What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) RELEASED October 31, 1962 RUNTIME 135 mins DIRECTOR Robert Aldrich WRITERS Lukas Heller (screenplay), Robert Altman (dialogue), Henry Farrell (novel) STARS Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono COUNTRY United States LANGUAGE English STUDIO Associates & Aldrich Company, The GENRES Drama, Thriller, Horror Streaming on: Hoolpa, Criterion The plot: Two aging actresses live as recluses in an old Hollywood mansion. Basically what starts as Gypsy ends as Grey Gardens. Random observations: I want their mansion. I've heard people complain about the score being too melodramatic, but I found it unimposing. Apparently, Joan Crawford insisted on having Blanche's hair and nails perfect as well as her costumes pressed. Bette Davis argued that someone who had been a recluse for 20 years wouldn't have any of these traits and that Crawford had "made a mistake". It's been a pretty minute since I had watched this film, but I ...
Daily quarantine binging that honestly started way before quarantine.