What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? is a 1962 psychological horror-thriller film about two aging, mutually tormented sisters in Hollywood, renowned for its intense performances and dark, gothic tone.

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instanceOf film
psychological horror film
thriller film
AcademyAwardNominations 5
authorOfSourceWork Henry Farrell
awardWon Academy Award for Best Costume Design
surface form: Academy Award for Best Costume Design (Black-and-White)
basedOn What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? self-linksurface differs
surface form: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (novel)
cinematographyBy Ernest Haller
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Robert Aldrich
distributedBy Warner Bros. Pictures
surface form: Warner Bros.
editedBy Michael Luciano
filmingFormat black-and-white
genre horror
psychological horror
thriller
hasCultStatus true
influenced Misery
surface form: Misery (film)

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surface form: Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1991 film remake)
leadActress Bette Davis
Joan Crawford
mainCharacter Baby Jane Hudson
Blanche Hudson
musicBy Frank De Vol
narrativeFocus two aging sisters in Hollywood
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actress
Academy Award for Best Cinematography
surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)

Academy Award for Best Costume Design
surface form: Academy Award for Best Costume Design (Black-and-White)

Academy Award for Best Sound
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
notableFor camp and cult following
dark gothic tone
depiction of sibling rivalry
intense performances
originalLanguage English
partOf hagsploitation cycle
producer Robert Aldrich
productionCompany Seven Arts Productions
publicationYearOfSourceWork 1960
releaseDate 1962-10-31
releaseYear 1962
runtimeMinutes 134
screenwriter Lukas Heller
setIn Hollywood
Los Angeles
starring Anna Lee
Bette Davis
Joan Crawford
Maidie Norman
Victor Buono

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Bette Davis notableWork What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Joan Crawford notableWork What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
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Robert Aldrich notableWork What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Robert Aldrich directed What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? basedOn What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (novel)
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? influenced What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1991 film remake)
Ruth Elizabeth Davis notableWork What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Victor Buono notableWork What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Lucille Fay LeSueur notableWork What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Anna Lee notableWork What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
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