Siskel Film Center: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
June 22 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
$10.50
Sunday, June 22, 2:00 p.m. | In the chilling BABY JANE, two aging actresses, “Baby” Jane Hudson (Bette Davis, in an Oscar-nominated performance) and her wheelchair-bound sister Blanche (Joan Crawford) live in obscurity in a Hollywood mansion, where Baby spends her days terrorizing Blanche. Much ink was spilled about on-set drama, with gossip rags declaring that Davis and Crawford despised each other—is BABY JANE camp because of the alleged feud? If it was real, and these women were out for blood, then what a campy show indeed, but if you ignore the lore, Davis and Crawford’s performances, while not subtle, are sensational.
