What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Country: US
Technical: bw 134m
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono
Synopsis:
A demented former child movie star lives with her wheelchair bound sister in their Hollywood home, tormenting her with her own bitterness and employing an epicene piano player to revive her former glories with her.
Review:
A dash of Sunset Boulevard here, a touch of Psycho there, combine with a couple of ageing stars happy to slum it, and you have a sensational new thriller. Such, that is, seemed to be the logic that persisted throughout the Sixties and started with this piece of Grand Guignol from Aldrich (who liked the format so well he made two or three more). It is all orchestrated with a kind of sordid stylishness, and the actresses are fabulous!
Country: US
Technical: bw 134m
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono
Synopsis:
A demented former child movie star lives with her wheelchair bound sister in their Hollywood home, tormenting her with her own bitterness and employing an epicene piano player to revive her former glories with her.
Review:
A dash of Sunset Boulevard here, a touch of Psycho there, combine with a couple of ageing stars happy to slum it, and you have a sensational new thriller. Such, that is, seemed to be the logic that persisted throughout the Sixties and started with this piece of Grand Guignol from Aldrich (who liked the format so well he made two or three more). It is all orchestrated with a kind of sordid stylishness, and the actresses are fabulous!
Country: US
Technical: bw 134m
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono
Synopsis:
A demented former child movie star lives with her wheelchair bound sister in their Hollywood home, tormenting her with her own bitterness and employing an epicene piano player to revive her former glories with her.
Review:
A dash of Sunset Boulevard here, a touch of Psycho there, combine with a couple of ageing stars happy to slum it, and you have a sensational new thriller. Such, that is, seemed to be the logic that persisted throughout the Sixties and started with this piece of Grand Guignol from Aldrich (who liked the format so well he made two or three more). It is all orchestrated with a kind of sordid stylishness, and the actresses are fabulous!