Robert Aldrich Hudson, made for Douglas' company at Universal. Aldrich tried to make "Cross of Iron" with John Mills but could not get finance. Aldrich then went back to Italy where he directed a Biblical spectacular, "Sodom and Gomorrah" (1962) for Joseph E. Levine. Aldrich disparaged the final film, which ended up costing $6 million. Aldrich rejuvenated his career by optioning the novel "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" (1962) for the Associates and Aldrich Company. He signed Bette Davis and Joan Crawford as stars, got Lukas Heller to write the script, and raised finance through Warner Bros. The film was a
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962 film) Ever Happened to Baby Toto?" Shaun Considine's book "" (1989) chronicles the actresses' rivalry, including their experience shooting this film. Comedy duo "French and Saunders" (Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French) did a BBC episode called "Whatever Happened to Baby Dawn" on 22 March 1990. In 1991, the film was remade as a television film starring real-life sisters Vanessa and Lynn Redgrave. In 2006, Christina Aguilera adopted a new alter ego called Baby Jane after Bette Davis' character in the film. In episode 4 of , the queens' acting chops are tested in parody movie sequels of RuPaul<nowiki>'s favourite movies. A