What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Is a 1962 American psychological horror thriller film directed and produced by Robert Aldrich, from a screenplay by Lukas Heller, based on the 1960 novel of the same name by Henry Farrell. The film stars Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, and features the major film debut of Victor Buono.
It follows an aging former child star tormenting her paraplegic sister, a former movie star, in an old Hollywood mansion. Was theatrically released in the United States on October 31, 1962, by Warner Bros. The film was met with critical acclaim and was a box office success. It was nominated for five Academy Awards and won one for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White, with Davis receiving her tenth and final nomination for Best Actress. The intensely bitter Hollywood rivalry between the film's two stars, Davis and Crawford, was pivotal to the film's initial success.
This in part led to the revitalization of the careers of the two stars. In the years after release, critics continued to acclaim the film for its psychologically driven black comedy, camp, and creation of the psycho-biddy subgenre. Because of the appeal of the film's stars, Dave Itzkoff in The New York Times has identified it as being a "cult classic". 40" x 30" (101x 76 cm). I'M A COLLECTOR SO WILL TAKE CARE WHEN PACKING.