Stonewall Monthly Film Series with OUTSFL Presents Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?

Stonewall’s Monthly Film Series returns to What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, the 1962 psychological thriller that transformed Hollywood melodrama into something feral, camp, and unforgettable. Set inside a crumbling Los Angeles mansion, the film follows former child star Baby Jane Hudson and her sister Blanche—once a celebrated actress herself—as decades of resentment, jealousy, and warped devotion curdle into cruelty. With Bette Davis and Joan Crawford delivering two of the most iconic performances ever captured on film, the story blends gothic tension with razor‑edged glamour, exposing the darker side of fame and the fragile identities it leaves behind.

This screening invites audiences to revel in a queer‑beloved classic whose heightened performances, barbed dialogue, and decadent decay have shaped drag, camp aesthetics, and LGBTQ+ cultural imagination for generations. As part of Stonewall’s commitment to honoring the lineage of queer‑claimed cinema, the evening offers space to explore how themes of aging, rivalry, reinvention, and survival echo through our own histories—and why this film continues to captivate, inspire, and delight