But as Jane's hatred grows more venomous, she rips out the phone, sends Elvira away and beats the maid when she bravely tries to return. Davis tilts her performance toward Jane's pathological ego, which is displayed in a macabre adult performance of "I've Written a Letter to Daddy. She flatters herself that Edwin is attracted to her, failing to see that he is not the marrying kind. The real Buono famously said, "I've heard about actors being asked 'Why have you never married?
If they do, that's the answer I'll give. After all, it was good enough for Monty Clift or Sal Mineo. Upstairs, Blanche grows more desperate. She tries to toss a note to their next-door neighbor, but Jane finds it in the driveway.
She hopes for help from Elvira, but Jane drives her away. She wheels her chair to the top of the staircase, which looms vertiginously below her. Her horrors are only beginning. I will not reveal what her sister serves her at one meal, but the next day, when she complains of hunger, Jane tells her, "You're not gettin' your breakfast because you didn't eat your din-din.
Today's audiences, perhaps not familiar with the stars, don't fully realize how thoroughly Crawford, and especially Davis, trashed their screen images with the coaching of Aldrich.
Imagine two contemporary great beauties -- Julia Roberts and Cate Blanchett , say -- as aged crones. The personal dislike between Crawford and Davis no doubt deepened the power of their onscreen relationship; the critic Richard Scheib observes: "The irony that only came out in later years is that the roles were uncommonly close to the truth upon the parts of both actresses -- Crawford and Davis were both utterly vain, particularly when it came to their own celebrity, both abused their own family members and both had daughters who wrote books about the cruelty of their parents.
The film functions among other things as a demonstration of the need both women had to appear before the camera. In a career that began in , Crawford was capable of making "Trog" , where she was given top billing as an anthropologist on the trail of a surviving troglodyte. I cannot forget Crawford on hands and knees in a tailored pantsuit, crawling into a cave crying out, "Trog!
Here, Trog! Davis had a more suitable image in her next-to-last film, the touching " The Whales of August " , where she and Griffith's silent star Lillian Gish played sisters. It, too, gave rise to an anecdote. Here are few things to know heading into Sunday night. Crawford was subjected to promoting her new horror flick Straight-Jacket with stunts and gimmicks, while Davis was taking TV stints that were beneath her just to keep working.
In the end, they felt like they had no other choice. Even though she basically took over the Oscars of , Crawford still had plenty of insecurities when it came to Bette Davis. Therefore, before agreeing to do Charlotte, she demanded top billing over Davis. But Davis, who absolutely did not want audiences to believe that this film was a sequel, demanded it be changed. As production got underway, it appeared as though Crawford realized she had made a mistake by signing on.
And so the rumor goes that she faked an illness to get out of her commitment, appearing on set for a total of four days in a month. She is much more timid then Jane and quite scared. The supporting cast are all good as well, especially Victor Buono as Victor Flagg, an odd pianist that befriends Jane.
The black and white really are used to full effect, they make the mansion look extra creepy. Robert Aldrich's direction is fine. To today's modern audience, this may seem boring as it does not have any action. Most of the movie is dialogue, but I do urge those who haven't seen it to do so, as it is a truly excellent movie. LoneWolfAndCub Jun 21, FAQ 3. What is 'Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? Is 'Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
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