Continuity mistake: When Victor Buono circles the ad Jane placed in the paper, the only way to contact her listed in the ad is a phone number. However, when his mother calls acting as his secretary to schedule him an appointment for 4:00, no one gives or asks for an appointment.
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Plot summary
Directed by: Robert Aldrich
Starring: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono, Wesley Addy
Two aging film actresses live as virtual recluses in an old Hollywood mansion. Jane Hudson (Bette Davis), a successful child star, cares for her crippled sister Blanche (Joan Crawford), who's career in later years eclipsed that of Jane. Now the two live together, their relationship affected by simmering subconscious thoughts of mutual envy, hate and revenge.
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Suggested correction: Jane's address is never given in the call, but Buono shows up at the house looking at a paper to find her location. The time of 4 o'clock is established in the call. (Just watched the scene again to be sure).
The address is not given in the call or is it printed in the paper. How did Flagg know where Jane lived?
Newspaper Clerk: Who the hell was Baby Jane Hudson?
Trivia: The teenage neighbour to the Hudson sisters is Bette Davis' real-life daughter, Barbara Merrill.
Question: At the end of the film, Joan Crawford/Blanche lies on the beach, brutalized and starved by Bette Davis/Jane. Does Blanche then die, or will Blanche continue to live? For that matter, Jane is still alive, (although probably insane), so what will happen to Jane?
Answer: Blanche's fate is left ambiguous, so it's impossible to say if she survived or not. It is not revealed in the original novel. Jane would most likely be institutionalized, seeing as she is suffering a complete break from reality at the end of the film.
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