What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (film)
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? is a 1962 American psychological horror thriller film produced and directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford.
The plot concerns an aging former actress who holds her paraplegic ex-movie star sister captive in an old Hollywood mansion.
The screenplay by Lukas Heller is based on the novel" What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" by Henry Farrell.
Upon the film's release, it was met with widespread critical and box office acclaim and was later nominated for five Academy Awards, winning one for Best Costume Design, Black and White.
The intensely bitter Hollywood rivalry between the film's two stars, Davis and Crawford, was heavily important to the film's initial success.
This in part led to the revitalization of the then- waning careers of the two stars.
In the years after release, critics continued to acclaim the film for its psychologically driven black comedy, camp, and creation of the psycho-biddy subgenre.
The film's then- unheard of and controversial plot meant that it originally received an X rating in the UK.
Because of the appeal of the film's stars, Dave Itzkoff in" The New York Times" has identified it as being a" cult classic".
In 2003 the character of Baby Jane Hudson was ranked No. 44 on the American Film Institute's list of the" 50 Best Villains of American Cinema".
What Ever Happened to Baby Toto?
What Ever Happened to Baby Toto?
is a 1964 Italian black comedy film written and directed by Ottavio Alessi, starring Totò.
It is a parody of Robert Aldrich's" What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?".
Victor Buono
Victor Charles Buono( February 3, 1938 January 1, 1982) was an American actor, comic, and briefly a recording artist.
He was known for playing the villain King Tut on the television series" Batman"( 1966 – 1968) and musician Edwin Flagg in" What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"( 1962), the latter of which earned him Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations.
He was a busy actor from his late teens until his death at age 43 and, with his large size and sonorous voice, he made a career of playing men much older than he was.
Joseph D. Kelly (sound engineer)
Joseph D. Kelly was an American sound engineer.
He was nominated for an Academy Award for the film" What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" in the category Sound Recording.
What Ever Happened to Timi
What Ever Happened to Timi is a 2014 Hungarian comedy film directed by Attila Herczeg.
Henry Farrell
Henry Farrell
( September 27, 1920 – March 29, 2006) was an American novelist and screenwriter, best known as the author of the renowned gothic horror story" What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?", which was made into a film starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford.
Sam Wood
Samuel Grosvenor Wood( July 10, 1883 – September 22, 1949) was an American film director and producer, who was best known for directing such Hollywood hits as" A Night at the OperaA Day at the RacesGoodbye, Mr. Chips", and" The Pride of the Yankees".
He was also involved in a few acting and writing projects.
Whipsaw (film)
Whipsaw is a 1935 American crime drama film directed by Sam Wood and starring Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy.
Written by Howard Emmett Rogers, based on a story by James Edward Grant, the film is about a government agent working undercover traveling across the country with an unsuspecting woman, hoping she will lead him to her gang of jewel thieves.
The film was produced by Harry Rapf for Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer, and was released on December 18, 1935, in the United States.
Robert Aldrich
Robert Burgess Aldrich( August 9, 1918 – December 5, 1983) was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter.
His notable credits include" Vera Cruz"( 1954)," Kiss Me Deadly"( 1955)," The Big Knife"( 1955)," Autumn Leaves"( 1956)," Attack"( 1956)," What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"( 1962)," Hush ... Hush, Sweet Charlotte"( 1964)," The Flight of the Phoenix"( 1965)," The Dirty Dozen"( 1967) and" The Longest Yard"( 1974).
Aldrich was portrayed by Alfred Molina in the television miniseries" Feud"( 2017).
Debbie Burton
Debbie Burton was an American singer.
She is best known for dubbing the singing voice of the young Baby Jane Hudson( played by child actress Julie Allred) in the 1962 film" What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?", singing the song" I've Written a Letter to Daddy".
Burton also sang a duet with Bette Davis, the rock and roll song" What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?", written by Frank DeVol and Lukas Heller.
It was released as a promotional single, with Burton's rendition of" I've Written a Letter to Daddy" on the flipside.
An instrumental version of" What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" can be heard in the movie.
In 1964 Burton released a single entitled" The Next Day", which was co-written by Perry Botkin, Jr. with Harry Nilsson.
The song was featured on the 2004 compilation" Girls Go Zonk: US Beat Chicks and Harmony Honeys".
The single" Baby It's Over"( Capitol 1966) was also written by Nilsson and produced by Botkin.

Question: Do both films Whipsaw (Film) and What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? (Film) have the directors from the same country?
Answer: yes