a beautiful woman, and also the new talent of the family; she has become a very successful actress. However, There is an accident, of which Jane is held accountable, and Blanche is crippled for life. The final jump in time is to "Yesterday" (as it is called in the movie), with Blanche in a wheelchair and Jane as her caretaker. They live in an old mansion where Blanche is blocked off from the rest of the world, and Jane terrorizes her, apparently as revenge for having to take care of the sister she hates. This current week, a television station is having a "Blanche Hudson Marathon," making Blanche more and more desired by the public to be seen. Enraged with jealousy, Jane terrorizes Blanche more than ever, starving her and taking the phone, her last "window" to the outside world, away from her. As all this unfolds, Jane goes from an old, cruel, drunken woman to a childlike maniac, trying to relive the days when she was famous. "...Baby Jane" has many turns and surprises, right until the very end. The chemistry between Davis and Crawford is, peculiarly, almost real (hmmm...). The film is not rated; however, some scenes are objectionale for children [crude language (not often) and semi-graphic violent images/sounds (often)].
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Summary: Cult Classic
Review: Mostly for fans of Bette and Joan. Hilariously & deliberately overacted by bug-eyed and screeching Bette Davis. More of a freakshow than any actual story. I don't think this movie has the slightest intention of being taken seriously & is all the better for it.
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Summary: A Classic Psychological Thriller - Truly Sick!
Review: This is the ultimate is psychological thrillers starring two of the greatest "top-billed turned has-been" movie actresses in history. Betty Davis as Jane Hudson and real life nemesis Joan Crawford as sister Blanche Hudson make for comic and scary thrills. Quick retread: Jane was "Baby Jane Hudson", a child star who lost her popularity after puberty. Blanche Hudson was jealous as a child but becomes a top rated adult movie actress. Jane, of course, becomes an increasingly insane alcoholic. Trouble ensues when Blanche is mysteriously crippled in a car wreck forcing 'whack-job' case sister Jane to care for her. The plot thickens as quickly as Jane loses her mind. It's hilarious. But the sadistic scenes Jane carries out on Blanche are both scary and hilarious, making this film a true cult classic. The ending is a masterpiece of plot twists! I can't get into more details other than to tell you that every time I've shown someone this movie, they goes nuts over it! It's frightening and comedic simultaneously. It's no wonder these two characters have been Halloween favorites for years! Quality of 'black & white' is okay and sound is what you would expect from an early 60's nightmare, but it's worth it. Before you pick up your main course covered dinner plate, remember what Jane said to Blanche - "By the way Blanche, did you know we have rats in the cellar?!"
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Summary: WHO the Hell is Norman?
Review: Check out the editorial review "Sadistic Jane and their servant Norman????" The only servant, err, make that housekeeper in this saga is ELVIRA [No, NOT THAT one!] who meets ..... [Clunk!~ Thud!] WELL, this utterly dark little Gem of Joy still pack many a wallop! No quite dated, but such an acidic picture of Tinseltown - as a matter of fact you can still see these old [er] Dolls and Guys on Hollywood Boulevard - or Rodeo Drive [botox-powered] for that matter. IT hasn't really aged that badly - Crawford is superb as the wheelchair bound glam queen Blance ~ utterly dependent on her increasingly insane sister Jane ~ Davis probably on a par with her turn in THE STAR. Davis sacrifices all for this role, including figure and looks, shuffling around the house in flip-flops, dragging on a cigarette and swigging booze has NEVER been this fun! Bring along a creepy VICTOR BUONO [debut role] as a grifter with an accent and his dear old Ma ... nasty little jewels they are - check out the scene with Davis and Buono and the sandwich plate ... then the booze scene later! Priceless [It's almost Norman Desmond and Joe - the later years]. Superior lensing and direction etc. etc. etc. Davis daughter BD HYMAN plays the teen next door. Roaring fun for late at night viewing - double billed with Sunset Boulevard. [Now wasn't there a musical version of this one ....?]
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Summary: Ohh.. But Cha AAH, Blanche, Ya AAH In That Chair!!!
Review: In "What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?" you really DO find out, indeed!
But what horrors you have to endure to see the truth and consequences! With twists, turns, torture & anti-climactic scenes all played to the hilt by the Miss Hudsons (Bette Davis and Joan Crawford), respectively, you will never be able to look at your pet parakeet the same way again. Miss Baby Jane Hudson, played with great, grotesque gusto by Davis who was once the belle of the ball. Kind of a Shirley Temple of her era. Baby Jane was daddy's girl and Jane, therefore, has quite an Electra complex that is and has been exhibited her entire life. Her sister, Miss Blanche Hudson, played "aptly and sapply" by Crawford, has a long and lasting career as an adult movie star but is now wheelchair bound because of a little "accident" betwixt the sisters many years back. Jane is the caretaker of Blanche since the "accident" and they both live off of the residuals of Blanche's long and prosperous film career before she became crippled. After a local California TV station decides to run summer afternoon, back to back Blanche Hudson films, Baby Jane gets that ol' jealous feeling brewing again and wants desparately to revitalize her childhood career. Baby Jane hires pianist from the classifieds, Mr. Edward Flagg, played in a great understated role by Victor Buono, who has his own Oedipal yearnings and problems. They make a great and perfect pair of drunks and crazies, let me tell ya. Jane is certainly unstable and is likened to a gin and vodka guzzling 60 year old broad with a six year old spoiled brat mentality. SCARY combo, right there! Let alone Jane's guilt of the "accident", her shameless jealousy, and her expressions of the antithesis of "SISTERLY LOVE". Filmed in glorious black and white, it lends itself to the dark, somber and horrific things that happen to Blanche vis-a-vis Jane... "Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?" is a cult classic and a true and genuine classic in it's own right. Happy Watching!
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Summary: A GENUINE CLASSIC & CULT FILM.....
Review: Now that this film has been made into a musical (ye Gods!) I had to finally put my say in. This is not a "black comedy". This is not a "camp classic". This is a study in madness and delusion of the first order. Bette Davis should have won the Oscar for her portrayal of Baby Jane Hudson. Her characterization is still macabre after all these years. Her victimization of sister Blanche (a subdued Joan Crawford) is still disturbing in it's demented ferociousness. This is a Hollywood Horror Story. To call it a "horror movie" isn't fair. It's a psychological thriller if you need to place it in a genre. It's a classic film any way you look at it. The TV remake was abysmally unnecessary. And now a musical? Well that should up the sales of the DVD anyway. But "Baby Jane" is too serious subject matter to be called "camp". Blanche is handicapped. She is tormented by her crazed sister over grudges developed years before. The starvation, the physical abuse, the mental torture---these are all too seriously played out to be dismissed as just "camp". These scenes are gripping and squirmish to watch. The movie is too well made to be taken that lightly by cultists and newcomers to it. And the acting is too serious to elicit chuckles instead of shivers. Maybe people need to sit down and watch this again....alone. Maybe it won't seem that campy to them then.
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Summary: "You mean all this time we could have been friends?"
Review: "Cult classic" sells this movie short, it is a straight up classic. It's both horrifying and extremely sad at the same time. Every movie-lover should see this.
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Summary: Watch it Again...You know you want to!
Review: Campy and creepy cult classic with a cast full of over the top, committed pros....from Bette and Joan, right thru to Victor Buno and all the supporting players.
The DVD unfortunately offers no special features of note, but this timeless shock-fest is a must have for your movie collection. No remake or imitator has yet to compare!
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Summary: Classic "must have"
Review: Wonderfully creepy classic old movie... made me glad I don't have a sister of my own! This is one of those movies that everyone, no matter their tastes, can watch and enjoy drama.
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