OSCARS '62: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
“You mean all this time…we could have been friends?”
CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of abuse, car accidents, aging, mental illness.
If last week was about a world war, this film is about a two-woman war. Joan Crawford and Bette Davis were two of the bitterest rivals in the 30’s and 40’s, but by 1962 both were desperate for a hit. So was director Robert Aldrich, and the three combined to create a unique blend of gothic horror and Hollywood cynicism that still resonates today. We continue Oscars ‘62 with What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?!
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Intro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive.
Excerpt taken from the film What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, copyright 1962 The Associates & Aldrich Company Inc.; 1962 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All rights reserved.
Excerpt taken from the main title to the film Days of Wine and Roses, composed and conducted by Henry Mancini with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. Copyright 1962 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
