"Whatevere Happened To Baby Jane" on HBO Signature Tonight at 8 EST

[Kathy in Cambridge]

"Y'arnt NEVAH Gonna LEAVE This house!"

Betty Davis real-life disline of Joan Crawford really shows through in this role!

[NC_Nurse]

1. Great movie..

oh so creepy!

Too bad I don't have HBO!

[flamingyouth]

2. Oh man, that is one of my all-time favorite films

I can recite entire scenes and sing "I've Written A Letter to Daddy!"

Such a great film ... thanks for the heads up! :D

[BlackVelvetElvis]

11. I hope you wear some red, red lipstick when you sing it.

I heard that BD (Bette's daughter who has a small role in the film) saw her mother for the first time in full makeup and said, "Mom, that's too much!"

[flamingyouth]

12. You bet!

:D I can only imagine what she must have looked like in full living color on the set ;)

[demanddimmer]

3. Baby Jane

"I was a Staaaarrrr...."

[Bluebear]

4. "It's what's for dinner!"

[Sequoia]

7. You're sick...but funny!

It's what's for dinner! Love it! Great movie too!

[Obamarama]

5. But YA' ARE Blanche...YA' ARE in that wheelchair...

Campy classic...LOVE IT.

[daligirrl]

6. "Blanche, you know we got rats in the cella". . .

Classic. My roommate and I never get enough of this.

[sundog]

8. "You mean all this time we could have been friends?"

[Bluebear]

9. "Oops, my bad...."

[blondeatlast]

10. And TDS is a repeat! No lizarding for me tonight... nt

[blondeatlast]

13. Patriotic duty

:kick:

Get off your asses and watch TV, dammit--NFL if you must.

[LWolf]

14. <shudder>

I saw it once, in 1972. I was 12 and home alone for the night. It creeped my out...to the point that I couldn't go to sleep and spent the rest of the night huddled in my mom's bed, with our german shepherd/malamute at my side (yes,on the bed), watching stupid old movies until the sun came up.

I can't even remember what it was about, but I still get a shiver thinking about it.

And in 1972, the choices after midnight were pretty slim. Some sort of mythical hero fighting monsters, and "Attack of the Mushroom People." The mushroom people weren't nearly as scary as "Baby Jane."

Why did it scare me?