Book: Whatever Happened to Baby Jane
By Henry Farrell
Film: Whatever Happened to Baby Jane
(1962)
This American horror gothic suspense novel was published in 1960. The novel has since received cult status as would the film from 1962.
The film, starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford and directed by Robert Aldrich would become a cult classic and the filming would become Hollywood legend with a book and miniseries about the making of the film proving to be a top best seller and highly rated television miniseries. The film follows a former child star terrorising her paraplegic sister in an old Hollywood Mansion.
The film would be nominated five Oscars and receiving one for Best Costume Design. It would also be the tenth and last time Bette Davis would be nominated for an Oscar. The film would receive an “X” rating in the UK in 1962 and it would be start of hag horror films which would become a stable for the next ten years. The film in 2021 was selected for preservation in the United States National Registry by the Library of Congress.
Opening Credits; Introduction (2.33); Background History (24.46); Plot Synopsis (25.31); Book Thoughts(31.32); Let's Rate (1:10.23); Introducing a Film (1:13.12); Film Trailer (1:15.21); Lights, Camera, Action (1:17.14); How Many Stars (2:15.44); End Credits (2:28.20); Closing Credits (2:30.48)
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Closing Credits: Whatever Happened to Baby Jane by Debbie Burton and Bette Davis. Taken from the album Whatever Happened to Baby Jane soundtrack. Copyright 1962 – Warner Music
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