Bette Davis film, "Lady for a Day"), based on a story by Damon Runyon. She accepted her next role, in the Grand Guignol horror film "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" (1962), after reading the script and believing it could appeal to the same audience that had recently made Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" (1960) a success. She negotiated a deal that would pay her 10% of the worldwide gross profits in addition to her salary. The film became one of the year's biggest successes. Davis and Joan Crawford played two aging sisters, former actresses forced by circumstance to share a decaying Hollywood mansion.
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? show, "Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?" was made in colour. Also, "The Likely Lads" had been quite "stagy" (in the theatrical sense) in its format, being studio bound with little in the way of location filming. The 1970s series made extensive use of location filming in and around the north-east. In terms of humour, the two shows are very different. "The Likely Lads" had been a broad comedy, full of jokes and obvious gags, whereas "Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?" used much subtler humour, derived from the dialogue and characterisation, often interspersed with sentimentality and even touches of