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Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?

altlover85

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Saturday night I was watching Turner Classic Movies with my boyfriend and Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? came on. I had never seen the whole movie and I have to say it was very creepy.

It was easily the most unsettling movie I'd seen in a long time (if not ever) because it the situation Blanche was in was very hopeless. It only got worse as the movie went on. I loved the performances by the leads and Victor Buono did a fine job being sleazy. I loved that Madie Norman's character was the smartest and most aware in the movie, except when she left Jane alone with the hammer right before she died.

When it got to the end, I kind of remembered it, so I'm not sure if I'd seen part of the movie before. Then I went online and saw that there had been a remake and after watching a clip of it on YouTube I wonder if I'd seen that version before when I was younger.

I do have one question though. Did anyone think that Bert Freed (the guy that was watching the movie of Jane's in 1935) looked a little like Glenn Beck? My boyfriend and I both thought so.
 
bw92116 said:
I once threw a party about that movie. People were invited to come in costume of their favorite character, we had a trivia quiz with prizes, and we watched the movie. It was great fun. Weirdly, I mailed out the invitations to the party and then a few days later Bette Davis died, so it also unintentionally became kind of a memorial party to her. The movie is a camp classic and very popular among gays (well at least of my generation). Yes, it also works as a straightforward creepy thriller too. Victor Buono is outstanding in his supporting role, but the film really belongs to Bette Davis and to a lesser extent Joan Crawford. The TV remake of it was very disappointing.
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The party idea sounds cool. Creepy that it turned into a memorial type of event.

I just went on www.imdb.com to learn more about her and I was somewhat surprised to find out her role in this film was a comeback role. It's likely she related to the role in terms of being some who's heyday seemed to be in the past.

It reminds me a little bit of what I've heard of Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard, although I still have to see that movie at some point.

I like older movies, but a lot of people I know aren't into them as much as I am. It was actually a double feature night as we also watched The Hunchback of Notre Dame, which starred Charles Laughton as Quasimodo.
 
altlover85 said:
The party idea sounds cool. Creepy that it turned into a memorial type of event.

I just went on www.imdb.com to learn more about her and I was somewhat surprised to find out her role in this film was a comeback role. It's likely she related to the role in terms of being some who's heyday seemed to be in the past.

It reminds me a little bit of what I've heard of Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard, although I still have to see that movie at some point.

I like older movies, but a lot of people I know aren't into them as much as I am. It was actually a double feature night as we also watched The Hunchback of Notre Dame, which starred Charles Laughton as Quasimodo.
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In my opinion, Bette Davis' comeback role, and (IMHO) her best film, was All About Eve (1950). The late 40's were not kind to Davis' career - has anyone even heard of June Bride or Winter Meeting? - but she hit Hollywood gold when Claudette Colbert had to pull out of playing "Margo Channing". It contains her best performance, and has one of the wittiest and most intelligent scripts in all of filmdom.

1950 was also the year Gloria Swanson made her comeback in Sunset Boulevard. Both great films. Both great great performances. Both of which strangely lost the Oscar to Judy Holliday in Born Yesterday. Go figure.

Anyway. I recommend you don't delay any further and watch Sunset ASAP. While you're at it, give Eve a try too.
 
To me, this has always been a painful and unpleasant film.

All the cast had been superstars, even box office legends, and to appear in this was such a let down....
 
I've been meaning to see this, does anyone know where I can watch it online?
 
Baby Jane, All About Eve and ever other movie Bette did was astonishing. I love Turner Classics for the simple reason you are given the cream of the crop in earlier films. There is a richness to Bette Davis' movies that spans years and most if not all are worth a watch. I love so many of her films, more than any other actress ever.

Sunset BLVD is also a classic and I love Swanson. Those eyes, that voice.

Anyone ever seen that old Carol Burnett take on Sunset and GWTW? You'll laugh your ass off if you are a fan of those films.
 
What is important to know is that Bette and Joan were great rivals who hated each other, which is why they were cast in the roles. It makes the film just that much more enjoyable.

LOL! At a performance in P-town many years ago by a well known Bette Davis impersonator, s/he asked me if I knew the song, "I'm Writing A Letter To Daddy" and I said I did.

Then s/he made me sing it for the audience, and everytime I got a lyric wrong, s/he'd make a joke about how I couldn't possibly be gay, or that s/he was taking away my gay card. It was a hoot.
 
josher said:
What is important to know is that Bette and Joan were great rivals who hated each other, which is why they were cast in the roles. It makes the film just that much more enjoyable.

LOL! At a performance in P-town many years ago by a well known Bette Davis impersonator, s/he asked me if I knew the song, "I'm Writing A Letter To Daddy" and I said I did.

Then s/he made me sing it for the audience, and everytime I got a lyric wrong, s/he'd make a joke about how I couldn't possibly be gay, or that s/he was taking away my gay card. It was a hoot.
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That sounds hilarious, Josher!
 
altlover85 said:
I do have one question though. Did anyone think that Bert Freed (the guy that was watching the movie of Jane's in 1935) looked a little like Glenn Beck? My boyfriend and I both thought so.
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I think Victor Buono's ass looked like Glenn Beck. :help:
 
JackinSea said:
Another favorite in the rotation was "Judgment at Nuremburg" and "The Book of Ruth" - a 4-page Bible story that was so long they had to show it in two parts; throwing the live virgin sacrifices into the fiery furnace was scary as hell!
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How did they make the bible movie so long?

chrisrobin said:
I think Victor Buono's ass looked like Glenn Beck. :help:
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Lynn and Vanessa Redgrave did a remake of Baby Jane, not sure how long ago, but did'nt match Bette and Joan. And you have to see Sunset Boulevard my fav movie.
 
One of my all-time faves. And yes, you *must* see Sunset Boulevard. Immediately.
 
Women like Bette Davis don't do comebacks because they never fade, it's the audience that comes back.
 
Mellored said:
Women like Bette Davis don't do comebacks because they never fade, it's the audience that comes back.
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Joe Gillis: I didn't know you were planning a comeback.

Norma Desmond: I hate that word. It's a return, a return to the millions of people who have never forgiven me for deserting the screen.

Immortal.
 
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