30-Day Movie Challenge Day 10: Movie with Favorite Actress What Ever Happened with Baby Jane? (1962, Robert Aldrich) Two top-tier actresses: Bette Davis and Joan Crawford Co-Star with: Victor Buono, Wesley Addy, Marjorie Bennett, Maidie Norman, Anna Lee, Barbara Merrill (Bettes real-life daughter) Bette Davis gives the star performance here, some may call it over-acting but it is far from. She really makes Jane as mad, cruel and sad as possible. Joan Crawford is equally good in a very different role. She is much more timid then Jane and quite scared. The entire film surrounds the two sisters as they fight back and forth, doing horrible things to each other. Its like a grown-up case of sibling rivalry between two of Hollywoods leading women, that turns out to be very well crafted and interesting to watch. Both Davis and Crawford, Hollywood legends, give top quality performances and bring depth and dimension to the characters of Baby Jane and Blanche. One only wonders how much acting was involved as Miss Davis tortures Miss Crawford emotionally and, later, physically. Miss Crawford suffers grandly and has her mandatory telephone scene, big eyes tremulous with fear. youtube/watch?v=TTtpDwrKaxo
Posted on: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 17:57:08 +0000
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