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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Tuesday, March 07, 2017 - 6:33 am 
I had to remind myself of who Lange was playing. I guess I'm just way to familiar with the real Joan Crawford. I did see Bette Davis in Sarandon's effort.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, March 07, 2017 - 10:03 am
Loving this show. My only problem is that I NEVER watch scary movies, as I don't enjoy them, being a big chicken. So I am dreading them reenacting the Baby Jane stuff. But I'll hang in as long as I can. I find this biographical stuff fascinating.
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Biloxibelle
Member
12-21-2001
| Tuesday, March 07, 2017 - 7:29 pm
Mame, I not sure I would call WEHTBJ scary as I would suspenseful. I hope you will be able to watch it.
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Wednesday, March 08, 2017 - 1:44 am
I had been under the impression for years that Bette Davis won the oscar for Baby jane, but I was wrong. (My "senior moments" seem to be coming more often lately. Yikes!)
Anyhow, I looked it up and found this article. It has some great tidbits on how that Academy Award Show went down. This article might be slightly spoiler-ish, but kind of, not really. It tells a real life story and it says this story will be represented in the "Feud" TV series.
Did 'Whatever Happened to Baby Jane' Win Any Oscars?
LINK to www.bustle.com
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Panda
Member
07-15-2005
| Wednesday, March 08, 2017 - 4:26 am
Well, I'm in!!!
And interesting tidbits in that Oscar article, Sanfran, thanks!
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, March 08, 2017 - 6:57 am
What a lineup of wonderful performances that year by the ladies. All stellar movies.
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Abby7
Member
07-17-2002
| Wednesday, March 08, 2017 - 9:22 am
I was about 8 years old when when whtbj came out in theaters. This was the first and only movie my Mom took me to see (along with my older sisters). I remember being horrified with the bird scene, her "hanging" her sister, being scared for the maid.
As I got older, I came to love the movie....can laugh about it now. I know so much about the movie, have read all the books about JC, BD. As far as I know, true to life.
You can also check youtube: Bette Davis interviews re Joan Crawford. (She denies feud.....on camera).
Enjoyed first episode.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Wednesday, March 08, 2017 - 11:24 am
Marameko, the smoking (while disgusting) was so prevalent in that era. Almost everybody smoked, even in offices and HOSPITALS! I used to hate getting on an airplane that smelled like stale cigarette smoke. Nasty!
My dad smoked, my two older sisters smoked (I did too for a bit, cause I just thought that was part of being a grownup). My mom's three brothers all picked up the habit when they were in the service. They used to hand out cigarettes to the soldiers as a reward.
Cringeworthy, but true to life.
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Marameko
Member
07-14-2002
| Wednesday, March 08, 2017 - 11:36 am
My Mom recalls as a teen in the 50's her Mother came along with a school teacher to see her at a Catholic hospital following having her appendix removed. The Teacher lit up a cigarette, Mom's eyes got wide and she was told by the Teacher to not repeat that she smoked.
As a kid we lived across the street from the same teacher and on a hot summer evening the only way we knew she was on her porch when it was dark was by the glow of her cigarette.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, March 08, 2017 - 11:38 am
Marameko, I laugh at the smoking when I watch the old Perry Mason shows....they light up cigarettes all the time whether it makes any sense or not to the story.
I always thought Bette got an Oscar too, off to read the article.
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Abby7
Member
07-17-2002
| Wednesday, March 08, 2017 - 11:59 am
Commercial..back in the day:
https://youtu.be/gCMzjJjuxQI
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, March 08, 2017 - 4:31 pm
FEUD: Bette and JoanVerified account @FeudFX 1m1 minute ago
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We adore seeing our name in the papers. Catch up on the series premiere of #FeudFX on FXNOW. http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/feud
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Wednesday, March 08, 2017 - 4:44 pm
Camels. Ugh. Almost as nasty as Lucky Strikes. I used to filch my dad's Terrytons. Those were some nasty cigarettes.
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Lakecat
Member
10-01-2006
| Friday, March 10, 2017 - 7:21 pm
I noticed all the smoking too, I even looked it up to see if one of them died from lung cancer, they didn't.
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Pamy
Member
01-01-2002
| Friday, March 10, 2017 - 8:48 pm
I think Jessica Lange writes in her contracts that she gets to smoke. I have never seen her in a role where she doesnt smoke!! (Cape Code, Raising Isiah, all the AHS come to mind right now)
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Sunday, March 12, 2017 - 3:14 pm
Going to run late again....check your schedules.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Sunday, March 12, 2017 - 7:37 pm
All the tweets are making hate waiting for the show!
FEUD: Bette and JoanVerified account @FeudFX 4m4 minutes ago
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Was a rebuttal really necessary, Joan? Then again, they don’t call it a feud for nothing. #FeudFX
You want a scoop, honey? Take a hike. #FeudFX
Darling viewers, how’s that old saying go? Oh yes, “shit just got real.” That’s it. #FeudFX
Let it out, Bette, let it out. #FeudFX
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Sunday, March 12, 2017 - 7:57 pm
FEUD: Bette and JoanVerified account @FeudFX 8m8 minutes ago
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Darling Hedda is about to see what Joan can accomplish with a few “compliments.” #FeudFX
Oh B.D. You do take after your mother, don’t you? #FeudFX
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Sunday, March 12, 2017 - 8:06 pm
hahahaha, can't wait to see what this is about....FEUD: Bette and Joan Retweeted
Jesus Garcia Jr. @JesusGarcia_90 42s43 seconds ago
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That Bette, She'll do anything. #Feud @FeudFX
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Sunday, March 12, 2017 - 10:13 pm
Well that takes care of the little blonde girl, hahahahaha.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Sunday, March 12, 2017 - 10:55 pm
Holy cow what a brat for a daughter! Did she ever do anything as an actress? I don't even remember Bette having a daughter.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Sunday, March 12, 2017 - 11:39 pm
I had no idea until tonight that Bette's daughter, Barbara Merrill, played the part of the teen neighbor girl in "Baby Jane" after the flashy blonde was fired.
According to IMDB, this was her second - and last role in anything. So acting definitely did not become her career.
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Scout
Member
01-19-2005
| Monday, March 13, 2017 - 8:59 am
Naja - I didn't know that, either.
Really loving this show. Both actresses are so good.
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Uncle_ricky
Member
07-02-2007
| Monday, March 13, 2017 - 10:56 am
I'm loving the show, too, but one thing I'm not loving is how Lange and Sarandon have done so little to sound like Crawford and Davis, especially Sarandon. It's very distracting, but I guess if I can tolerate (barely) Cuba Gooding "portraying" O.J. Simpson, I can tolerate Sarandon sounding like Sarandon. 
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Monday, March 13, 2017 - 12:42 pm
"Holy cow what a brat for a daughter! Did she ever do anything as an actress?"
I didn't recognize her at first but in that one argument scene, I recognized her voice and it dawned on me - that was Sally, Don Draper's "brat for a daughter" on "Mad Men"!
Her name is Kiernan Shipka.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2215143/?ref_=tt_cl_t9
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In the final couple of seasons of Mad Men I thought she'd be great in a Natalie Wood bio film. She looks a lot less like Natalie Wood in Feud than she did in Mad Men.
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