If "The Accident" Had Not Happened, Would The 'Baby Jane' Story Have Played Out Differently??????????????????????

                         On first thought, I said yes, but on a second thought I think there would have been some differences.

                        Viewers knew that Blanche, as an adult, became the biggest movie star of the Thirties.  Jane, at that point, was making crappy films, courtesy of her sister, and descending further into alcoholism.  When seen in the present day, she is an alcoholic who is childishly dependent on her sister.  Oh, she knows how to forge signatures on checks, but Blanche is the one maintaining the house, paying the bills, because Jane is simply incapable.  Left to her own devices, Jane would have lost the house and ended up where she does, anyway.

                             With no accident, Blanche has more autonomy and could get things done.  She would have seen through Edwin Flagg's shameless exploitation of Jane and put a stop to that.

                               Granted, all this would have enraged Jane.  So, the idea of Elvira not being killed remains questionable.  She would have had a greater chance of survival, because Blanche, completely mobile, could have stepped in and tried to stop things.

                                  Had Blanch been successful, or even if not, she would have known it was time to institutionalize Jane.  There would have been no scene on the beach, no death bed confession and no final dance on the beach.  Blanche would simply have placed Jane somewhere, gone on to sell the house, and lived out her life in a smaller, more comfortable place.

                                    As reality, this makes sense.  As a movie, it would be a bore.

                                    So, wasn't the fictional story more fun, darlings?????????????