Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? by Henry Farrell

Remember Buffy from the 1960's TV show Family Affair? The young actress was Anissa Jones and she died of a heroin overdose at the age of 18.

Before Lindsay Lohan, McCauley Culkin and Justin Beiber there was this little girl… I don't know why, in this day and age, anyone would subject their own child to it. Being a child star is such a rough path in life. This is a spooky, creepy story but it is told in a very amusing, campy way. I have never seen the famous movie, but I have seen photos and short clips of Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in it. If you're in need of supplemental reading material inspired by Feud, then you can't go wrong with the book that started it all! This edition also included the short story that Hush.Hush, Sweet Charlotte was based upon. Even though I knew how it would end, it was still fascinating to read about. The hatred Jane and Blanche have for each other is so raw and vivid! Obviously Jane's sanity is unraveling, and it's wonderful and scary to watch. Sometimes you learn about motives, other times you don't. What makes books so great is that you're able to delve into characters' minds. This book didn't disappoint the movie sticks pretty closely to the book.

As a result, I've been a big fan of the duo, so it's been wonderful to see them at the end of their movie careers amid a cutthroat film industry. I have been watching Feud: Bette and Joan for a month now, and I'm enthralled! My grandmother introduced me to so many black and white thrillers like The Bad Seed, Dead Ringer, Straightjacket, and my favorite, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane. They don’t ever seem to do anything-or have anyone in for company. “Sometimes I wonder about the two of them over there in that big old house all alone. This edition features exclusive extra material: three previously unpublished short stories by Henry Farrell, including the inspiration for the movie Hush.Hush, Sweet Charlotte, and an introduction that reveals how the original novel came about as well as the behind-the-scenes drama of the iconic film starring Joan Crawford and Bette Davis, now recreated in the TV show Feud. And when Baby Jane decides it's time to revive her childhood act, she won't let anything-or anyone-stand in her way. Crippled by the accident, Blanche is helpless under the control of her abusive sister, who is slowly descending into madness. Now, years later, the two sisters live in a decaying mansion, isolated from the outside world. As Blanche's film career took off, a resentful Jane watched from the shadows as her own career faded into obscurity-until a tragic accident changed everything. Once an acclaimed child star of vaudeville, Baby Jane Hudson performed for adoring crowds before a move to Hollywood thrust her sister, Blanche, into the spotlight.

The literary classic that inspired the iconic film-the story of two sisters and the hell they made their home.

Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? by Henry Farrell