After Jane snaps, she brings Blanche her lunch. Blanche confronts Jane, telling her she's planning to sell the house. Jane calls Blanche a liar, removes the telephone from her bedroom, and Blanche is frightened by her lunch.
It’s crazy how these two women envied each other. Bette envied Joan’s beauty while Joan envied Bette’s acting abilities. They were both talented! If only they worked together more than they hated each other.
Bette Davis was a very honest person and I've never heard her say anything about Joans supposed beauty. Joan envied Bette versatile acting abilities, thats for sure.
*Bette and Joan did not* *hate each other.* That was manufactured by the media. Both Joan and Bette worked in the old Studio System of Old Hollywood. Both fought with their employers to get good roles rather than being type-cast. Two of their contemporaries, Barbara Stanwyck and Katherine Hepburn also wrestled with the Old Hollywood system to get good acting roles. Joan's career was much longer than Bette's. She began in silent films (1920's) Bette began on the stage and moved to Hollywood during the 1930's after "Talkies" were invented. Barabara Stanwyck was a contemporary of Joan. Katherine Hepburn was a contemporary of Bette. *Although all 4 women's* *timelines overlapped*
When I first saw this as a kid I hated Jane and empathized with Blanche. But Davis's nuanced performance shows how damaged and emotionally crippled Jane is that you end up sympathizing with her in a strange way, especially once the truth comes out at the end.
Unbelievable that this movie masterpiece was wrapped up in 3 weeks. A testament to the hard work of everyone involved. Brilliant performances by both Crawford and Davis.. but also the supporting actors who cemented the movie with such strong performances. It has stood the test of time as a classic one-off.
True. Joan's performance was so restrained! She displayed the immense inner conflict of Blanche's character *BOTH Bette and Joan* *deserved Oscars for* *their performances* (1962) For that matter so did Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke -- "The Miracle Worker." (1962) There have been Oscar ties (Barbara Streisand and Katherine Hepburn in 1968.) I agree with the decision for 1968. The 1962 Oscars should have been a tie for both lead and supporting actresses between "The Miracle Worker" and for " ... Baby Jane" -- Although the other actresses in 1962 nominations for the lead/supporting roles were good too.
Not just a dead parakeet, a dead parakeet on a bed of sliced tomatoes! Well done, Jane. Appealing food presentation is so often overlooked, unfortunately.
ah no, it was a shared effort, if anything, Crawford's acting was much more "restrained" than Davis', Bette Davis essentially invented the concept of "camp" with her performance in this movie.
@@davidfairbrother4292 Joan had become noted for starring in Grade B movies, and it was not until "Mildred Pierce" that she finally had a breakthrough. Bette had been starring in blockbusters since the very start.
Bette Davis should most assuredly have won the Oscar albeit Anne Bancroft was good. Who could have played Baby Jane better than Bette with all her character changes? What a stunning piece of acting!!
And to think the bankers wanted Elizabeth Taylor for the Bette Davis part. After seeing Virginia Wolf I could see that Elizabeth Taylor might have worked. But we'll never know.
First time I saw this, I was home sick and frozen solid in fear during certain scenes. This was back when parents left their kids home sick alone. Terrified as a kid. 😬
It's easy to applaud Davis and overlook Crawford when Davis had the 'meatier' role. I think Joan Crawford did a fine job playing the straight character opposite Davis' insanity.
The irony is that Blanche is going through the same torture that Christina Crawford was going through in real life!!! The victim in the movie was actually the perpetrator in real life... I guess Joan Crawford had some material to work on... hahaha!!! That's what they say sometimes reality exceeds fiction...
Have you seen Anne Bancroft in , "The Miracle Worker" ? Jeez, what a phenomenal and terribly difficult demanding role she played with flying colors. The Oscar went to the right actress.
Lunch is shown at 03:53 Parakeet on a bed of what I count as twenty sliced tomatoes with a dollop of mayonnaise at the tail. That's more tomato than most people would eat in one meal. Mean Baby Jane probably added the mayo to look like a bird turd.
Joan's performance was so restrained; displaying the immense inner conflict of Blanche's character. *BOTH Bette and Joan deserved Oscars for their performances* (1962) For that matter so did Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke -- "The Miracle Worker." (1962) There have been Oscar ties (Barbara Streisand and Katherine Hepburn in 1968.) I agree with the Oscar Committe's decision for 1968. *imho: The 1962 Oscars should have been a tie for both lead and supporting actresses in both* " *The Miracle Worker* " and for " *What Ever Happened to Baby Jane* " Although the other actresses in the 1962 films nominated were good too. A boom of talent in that year! 😊
To anyone who critizes Crawford's acting, ask yourselves this? Could you have done it better? Could you have done it as well ? She is a great actress and she is as great as Davis in this picture. They are great in this with the roles they were given. Both of them. Their characters are both at fault and living in denial. I think that Crawford is an underated actress and deserves more recognition for her talent. David is great so is Crawford. This is true art
Josiah Brown I agree with you. Joan Crawford was equally good in this movie. Especially the scene wherein she had a telephone conversation with the doctor downstairs. She was truly exceptional in that one.
He didn't call here last week, I know that too He wrote me a letter He didn't do that either He sent me a text and smoke signals OH, YOU'RE A LIAR, YOU'RE JUST A LIAR!
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Coke Guts Pretty much every scene in this movie makes me lose it! One of my top 10 movies of all time. You lost the DVD? It's one of my most treasured possessions.
Those tomatoes were a nice touch. Have you noticed that the director has Jane point at Blanche and hold it for a couple of (unnatural) seconds? She does it in the scene where Jane says, "and you're never leaving it [the house], either!"
A sequel would be so awesome! Jane would be on trial. "You're just a liar, ya always were! I don't know what your talking about." Edwin as a character witness: "Well, she certainly can sing..."
3:56 I'm pretty sure that's a real dead budgie on a bed of sliced tomatoes. It has all the appropriate feather markings. I doubt the "fx" department went out of their way to make a replica.
I think Joan did a great job playing the victim/undercover aggressor. Bette is an equal match as Jane. She seems fractured and broken but she also plays right into blanches victim routine.
Feud made me watch this movie and now it's one of my favorites Jessica Lange did such a good job playing Joan Crawford I love Jessica Lange is one of the best actress ever......
Because Zulu, it is a classic!!!! Name one movie today that has mystery, drama, and two A list stars. This movie scared the hell out of me and there was no scary special effects!!! Many actresses today stood on these women's shoulders!!! Heart stopping action.
When I first saw this I had sympathy for Blanche and hated Jane but, once I seen the whole movie I realized how Blanche was the real monster and broke her own spine accidentally when she meant to run Jane down since she hated and made fun of Blanche, poor Jane slaved away hand in foot and wasted her life when she should have gotten married and had children.
Yes Blanche got everything she deserved from Jane! Always was more sympathetic for Jane and Bette sure played her magnificently! This movie really is hysterical although not intended to be. LOL!
I would have never served Blanche a parakeet on a bed of sliced tomatoes. It would have been on a bed of spinach with pines nuts. They just don't make movies like this anymore.
😄 wondered abt tht too. Joan Crawford was always a woman of style and grace performing. Bette Davis was more of a villain in her movie,, to think of it Joan was actually older than Bette in real life. Gr8 performance by both legends.
Renember The Blance character said at the end of the movie "you wernt always ugly i made you that way" By making baby Jane believe it was her fault thay she was crippled
True story; This is how two of my oldest selfish, petty, and greedy evil old sisters Mary and Amalia Gomez are going to end up just like these two crackpot basket cases in this film. In fact they're experiencing it rightt now in the early and middle stages.
I've known Southerners who really hated New Yorkers because fancy Manhattan folk would go around saying that poor Southerners ate dirt. I'd go, well just tell em New Yorkers eat pigeon. They do. Only they call it squab. Same thing just a different name. Besides, I have found that if you charge $95 a plate for it and serve it on the upper East side there's almost nothing that a New Yorker won't eat. That's just what Jane is doing here. Giving Blanche a little West Coast squab.
It's one of my favourite black and white movies, along with Con faldas y a lo loco (Some like it hot). They are two celluloid "monsters" here in Spain when someone is a monster it´s because he or she is a supernatural being), although I'm more of a Bette Davies fan, I think it's great, she lived for many years, with her unique voice, hoarse from tobacco smoke. One of his last appearances was on a trip he made here to Spain. There was no one like her, she survived Hollywood, a place that can destroy you if you are not a powerful being, and she was. Antonio Cruz, Spain.
