What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

In WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?, "Baby Jane" Hudson was a child star whose singing performances delighted audiences in the packed theaters of the vaudeville circuit. Meanwhile, her older sister Blanche hid in the shadows with their mother, who was as appalled at Jane's behavior and her husband's sycophantic attitude toward the bratty little girl. Nearly two decades later, their fortunes have reversed: Blanche (Joan Crawford) is an actress adored by both fans and the studio, and Jane (Bette Davis) is seen by studio execs as a talentless has-been causing problems for the studio due to her alcohol-fueled indiscretions constantly making the newspapers. After Jane mocks Blanche at a party and drives her to leave in tears, Blanche is struck and hit by a car. The accident, widely believed to be Jane's fault, leaves Blanche paralyzed from the waist down. Two decades later, the two sisters live together in Blanche's mansion, where Blanche seldom leaves her upstairs bedroom, and Jane is an alcoholic living in the past and still resentful of Blanche's success and continued adoration from fans. As Jane's increasingly delusional behavior makes her turn sadistic toward Blanche, Blanche tells Jane she intends to sell the house. This infuriates Jane even more, who removes the phone from Jane's room, effectively cutting her off from the outside world, and begins forging her signature on checks and even imitating Blanche's voice so she can have her credit restored with the liquor store. As if serving Blanche her dead pet bird, and then later a dead rat from the cellar, wasn't enough, Jane stops feeding Blanche altogether, even tying her up in bed and taping her mouth shut as Jane desperately tries to resurrect her show business career by rehearsing with a smarmy British piano player. As Jane's behavior grows increasingly unhinged and dangerous, the suspicions regarding Jane grow larger, and the authorities must somehow find Jane and rescue Blanche before it's too late.