Jane Eyre (1943 film) the score for "Jane Eyre". When the film's producer, Kenneth Macgowan, asked Herrmann what work he had done before, the composer angrily replied, "Well, I never hearda "you", either!" Herrmann based his score for "Jane Eyre" on the score he had written for "Rebecca" (December 9, 1938), the first episode of Welles's radio series, "The Campbell Playhouse". Alfred Newman, head of the Fox music department, admired Herrmann's work for RKO and gave him the rare privilege of conducting his own score—the first of many that Herrmann wrote for the studio. "Jane Eyre" was in production from February 3 until mid-April
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (novel) by Brian Taggert, based on the novel "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" by Henry Farrell and the 1962 theatrical film of the same name. It stars real-life sisters Lynn Redgrave as Baby Jane Hudson and Vanessa Redgrave as Blanche Hudson, in the roles previously played by Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in the 1962 adaptation. The film was adapted to contemporary times, with Blanche's film success taking place in the 1960s instead of the 1930s. Her films were being rediscovered on home video instead of television reruns. Jane had been a child film star (replacing the original's vaudeville success),