Although it didn't necessarily resonate with critics immediately ("This isn't a movie, it's a caricature!" wrote the Chicago Tribune in a scathing review), it notched up five Oscar nominations, and drew in diverse audiences who were deeply compelled by the film's depiction of a toxic sibling rivalry and two women desperately fighting to escape self-imposed cages. Released on Halloween 60 years ago, What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? defied all of Warner's low expectations. If you believe 2017's Feud – Ryan Murphy's television drama that explored Davis and Crawford's love-hate relationship – Warner (played by Stanley Tucci in this limited series) was just excited by the prospect of being able to watch the dailies over a morning coffee, howling with laughter as the friction from his two leads burned on to the projector. And in the shadow of Alfred Hitchcock's enormously successful Psycho (1960), Warner knew that low-budget horrors centered around reclusive eccentrics, who carried baneful secrets, could still shake up audiences. either.However, 1950's Sunset Boulevard, and Gloria Swanson's starring performance as Norma Desmond, had proved the story of a scorned, delusional older woman could be powerful. Baby Jane Hudson made the money that paid for this house, that's who!īlanche, you aren't ever gonna sell this house. You don't think I remember anything, do you? There are a whole lot of things I remember. I bought this house for the two of us, when I signed my first contract. Daddy bought this house, and he bought it for me! You don't think I remember that, do you? Jane, I didn't want you to be worried about the house, even if I do have to sell it, we'll still be together.īlanche, you're not gonna sell this house. You know I was thinking, it's ever so long since we had a talk, you know, a real talk about the future and everything. it's been so long since you were out of the house I thought perhaps you had gone for a drive or something.
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