What Ever Happened to Baby Jane - Behind the scenes

[@sharonedwards6010]

I never get tired of watching this movie. One of the best thrillers of all time.

[@JSOMERSETJSOMERSET]

A A trump considered streep over rated.. i agree.. maybe cher and Madonna..Beyonce and Jennifer Hudson? yes miss Hudson..whatever you say miss Hudson....Jennifer in the chair Beyonce on the bottle!

[@maxinethewigwaters9193]

If so I aint watching

[@myronmadey3040]

I love everything about this movie! I watch it again and again Great acting ,directing and what an amazing script!!

[@karllieck9064]

That was so fascinating watching Bette Davis and the other actors on the set during a "typical" filming day.

[@jackgrattan1447]

The most obscure in-joke with this movie was in the usage of cinematographer Ernest Haller (seen in this video). He was both Bette Davis AND Joan Crawford's prime cameraman when both were at Warner Bros., shooting, amongst others, JEZEBEL and DARK VICTORY with Bette, and MILDRED PIERCE and HUMORESQUE with Joan. He's best known as the DP on GONE WITH THE WIND.

[@TrangPakbaby]

Jack Grattan he said the ladies would have tarred and feathered him had he photographed them the way he did in Jane during their heydays lol

[@manuel3186]

Wow, Jack! Thanks so much for this info! As knowledgeable as I try to be about classic American cinema, even I didn’t know this!!! 🎉

[@elissaschornstein5903]

Wonderful film. I have seen it many times and stands the test if time beautifully. Two of the greatest Actresses together. Perfection.

[@johnperrigo6474]

Great little piece of filmmaking history from the old days. Thanks for posting this.

[@dorrittakach4729]

Hope everyone is watching "FEUD",on FX. I think Sarandon and Lange do a great job playing Davis and Crawford!

[@sandrapatterson2916]

Dorrit Takach 👍 I thought they did a fantastic job.

[@RukoHanaji]

I'm late to the party, but I'm watching it now! Lange is FLAWLESS as Crawford, and honestly now looking at older footage of Davis I'm surprised by how much Sarandon looks like Bette.

[@gilgameshofuruk4060]

@@RukoHanaji For a really mind bending experience, watch the film after watching Feud.

[@MontagZoso]

I didn’t think Lange looked at all like Crawford though. She was seriously miscast.

[@packer812]

I love this movie. Legendary performance of the great Bette Davis.

[@robinfranklin8001]

Wish there was more to this behind the scenes take. This was fascinating to watch how this movie was put together. From book to screen, amazing.

[@sunsunnydayz]

Awesome footage! Thanx for sharing.

[@crist67mustang]

I have watched that film around 4 times. Thank U very much for this behind the scene of "Qué pasó con Baby Jane?". That car is a 1947 Lincoln Continental. Greatest film ever!

[@nellsstuff2.052]

I liked the Duesenberg more ;-)

[@MontagZoso]

Wow, this is great! Thanks for the upload!

[@tonyhoward7004]

Oh if there were only outtakes from this film! What a classic!

[@Sanpedranoazul]

Excellent movie!

[@aldovinci9552]

so unfair she didn't win the Oscar for this role. Bette Davis THE ACTRESS!!!!

[@IanP1963]

Yes it was sad Joan didn't win an Oscar for this role, forget Bette !!!!

[@flashdance5574]

@@IanP1963 no forget Joan, Bette every time

[@4nlover635]

Joan was just as good if not better.

[@MsBackstager]

@@4nlover635 BD wasn't afraid to look macabre.

[@josephsf2452]

@@IanP1963 Joan went out of her way to all the actresses nominated and asked them if she could accept the award in case they couldn't make it . She was a ruthless SOB.

[@jetknight5051]

Pockets full of miracles was also a great movie. .starring betty Davis. ...

[@koreet2692]

I live near this house, and I went for a visit. I wonder if the owners ever get tired of the fans?

[@arturolopezportillocontrer4902]

One of the best movies ever!!!!

[@georgerobbins3198]

I never liked Crawford, but she should have been nominated too. Her performance was so restrained and even her expressions and movements are brilliant. Despite her circumstances, you still find it difficult to sympathize with her, and in the end, we learn why she didn't deserve our sympathy.

[@mattbernabe]

George Robbins She should have been nominated, especially her scene at the beach where she gives her dying confession to Jane. It would have been great if Crawford was nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category.

[@valsainking]

@@mattbernabe Except both Crawford and Davis were leads, so they would've been nominated in the same category.

[@gfgall]

Joan was often overlooked. Just look at all the pictures at Metro where they threw their blocks of votes to Shearer and Garbo while the profits from Crawford’s films paid for the pictures of both. Outrageous.

[@evelynkatz1301]

WHAT A MOVIE!!!! GREAT ACTORS, BETTE DAVIS IS THE GREATEST OF THEM ALL!!!! THE SCRIPT, THE BLACK AND WHITE FILMING, EVERYTHING IS GREAT!!

[@roxannathomas1243]

Evelyn Katz I agree and Bette Davis was so before her time did you know she went to court to have it known this picture could never be colorized or altered in any way she knew that somebody thought old black and white movies would look better colorized she already knew what was coming and prepared to protect the original art for future to come

[@flashdance5574]

@@roxannathomas1243 thanks for that roxanna, didn’t know that, very interesting, yes Bette was the greatest, and the film seems more creepy in black and white

[@JoanSmith-t7k]

@@roxannathomas1243This movie is always in black and white, since I saw it in the early 1960s at a drive-in theater.

[@HumbleHarry]

Did the writers of the script for this behind the scenes documentary not know the name of Maidie Norman? All of the other principal actors who were shown on set were identified by name-- the stars, Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, of course, as well as actors Anna Lee and Victor Buono.

[@sandrapatterson2916]

HumbleHarry Maidie Ruth Norman is often forgotten in this movie. Thank you for remembering her and reminding us of her role in this cult classic.👍👍👍

[@clarettaorr9712]

@Humble Harry I hope others will read this thread acknowledging the actress, Maidie Ruth Norman, who added excitement and desperate hope to this thrilling film 👍👍👍. It baffles the mind that she is not mentioned🤦‍♀️. Thank you for acknowledging her terrific input 👍.

[@laurencaulton103]

Thank you for providing her name. Black actors were always playing maids, butlers, porters.

[@Daisnap]

Thank you so much for that! I love Anna Lee, but she was just shown for a second…rehearsing with Victor Buono? They had no scenes together as I recall…maybe it was cut. Madie Norman was Wonderful in this film playing an important role beautifully, and I agree, deserves more credit! Marjorie Bennett was a delight as Buono’s mother. Bobs Watson who cried heartbreakingly as a boy in On Borrowed Time and played the iconic role of lovable tragic Peewee in Boy’s Town appears in “…Baby Jane” as the newspaper man who helps Jane place an add seeking a piano accompanist for her act!

[@michaelericks]

My moms first name was Maidie too that’s why I especially liked this movie 😮

[@kozy15x]

Just saw this movie at a little art house theater last night. What a great night watching it with a crowd of other lovers of this amazing film. Bette Never ceases to amaze me in this role, how she brought so much into creating this incredible character operating on pure spite and so sinister. She deserved that Oscar. When Joan Crawford died, Bette Davis said; "One should never say anything bad about the dead. So i will say this. Joan Crawford is dead. Good."

[@GlassSuperstar]

Thanks for posting

[@dogsareprecious4842]

Thanks for such an interesting story! Sooo cool to see the film-making process!

[@joseyeastwood]

What a movie i wished they would have shot it in color but it probably wouldn’t have been as creepy.

[@johnrichey7494]

I have seen a colorized version, and it is just as creepy.

[@jaimesilva6637]

Grandes,Actrices,Gran,Director,Gran,Película,🌹📽️🎬🎞️🇨🇱

[@malexander2147]

Anna Lee played Lila Quartermaine on General Hospital

[@knowglobal-Redwoman]

Masterpiece.🎉🎉🎉

[@ShawnPlusOne]

I Love it and I've seen it many many times It's now saved in my dvr right after it was on TCM last week.

[@garyonbroadway1919]

Blanche: "That'll be Elvira." Jane: "Yeeah." Flawless.

[@strafrag1]

It would also be great to see the scenes that were cut, etc. I wonder if they were kept?

[@idlerette]

Oscar material - all of it!

[@normabracey8379]

yes PJ Dillard.The 1990 version; why? you can't redo a "masterpiece".

[@simonesimone4686]

The best movie ever.

[@flashdance5574]

I agree

[@TheChange1961]

Great document really.

[@The_Quran5]

one of my favorite films.

[@MissPerriwinkle]

one of the alltime greats

[@Modeltnick]

The Lincoln was an uncredited star of this movie. Betty Davis did all the driving scenes herself.

[@DumpsterBaby101]

Thanks for the google maps link. The current landscaping has pretty much ruined the look of the house. Sad.

[@TheEuzkatroika]

3:04 DIVAAAAAA

[@reng935]

TheEuzkatroika Who was that?

[@TheEuzkatroika]

@@reng935 The way she is on the floor looking to the director

[@reng935]

@@TheEuzkatroika No, who. As in who was that person. I think that's Bette though, right

[@TheEuzkatroika]

@@reng935 yeah,but the way she is on the floor like a Diva waiting for a shoot.

[@normabracey8379]

How in the world did robert Aldrich manage to get these two powerhouses together.

[@IanP1963]

Joan's original idea she put it to Aldrich via others ....

[@Funnylittleman]

Desperation, mostly.

[@RocketRocket-ce3ke]

@@Funnylittleman Bette was desperate for work and advertised in Variety.

[@katycheeseburger]

Please go and read the book The Devine Feud. It’s absolutely fascinating.

[@clarettaorr9712]

The Divine Feud is an audible book on you tube. It is FANTASTIC!

[@katycheeseburger]

Claretta Orr That’s good to know, although personally I prefer the book. It takes me lightyears to read it as every sentence I have to google the people or locations it mentions to get a good idea of what went on. It really ignites the imagination and is a truly fascinating insight into that golden era. The money that Bette & Joan were paid even back then was a lot to today’s average standards. Have you read it? I’d thoroughly recommend it!

[@Mike-fp5rc]

I always thought this masterpiece has one major flaw ... why Blanche didn't just call down to the neighbor for HELP~! So silly really, and it made no sense. I'm too young to have seen it in the theaters, but I always imagine the audience chanting "Call for help!".

[@SophiahKoikasWindyQueen]

i say the same thing or when the housekeeper came back to check on her. she was in the window, she could had scream.

[@char1737]

I so wanted to be baby Jane for Halloween but my daughters had no idea because they had never seen the movie

[@jnwd1723]

This is why I like TCM so much for all the classic old movies that had great story lines without gratuitous cussing and sex which that's all you see in the crap you see nowadays. Not all movies, of course, but most are filled with junk and bad acting.

[@IanP1963]

I wonder if the house is still in Los Angeles ?

[@pianoman551000]

Yes, it is! Not too far from Judy garlands' girlhood home when she was filming the "Wizard of Oz"

[@SophiahKoikasWindyQueen]

@@pianoman551000 where?

[@pianoman551000]

@@SophiahKoikasWindyQueen I will get back with you and tell you how to see the youtube video...stay tuned!

[@youbidoubidou]

...the answer is Total Suspense!

[@julienielsen3746]

Cue Blip at the end, upper right corner.

[@chrisf5053]

Love the movie, but instead of writing a note, crumpling it up and throwing it out her window to her nosey neighbor cutting flowers in her garden, she should have screamed, "HELP! HELP! MY CRAZY BITCH SISTER IS FEEDING ME PARAKEETS AND RATS! CALL 911!!!

[@FemmeFatalee]

Or calling 911 instead of her stupid dr lol 🙄

[@evolutionarylevelabove8683]

Daddy bought that house for Jane. It wasn't those B rated movies of Blanche so that's why she ain't ever gonna leave it unless they end at the Beach. I wonder how the billing was. It does not say AND which would then make it look like Davis first then Crawford but it shows up at the same time with Davis on the left which in English, people read left to right vs how it is in other nations. I wonder what Joan was thinking about the billing. Two major Stars of their given times yet over age 40 which back then meant career over so they were taking these horror parts yet the two disliked each other. I give them credit for filming. It was actually a good film. A cult classic in a way. A horror but also comedy as we of today would see it. I look for other things like the acting as well as camera zooming in or out etc & am curious of what parts were cut to never be seen. Thanks for uploading this interesting video. Five Stars for the upload.

[@topp10er]

Joan Crawford understood Bette would get top billing since Bette plays Jane the title character.

[@schatzepage4188]

the best

[@camilorestrepo1779]

🖤

[@jameshanley6886]

FX FEUD CRAWFORD IS EVERYTHING

[@nadiajoi2877]

We watched this in class

[@creolelady182]

Cab anybody identify the type of acmera the director is using?

[@scotpurdy8132]

+creolelady182 No.

[@SmittenKitten.]

Was Morgan Freeman narrating way back when????

[@SmittenKitten.]

yabadabadu It was a joke...

[@mercygrrl]

More like Phil Hartman (RIP)from SNL & News Radio

[@SmittenKitten.]

MercyGerl So sad. :(

[@SmittenKitten.]

I was making a stupid joke. It was very stupid.

[@SmittenKitten.]

No, it's not your fault! It was a terrible joke.

[@Choices2aa]

Bette Davis & Joan Crawford hated egach other and they both fought over everything! I have this movie and Bette Davis should have won her third oscar she already had two! Joan Crawford was no saint! They both never gave their children any money! To me that's just cold! Hollywood used to be so classy and now it's trash now!

[@windstorm1000]

Actually no. They were pros for most part

[@gfgall]

Do some research. There are reasons they disowned their children, and despite the rumors, there was no feud. It was all dreamed up by the publicity men.

[@zyral.f.6938]

Wow, so Alfred Molina is fatter than Aldritch was then.

[@IanP1963]

Aldrich was fatter than Molina if you ask me....

[@windstorm1000]

His portrayal was so unlike the real Aldrich

[@MsBackstager]

@@IanP1963 How about Victor Buno and his bulk?

[@JSOMERSETJSOMERSET]

i want to see a new version with Beyonce and Jennifer Hudson rumor has them secretly hating each other would be great tension Yes miss Hudson whatever you say Miss Hudson great big stinking movie stah!!!!

[@blakkone4000]

The problem is that Jennifer hasn't had any huge roles since Dreamgirls.

[@ladylydia762]

JSOMERSET994 JSOMERSET994 Beyonce should play a Queen. She would make a great Queen.

[@gfgall]

They are hardly Crawford and Davis. Not by a long shot.

[@gabor273]

TWO MYTHS

[@DENAANN1000]

What a tedious process.

[@dsrtflwr6093]

Aldrich was a total wuss when it came to dealing with Crawford and Davis.

[@windstorm1000]

That's so false. He was tough as nails with both of them. You've been swallowing feuds lies.