What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? - Jane Assaults Blanche

[jfilesbooks]

the fact that its a black and white film adds more drama

[theraptorus]

The kick @ 5:00 was fake for sure

[luvthatzeppelin]

Can you imagine seeing this in the theaters back when it first came out???

We are more immunne to violence these days but back then I bet the audience was mortified...

[KURISUCHRIS99]

joan crawford is one of the best emotional actresses.

scenes like this show that she too,shuld have been nominated.

[IOnceWasAKid649]

i wonder if Crawford really did put weights in her pockets when Davis had to drag her

[mmeyer1]

I read Joan Crawford needed stitches after this scene...

[dltanner99]

Horror novel see video book trailer

[Agdollproductions18]

In the making of this particular shoot of the film, Bette Davis was really kicking her in some parts. She "supposevly" knocked the wind out of Crawford.

[xxfayerocksxx]

scariest scene in the film *hides* love it though :) xx

[deep71483]

That was such a sad scene. I love this film

[Medullaboi]

one miserable bitch

[marcfedak]

The scene where Baby Jane imitates Blanche on the phone after beating her senseless is the epitome of rotten. Great acting on the part of both Bette Davis and Joan Crawford.

[lindapittsburgh]

yes like MISERY

she sure is smart for being a nutcase?

[lindapittsburgh]

yes like MISERY

[hineni53]

I could see this movie a thousand times and not be bored.

[tracytcb111111111111]

a wonderful movie for two people who didnt like each outher they both did a great job in this movie

[TudorRose85]

The music really adds to the mood. I know a couple of people I'd like to kick like that.

[jckfmsincty]

The movie is too long to be enjoyable awful.

[openedup09]

At the 4:04 mark it was like ohh shit.Then at the 4:25 it was ohh no and at the 4:52 mark it was pure OUCH !.It was finally over with at the 5:18 many thanks its over until the next time.Ouch!

[DrFlaxWebFLOO]

Baby Jane HEAD KICK!!

[TEXAN723]

LAURIE VS SUSAN

[ficklefun]

WHERE THE FUCK IS THAT MAID GIRL WHEN YOU NEED HER

[chaliceofchange]

@ficklefun Oh LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­! HaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaHaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaa!! Yes that was too funny!! love it

[02chevyguy]

That Dr. is such a dufus! When he first talks to Blanche, it sounds like she's on the verge of a nervous breakdown. And then, not five minutes goes by when the call is made by Jane impersonating Blanche, "Blanche" sounds so cool and calm, like she's getting ready to go to the Brady Bunch house and make cookies with them. I would've been EXTREMELY suspicious and gone over to see her. ;)

[onemooners]

She was so devious AND MEAN AND -------

[TANOKXMASADI]

BITCH BICH JANE HOW DARE HIT TO AN INVALID!!!

[freedomnow29]

"The reason why I always play bitches is because I'm not a bitch, which is probably why Miss Crawford always plays ladies." - Bette Davis

Bit unfair...

[ligreekguy]

@freedomnow29

Vintage Bette! I will bet that Christina Crawford thoroughly enjoyed watching this movie, particularly the parts where Joan gets the crap kicked out of her.

[freedomnow29]

@ligreekguy Haha she probably did!

[SoYahYah]

why didn't she just call 911..lol did they have that back then?

[02chevyguy]

@SoYahYah Nope..intro to 911 didn't start until 1968, and then implemented in each state and area as time went on (wikipedia-"911"). I remember we didn't have 911 in El Paso until (if I remember correctly) the late 80's or early '90's.

[StevenShields29]

This is horrible, but still, it is kinda nice to see Joan Crawford get the wires kicked out of her.

[sorg54]

I saw in a few interviews with the cast and crew of this film, that Davis actually hurt Crawford intentionally during this scene when kicking her due to an ongoing feud the two had both prior to the film and throughout it's duration.

[freedomnow29]

@sorg54 That's true. Bette Davis also had a coke machine installed on set because Joan Crawford's husband was CEO of Pepsi. Joan got her revenge by putting weights in her pockets whenever Bette had to carry her.

[02chevyguy]

@sorg54  Joan needed 10 stitches in her head from one of Bette's "kicks".

[akissy]

she could've kinda crawled downt he steps instead of using teh rail. ._.U Or let herself slide down the staircase with a bed cover ._.U

[Latebargirl]

I thought about bette takes over joans real life role as being evil in a way as she was to her kids i think

[michaelcsm]

This is acting at it's best.. both women were suberb.

[TheBlackBird11]

Daaaamn, Bette got wildness in her. lol.

[UncleMcCrustyPoo]

Sweet-ass impersonation. I never new Baby-Jane was a Terminator

[dvlaries]

Davis did her own makeup because every professional she asked, when told what she wanted, feared they'd never work Hollywood again if they 'did THAT' to Bette Davis. Despite battles with Aldrich too, she insisted. Then when she first saw the finished film with Aldrich and an audience, he heard her quietly sobbing, "Did I really look THAT bad...?" Not every battle Davis won were ones she remained glad about.

[Medullaboi]

If she was faster she wouldve made it...

[Pegbur]

Isn't it funny how art imitates life and vice-versa? That's what she did to Christina.

[tall32guy]

@Pegbur Supposedly... We have to remember that's what she says and we'll never know because we weren't there.

[guarddog22]

I saw this scene on TV when I was a little kid and it scared me. Didn't find out til years later what film it was from.

[WalksBehindTheRose]

bette davis kicking the shit outta joan crawford lol this is EPIC XD

[denison2005]

this movie is brill

[xxcookiejord]

Bette Davis is a pyscho in this!

Joan Crawford was a pyscho in real life to her children!!!

[blakeEllakristenCP]

oooh sucks for Blanche

[reidb18]

I love her shoes I wish they came in my size, size 13 x wide. Peep toe ankle strap heels perfect image of a high heeled shoe.

[east215]

Goodbye, Doctor!

[boxerXgirl]

is this based on a true story???

[HyperGoth7]

I don't think the events in this movie actually happened or are real. But I think it is very loosly based off the sisters Gypsy Rose Lee and Vaudville's famous Baby June.

[FlaxenHairedBeauty]

Whoa That sent chills down my spine

[KURISUCHRIS99]

when i saw jane walk in i was like "oh shit!!"

[JustinAdamss]

I wonder if Stephen King was inspired by this for "Misery"..

[lindlin123]

4:52 I heard Joan was hurt pretty badly they way Bette kicked her head. When I first saw that it I was oooh that really had to hurt. Baby Jane is crazy !! Why didn't Blanche just call the police ?

[abruno9376]

i often wondered why blanche never just slid down the rail??

[TheDRMISTERY]

Yeah I wondered about that too. Blanche's behavior is weird sometimes. For example why she dropped the note for Ms. Bates? Couldn't she just shout?

Still, fantastic and underrated performance from Joan Crawford.

4:18-4:20 "I'm... not... sure" cracks me up everytime. Bette Davis had more powerful role and she is stunning of course but Crawford was really great also and deserved to get an Oscar nomination for that movie.

[ilovemeryl]

@TheDRMISTERY

i completely agree! this film is brilliant not just because of bette's performance but also because of joan's. i don't think another actress of that time period could have matched bette's performance like joan did.

[Emokoi]

The movie is all about the thrill/suspense. If she had simply slid Jane wouldn't be behind her.

[abruno9376]

your right. it is alot more suspenseful this way. I wondered also why did blanche not scream out the window any chance she got??? their both 2 of my favorite all time actresses and i think noone will ever compete!

[LexiixoxRoxx]

Blanche must have some serious arm muscles to get down the stairs like that!

[6331255]

Bette Davis said one time "The most fun she ever had was when she push Joan Crawford down the stairs" I sometimes wonder did she wait for a stunt man? You know before pushing!!!

[churchillstevester1]

Both actresses a couple of witches! I think Joan Crawford was more of a witch than Bette Davis. Although Bette was a very close second.

[LexiixoxRoxx]

Neither were witches.

[fzkny]

Such a great movie!

[monkey0alejandro]

I wonder , if they remade this movie, who would be in it?

[LexiixoxRoxx]

Joan Fontaine and Olivia de Havilland! Both were famous stars, both are now old, and neither can stand each other. Plus, they are from the old movies era. Only problem is that none are really crazy lol.

[twilson11208]

Actually it was remade, but for T.V., Vanessa and Lynn Redgrave who are considered to be some of the best actressess in the English speaking world were chosen for the part. You'd think you'd be in store for something real good considering actresses of that calibur, they were both horrible as was the remake. A true dissapointment..

[patmold]

mary kate and ashley............

[KURISUCHRIS99]

julia roberts as blanche and idk who could play jane

[kenyaqueen]

HUU? are you thinking this should be remade?

[YukoxDoll]

Hit Joan Crawford ... Have been Bette Davis' dream for years ! :D

[dbrooks12009]

Baby Jane can fight! :)

[shivaboyd]

Epic.

This PWNGE will go down in Hollywood history. The two top female film stars finally get their due, and bitch it out in each other's faces. Davis emerges triumphant, victorious.

God, I love this movie.

[snksone]

it would be good if sally field played jane and jane fonda played blanche

[1AeroForce1]

lol right in the nuts at 5:00

[boingokky]

I would LOVE to see this remade with Sally Field and Jane Fonda!

[66kittykat]

two movie icons.that joan was a nasty for real though look what she did to her adopted children pure evil.

[dewberry70]

Bette actualy kicked Joan in the face in that scene.

[NekoHime1994]

LOL i know. they were terrible with each other.

[early65model]

supreme ownage beginning @ 4:51

[canufeelitsugah]

:06 my grandma had that same phone, same color & all..when she got mad she would disconnect it..... when she left the house, she would take that big black phone with her, (lol) a mess!

why in the hell didn't dr shelby go by there anyway?

[kerryparker91]

I read somewhere that these two women actually did hate each other in real life and in this scene, Joan Crawford needed stitches after being kicked in the head too hard by Bette Davis. To get her back Joan wore weights in her dress so that when Bette had to drag her she strained her back.

[Medullaboi]

yup

[sitgeshorn]

Yes, I heard that...fabulous!!

[Medullaboi]

She should have gotten a cell phone.

[LexiixoxRoxx]

Too bad there weren't any XD

[twilson11208]

Joan Crawford brilliantly showcased the very essence of fear ...the look on her face was brilliant upon discovering Jane was listening behind her all along right at 4:06. She knoooooooows she's going to get served.

[02chevyguy]

The look on her faced literally screamed...BUSTED!

[globehunter2]

Talk about a disfunctional family this scene really captures the brute force

of a high heel shoe))) blanche surely

suffered brain damage and emotional

stress.

[TheSallySeagull]

Blanche just got pwned

[reesescupbrandy1]

This scene is really chilling in my opinion. I just love the way Jane stared at Blance while she was on the phone with Dr. Shelby.

[je3rowe]

I don't even CARE if they didn't hate each other in real life, it makes for FANTASTIC entertainment! Lol! :P

[hec1978]

Oh my god! She done gone and kicked that bitch up side the head. A mess! I love this movie. Such superb acting. I wish actors put half as much emotion in their movies as these two great women did in this one.

[Medullaboi]

great movie

[ijustlovetea]

This movie is alot like MISERY is some aspects.

[allbe1726]

Yes really, two grat female villains, Annie Wilkes in Misery and Baby Jane here. Two crazy woman in two great films!!!!!

[wonderlandforever]

@ijustlovetea I know, right? it reminds me of Misery.

[freedomnow29]

@ijustlovetea Are you fucking serious? I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING!!!!!!

[themoonlitgoddess]

@ijustlovetea u mean MISERY is alot like THIS movie.

[deep71483]

I just realized that Misery is a lot like this film. The feeling of being paralyzed and trapped with a crazy person and you can't get out.

[TIMAXIMUS87]

@ijustlovetea I think as this film was made much earlier than Stephen King wrote the book entitled Misery: the phrase "MISERY is a lot like this movie, in some aspects" would be more appropriate.

[latinagirl765]

Now I really want to see this movie. But, seriously, people need to be more proactive. She should have just held on that phone set and when Davis stood next to her BAM---right in the shins. Davis would have went down like a sac o potaters.

[bass234]

rofl, good point, and she should hav slid down the banister shouting "wee" to get down quicker

[latinagirl765]

LOL If she would have done THAT, I would have fell out of my chair. xD

[LexiixoxRoxx]

If I ever saw Joan Crawford do that, I'd piss in my very pants. But it would so be worth hearing her say "weee"

[billyClift]

amazing!

[alrozz]

Bette Davis at her best...so cool./

[biriccina]

This is the most shocking film I've ever seen in my life. I don't recommend to anyone.

[CerebralWTF]

If this is what you think of as the most shocking thing of your life then stay away from "2 girls 1 cup".

[paulblackwood]

Thanks for the laugh!

[leopoldhoob]

I agree that its shocking.but it also displays bad human emotion......and also the relationship that BD and JC had for over 40 years.....its a masterpiece

[jadebrew]

I agree! It seems so real.

[ultrahiplibrarian]

Why does Blanche even TRY? You would think she would have learned after the paper out the window incident.

[VictorEmmanuell]

I prefer Bette Davis'act because, it's not easy to an actress permit herself to be watched as an old, decadent and disturbed mind person... Ms. Davis was very courageous to play a personage like Baby Jane (Jane Hudson)... She released of all vanity or physical beauty to did it!!!

Applause to Ms. Davis

[Etheline]

@VictorEmmanuell :-) Ms. Davis wasn't afraid to be ugly on screen - Look at Elizabeth I or the parts of Mr. Skeffington... I admire her very much, she was able to be extremely attractive and then ...just like Baby Jane. I think we settle on this, don't we? :-)

[ilovemeryl]

@VictorEmmanuell

That's not quite true! You ask any REAL actress, the most rewarding parts are the ones like Bette played in this movie, because they are the most challenging roles.

[michaelcsm]

I don't know which actress played the better part.. both were suberb. Blanche's desperation and Jane's childlike honesty when the truth is finally told in the end. A movie masterpiece...

[devolutionone]

U think Stephen King was inspired by that movie when he wrote the excellent 'misery'?

[aprilwearsgucci]

Joan return the favor by putting weights under her clothes so when Bette had to lift and carry her around, it'll throw her back out. Gotta LOVE Bette. She's ABSOLUTELY MARVELOUS!

[nikkiexbaybee]

Yeah, I read online that Bette really was giving Joan a kicking and she broke 3 ribs because they hated eachother in real life. Damn, Bette is so scary in this film!

[babyjanehudson1962]

it was a dummy in the kicking scene

JOan was afraid that Bette might actually hurt her and insisted a replacement

[perrypearl]

This is not true. Davis never even touched Crawford. Three broken ribs could cause lung collapse and death. This is nonsense. It was all camera work as on the Psycho showere scene where the knife never even touches Janet Leigh.

[morganika]

I just saw a biography where several people who knew Joan Crawford said she was kicked in the head by Davis in the scene & had to get 2 stiches. After that, during the scene when Davis is dragging Crawford off the bed she had told her not to be dead weight as Davis had a bad back, Crawford saw this as opportunity to get back at her & went limp causing Davis to fall, & injure her back with Crawford falling on her, Davis spent 2 days in the hospital as a result.

[MsKelliGIzaStar]

@morganika I also read that Joan hid weights under her clothes

[ClefDeDavid88]

@morganika So many rumors and stories about these two. I don't know if I'll ever find out the truth of what really went on in their lives.

[Alexaty5]

@ClefDeDavid88 i think they could have been rivals but i dont really know if they hated each other, theres some interview where Joan talks well about Bette, sometimes the media overeacts with stars of this size

[early65model]

Jane sure can dish out the whupass!!

[JoanCrawford1933]

Poor Joan!!!!!! :(

[Tecobelli]

I don't see this movie as camp. I see two actresses working hard at one of the last real challenges of their career. Most of what they did after this was camp.

[shivaboyd]

Interesting observation. I attest that you are most definitely correct. :D

[leopoldhoob]

I think it is camp...but also a work of genius.......BD performance is probably the greatest of a female on celluloid ever.her hatred for JC is evident

[perrypearl]

They never hated each other. They were not buddies but had so little in common. That's all.

[shivaboyd]

I want the upload of the part in the movie where Jane desperately tries to prevent what's-his-name from going upstairs and finding Blanche in her horrendous state!

"Let's go BYE-BYE!!!!!!"

HERE COMES THE SUPERCHIEF!!!!!!!

AUGH!!!!!!!!!!!

THAT PART. LMAO

[bloggers2believers]

she was really hit.

she broke 3 ribs.

[jessroxs4u]

bette davis scares the crap out of me in this movie!!!!

[unusualfeline]

i heard she really hit that bitch...well done..i fully approve her behavoir!

[hellishcrazy]

on imdb it says that bette davis accidently kicked joan crawford in the head for real and she needed stitches!

[filmfan1927]

Right "Accidently"

[darkNlovely741]

i love this part!