BETTE DAVIS SINGS I've Written A Letter To Daddy - Whatever Happened To Baby Jane

[@cartermd457]

This should’ve won the Oscar hands down. Her singing, dancing, and facial expressions are on point. She nailed this role

[@AnthonyWilliams-li5mz]

I couldn’t agree with you more. Yes once again mistakes Oscars don’t see.

[@ashashraa6579]

@@AnthonyWilliams-li5mz Look I am a huge fan of Bette as well but as great as Bette was in Baby Jane, that year nobody else deserved an Oscar for best actress more than Ann Bancroft. She was giving one of the greatest performances ever on the silver screen (alongside the equally great Patty Duke of course) in The Miracle Worker. They both deservedly won an Oscar on their nominated category that year.

[@kiss.me.monster]

@@ashashraa6579 I agree. They were both worthy. Anne Bancroft was just as magnificent as Bette.

[@karllieck9064]

​@@ashashraa6579I totally agree.

[@dpf5939]

​@@kiss.me.monsterIt would have been great if it was a tie like Katherine Hepburn and Barbara Streisand a few years later. Bette needed a 3rd oscar.

[@tanyasimon595]

Bette Davis did her own makeup for 'Baby Jane.' The super stars of her era learned from the best studio makeup guys, so she was able to elaborate just how scary she would come across on the screen. The fact it was filmed in black & white served to intensify the madness. Thank director Robert Aldrich for giving Ms. Davis the freedom to exploit insanity. Just brilliant.

[@Enri45100]

This is the saddest moment of the film. I feel compassion for Jane. She is a grown up woman acting as a little girl. We realised that Jane is completely insane in a horrible way. And the music helps a lot. The tune is supposed to be charming and sweet, and performing by Bette Davis becomes grotesque and poignant.

[@athenamagos3941]

I agree

[@ViolettaD1485]

The movie gives a perfect example of why parents' favoring one child over the other damages both the Golden Child and the Scapegoat.

[@The_Not_So_Great_Cornholio]

You don't say

[@AnnaLVajda]

True horror queen.

[@blondie9422]

Britney Spears

[@williamsweeney5255]

Victor Buono was brilliant in this scene without uttering a word.

[@ducter2001]

Maybe he could have shown just a bit more effort -to make it look bealievable that he was actually playing the piano. To me he was too static, but that aside, a brilliant scene throughout!

[@harperstacey9604]

Victor buono appeared in an episode of Perry Mason.

[@Kexgoija]

WONDERFUL VICTOR BUONO! I can see why Jane was infatuated . He wooed beautifully .

[@Kexgoija]

@@ducter2001 Forget the petty details . Victor was a real catch for Jane .

[@patriciagarces3415]

He could barely contain his disgust. Lol

[@matandch]

Bette Davis was absolutely the best at playing insane people. Her follow up in Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte was another insane masterpiece.

[@Kexgoija]

Compare the sweet Charlotte driving off in the cab in a triumphal ending . "Kind of" reminds you of Tony Perkins at the end of "PSYCHO'.

[@twill5077]

Never thought about it like this, but you're absolutely correct. She was really good playing the insane.

[@Whycic]

Jnmk

[@lorna8164]

Nobody like her, she was a fantastic actress.

[@Kexgoija]

@@lorna8164 Interesting sideline: Claudette Colbert said that there was only one actress who didn't use the casting couch -- BETTE DAVIS . Oh, the old days . Wonder about today..

[@jacquelinejoyce8066]

Bette Davis was such a brave actress. Her performance as Baby Jane would certainly be one of her bravest performances. Bette deserved an Oscar for this.

[@Chumbawumba868]

yeah. just ask her daughter....BD Hyman.

[@cassia3363]

Acthnng-wise, whrn it comes to coursge displayed, it's as if thr role Michael Jeter played hn Thr Fisher Khng was tht lead part. Jesus. Can't evrn imaghne doinh that. Bette was trhly one of a kind.

[@neilblackshaw3486]

Such a sad moment in the film. A broken human being, who can't accept life had moved on, and the can only cling onto happier childhood times. Shattering.

[@bigdaddycool6930]

This, and the line from Jane near the end “you mean, all this time… we could’ve been friends?” Both super sad, heartbreaking moments.

[@Seattle-2017]

Absolutely classic scene. Nobody could do nut case like Bette Davis. The guy playing piano; we've all been in his shoes - he's like: "Oh my God. WHAT did I get myself into?!?"

[@seanmorrissey6286]

I would have added in the script : "...HEY Blanche, why DON'TCHA come down a do a dance FA us !"

[@eddv6090]

I could never tell if he actually fell in love with Jane or he was just interested

[@Seattle-2017]

@@eddv6090 Neither. He stayed there for the only reason anybody stays with an insufferable employer - money.

[@darthroden]

Between Bettie Davis singing, and the reactions by Joan Crawford and Victor Brono, this scene was brilliant all around.

[@Dpageantbuff]

I'm obsessed with this movie! It's so thrilling without any gore!

[@EYE_GOTCHA]

I do, too - I especially love Edwin and his mother (his “sec-re-tree”)!

[@avaranabraham8507]

@@EYE_GOTCHA with a hint of slapstick

[@Kexgoija]

I love it because it's a classic: it could never be remade better.

[@donspringstead1649]

Well...what about the dead bird and the rat? lol..great movie

[@Mike8981]

Hmmmm - there is quite a bit of gore

[@miguelalbuquerque8450]

This song is my favorite part of the movie, because it represents what Jane has gone through. We can feel how their father's death affected her, and how her life started going downhill after it

[@uprightape100]

Bette was once a gorgeous young thang who managed to stay relevant and keep her career moving later in life by scaring the shit outta people. One of the greats.

[@Stephanvann1965]

One of HOLLYWOOD'S true legends.

[@maryfreebed9886]

Also I wouldn't be a bit surprised if she preferred this role to the ones she played when she was young. It looks way more fun.

[@ryan010able]

she could play any role, that was her talent. she was never one dimensional

[@ThePlur427]

She understood the assignment 100%. And she knew how to embrace her age and keep in the spotlight with relevant roles. Something Joan had trouble with. Apparently the directors had a lot of issues because where they needed her to look not her best to fit the character she would apparently keep going to her trailer and coming out looking fresher and younger.

[@primadiva420]

The uncomfortable look on the pianists face drives the creep factor up even higher. This movie was disturbing without any gore or horror. A true classic.

[@GodsChild4Ever446]

This character was the epitome of adult child syndrome at its darkest point. How I wish the academy would have given an Oscar to Bette Davis for this role. She was absolutely brilliant.

[@markwhitman9029]

I would have disliked being an Oscar voter that year because all the nominees were superb! You have Bette's master class Jane Hudson and Anne Bancroft's brilliant Sullivan not to forget memorable Lee Remick's Alcoholic Kierstan Gerald Page and Kate Hepburn! How do you choose? I think Bette would have finally been my choice with Lee Remick close second then eventual winner Anne Bancroft! All five actresses out of this world

[@GodsChild4Ever446]

@@markwhitman9029 yes they’re all great I would have given it to Bette because she had to perform with the insufferable Joan Crawford 🤣🤣

[@TWS-pd5dc]

Victor Buono's reactions are priceless! One of the reasons he was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor that year.

[@lavalampluva55401]

And not very many get nominated when it's their debut movie role.

[@scottfowler7680]

The look on Edwin's face starting around 1:38 is priceless.

[@Katzone]

When Aldrick show us the lights of the inexistent stage, he drags us into the scene, as crazy audience that is taking part to the show and to accept the crazyness of Jane.....Amazing masterpiece

[@AsylumFreak19]

Because of The House Of Wax I'm terrified of this song lol but, Bette Davis will always be my all time favorite female actress

[@aisywu282]

Same point😐

[@mrseddiediaz]

But it made me want to watch the movie and now I can see why they chose it for House of Wax. Lol!

[@AsylumFreak19]

​@@mrseddiediaz same honestly and my grandmother told me that it was a disturbing movie but, Joan and Bette were great for the part

[@effinyu9554]

The looks from the piano player are priceless.

[@JESTERSCOOTER]

Jealousy stole a record breaking third best actress oscar award for Betty. In my book she was the FIRST to 3 OSCARS for best actress

[@NunuAru]

I grew up watching this movie, “What happened to baby Jane” with my mother, and now she’s gone.😢😢

[@bluesurcouf]

I understand the character so well. When the suffering is so high losing your mind is the only way to be able to manage it 😢

[@twill5077]

I love Bette Davis. She's one of the best actresses to ever grace any screen or stage.

[@OSTARAEB4]

Blanche sitting upstairs in the wheelchair knowing how desperate the situation is and realizing Jane has totally flipped!

[@hudsony777]

Poor Joan! Poor Victor Buono!

[@leow3696]

The little look at 0:30 is just a perfect bit of acting by Victor Buono.

[@Fuenzzalicious]

1:06 The Gesture of Jane in this moment Is like she Is really expecting to Her daddy to dance... But suddenly she realized he passed away a long time ago

[@babyjenks1784]

The kind of funny thing about this is that in the "past" Jane had to dance with her arm up to reach her daddy because he was so much taller than her. She was also singing a sort of sappy song about a girl writing a letter to her Daddy in heaven. Well now Jane is an "old woman" and she is singing a song about Daddy being in heaven (which her Daddy is obviously passed away at this point in the movie) and it is like she is reaching her hand up towards heaven dancing with her Daddy (if that makes sense)

[@Fuenzzalicious]

@@babyjenks1784 She is doing the same show with the same song, same dance and doing the same gestures of a dance number that she knows perfectly well. Everything is the same except the time... it has been a long time, she is no longer a little girl and her father is no longer alive. She also cried before while watching herself in the mirror as an old woman, but her behavior is inmature, as a kid... you describe a saner woman Who really understand The reality...

[@lizzieallen2284]

Victor Buono's expressions almost steal the scene

[@ashleyregina]

I recommend going to a piano bar and requesting this.

[@gianlucaguidotti5705]

Bette Davis!!!! Wonderful actress!!! Thanks Bette!!!

[@dreamwithinadreamfilms]

Everyone’s saying “It’s so sad, she’s a grown woman acting like a little girl,” but when I was a teenager I wanted to do my makeup just like this! 😂 Bette Davis and Joan Crawford are such style and fashion icons! 🥰 Even dressed as “a little girl” she looks 10x more fashionable than most women, today! ❤

[@silverlocket3760]

She reminds me of Harley Quinn, has the make up, the childish and adorable personality, not to mention the insanity.

[@hipsterdoofus1026]

I love how it ends in silence instead of the applause if she sang it 45 years earlier

[@debbiemullen2574]

Amazing, Bette Davis never ceases to show her brilliance.

[@stompthedragon4010]

I saw this for the first time when I was 9 years old. It scared me into a panic; in my dark bedroom I was petrified to get out of the bed. I'm 64 now.

[@davidgoldman6913]

The clown makeup & Bette's phenomenal performance... I LOVE IT!!! ✌️👌🏾👍🏼

[@OnlyfullRed]

È un momento drammatico e tristissimo. Bette Davis esce dallo schermo e stringe il cuore dello spettatore.

[@mrs.alucard6669]

I honestly felt sick watching this scene. I felt such compassion and such revulsion towards Jane as I watched and listened to her singing, I even shed a few tears for her. Insanity and the fear of being forgotten is horrible, but Bette Davis acted it so masterfully.

[@Abbondanziouio]

It's tragic, horror and hilarious at the same time

[@allys744]

Brilliant movie. Jane is very messed up, a person who lives in her own fantasies

[@williamneumyer7147]

Someone might say, "Aren't we all?"

[@grandmabessiestafford9288]

@@williamneumyer7147 I was gonna say, like most of us?

[@karllieck9064]

Joan Crawford's wtf look was hilarious.

[@Abbondanziouio]

Yeah

[@ChrisManley1994]

Considering Bette wasn't comfortable/confident that she could pull this song off as singing wasn't her strong point I think she absolutely nailed it!

[@D.N..]

The looks on Victor Buono face are the best !!!! 🥀🤗

[@itsdebs]

She was robbed. She should have been given the Oscar for this.

[@kandisofiadahlan8157]

The actor who played the pianist was excellent👍

[@avaranabraham8507]

the actor who was the pianist he was king tut from batman

[@harperstacey9604]

His name was victor buono.

[@oltedders]

He was nominated for an academy award for his performance in Baby Jane. His 1st movie role!

[@Mike8981]

Was Victor B actually playing the piano?

[@cggg5089]

@@Mike8981 I doubt it. His facial expressions are brilliant, though. He’s like, “Uh, are you kidding me?”

[@MargaretMcLaughlin-c7d]

Victor Bueno such an un-rewarded actor, but such a gem.

[@PADARM]

1:13 wow I just realized the Director put the lights as if it were stage footlights. Brilliant!

[@marshabass3393]

Its not sad its chilling!Bette killed this scene when she sees her true older self!

[@StellaWaldvogel]

Bette somehow managed to be horrifying, heart rending, and hilarious in this scene - all at the same time. Pure genius.

[@flashesofblack4128]

I loved the hilarious expressions of Victor Buonos face. He really did a fine job on showing is utter misery in having to listen to and watch this spectacle of a horrible singer and dancer. If this were in real life he may have been thinking, If I have to perform with the likes of you my salary will have to be quadrupled!

[@maryfreebed9886]

I think it might be even a bit more than that, although plenty of that. From watching this, I get the sense that it has just dawned on him that Jane is fully bonkers, and he's seriously wondering whether performing with her is worth it, or if he might not be in literal danger by being around her.

[@flashesofblack4128]

@@maryfreebed9886 I agree. He looked totally uncomfortable, but his expressions of disgust are priceless.

[@TWS-pd5dc]

@@maryfreebed9886 He was in in for the money, period. In TV Guide his part was described as "an obese opportunist".

[@pamelamays4186]

Blanche be like: Oh no she didn't!

[@katewhite2465]

If one gets the chance to see, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane, in a theatre, jump at the chance. This movie classic takes on a festive communal, Rocky Horror Picture Show, feel in a theatre. No special effects, just a simple script brought to life by two legendary actors.

[@richardpena7153]

Bette Davis, so convincingly, playing a former star gone mad.

[@frostedcherrybon]

I really like her vocals. I didn't know people considered them to be unappealing. I adore this song

[@davidwilliamson9333]

THERES A SIMPLISTIC SWEETNESS ABOUT IT

[@NahualliUoxtitla]

because the idea is it's cute when it's sung by a cute little 5 year old girl, not a 45 year pretending to be one. When it's the latter, it becomes creepy and tragic.

[@markwhitman9029]

@@NahualliUoxtitla she was a lot older than 45!!! LOL

[@NahualliUoxtitla]

@@markwhitman9029 lol ok ok

[@shaaronie]

Thank goodness! I thought I was the only one. The final crescendo is just perfect in my opinion! I really feel that she loved him and she hits that note!

[@Kexgoija]

Most beautiful heartfelt melody to Daddies everywhere on Fathers' Day .

[@Kexgoija]

So soulful! I weep buckets when I hear it. And dream of my Big Big Daddy!!!

[@dimpsey3]

THE BEST ACTRESS-ACTOR ON THE PLANET.THEN AND NOW...

[@jimmypage2138]

she was the best

[@bobbivaneman1584]

Superman hero YES !!!

[@ukelelito]

I agree.

[@rebeccahopkins9522]

This film has fascinated me since I was around 10 yrs. old and saw it for the first time. It was summer break and I stayed up late and watched it with my Dad on Saturday late night movies which used to air on antenna channel 54 out of Vancouver, BC. I’m dating myself I know😂it was the late 80’s. And I instantly loved it. And from that night to every night I’ve ever watched it, with much flourish, Jane’s odd pronunciation and an exaggerated twirl, I end up singing that “written a letter to daddy” song for like a week...getting on the nerves of everyone around me but I can’t even help it 🤣

[@anb7408]

Jane was the epitome of a crazy psycho! And Davis did a splendid job of portraying. She got screwed out of an Oscar for this role.

[@garroncotham5595]

an incredible movie and two of the biggest stars to ever grace the Hollywood heavens...I revisit these performances at least once a year.

[@iwiwd624]

this is one of the old movies my dad showed us as kids i always thought it was so cool. he passed away about a year ago. i miss him so much

[@Roman_NA]

Very wonderful! ❤❤❤

[@BUBBAANDAL]

I just love Bette and Joan ❤❤

[@FFM0594]

They hated each other!

[@josephhooks2387]

"Thete has always been something about this movie that I want to run away from, but I can't hide. Ever so often, I want to watch it again.....and again... There is cringing suspense, macabre madness, heart pounding pity, and murder without one spot of blood. Robert Aldrich had a Turkey and a Masterpiece both at the same time. You are left hanging till the very end about what really happened in the car accident shown at the beginning and why Blanche was in that chair. "BUT YOU ARE BLANCHE! YOU ARE IN THAT CHAIR"!

[@lisawalker8014]

You are so right. I love that part at the end. Spoiler alert is in order here. Just before Baby Jane goes completely batshit and starts dancing around in the sand, a dying Blanche tells her the truth she just says you mean all this time we could have been friends? This is way more like real life than anyone wants to acknowledge, and Baby Jane is a way better movie than anyone wants to acknowledge. That's why people still love it and always will.

[@valeria-militiamessalina5672]

This film immortalized the relationship between these two actresses, later revisited in Feud.

[@veejonesify]

The way she sings ‘SAAAAAYING!’ cracks me up.

[@peterbreughel4440]

Joan Crawford's face is saying 'Davis is stealing this picture from me'.

[@Rommel_Catanov]

una de las mejores peliculas del cine estadounidense que he visto, una verdadera joya.

[@GAMASPLASH]

Bette was robbed of the oscar for this... what injustice

[@markwhitman9029]

I think she deserved to win but not robbed because Anne Bancroft also stellar! Just too many brilliant performances that year

[@chynathegem]

Am I the only one who cries whenever they the song but appreciate the acting of Bette Davis

[@RoseQueen215]

Each time I listen to this song, I was never able to get over the piano player's face as he played and felt like throwing up while he watched her dance... he looked like he was about to barf..

[@beca9521]

This was in House Of Wax movie, i love it 😍💖🤩

[@Kexgoija]

Everyone should have a daddy like hers to sing to. What a talent. And this song rocks!

[@kenfriess7508]

Victor Buono was fantastic!!!

[@ivanbeshkov1718]

Bette nearly returned with her mother to New York in 1931 when the phone rang and the rest is history.

[@TheGreekPianist]

I remember first seeing this scene in House of Wax (2005) as a kid lol

[@duyennguyen-gp4co]

i like this movie

[@duyennguyen-gp4co]

i like this movie and i find link full film

[@allysonjl]

Same

[@movimientoconstituyentemx9919]

I remember when I saw this scene I was visiting the town of Ambrose and I was in the cinema surrounded by corpses covered in wax when suddenly the screen turned on and they projected this beautiful interpretation when two people enter the room hiding and then enter a guy with a shotgun apparently looking for the boys when suddenly the guy stands in front of the screen and aims close to me but almost hits the girl who was hiding and the truth is that it scared me because he almost hit me

[@elisegarrett1317]

God she was iconic.

[@LynnJepson]

Reminds me of Dainty Jane's letter to Mama Rose in Gypsy when she says she dreamed she was an old, old woman still doing Baby Jane.

[@junjiebu2616]

That is *JUNE* not Jane!!!😂

[@Innercreationslife]

Still simply AMAZING!!! Love this part of the film

[@michaellafferty9866]

My all time favourite actress

[@ryanellis6412]

Iconic

[@mstricky1]

Wonderful

[@wayneolsen8965]

How many jaws dropped in movie theatres in 1962?

[@doreeninzirillo9484]

Betty Davis is so funny andthe man playing the piano the faces he makes, makes me laugh

[@evasterenberg]

Am I the only who's afraid of aging like this? That's a damn sad scene.

[@anthonymason3854]

So so true. 😒😒😒💕💕💕💕💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@Heretic1981]

Well it beats the alternative doesn't it?

[@cud9104]

For reals

[@patricknoland7402]

Just remember to use sunscreen, MOISTURIZE and don't drink alcohol. That's all.

[@senorsardonico6153]

@@patricknoland7402 Bette Davis smoked like a chimney, probably the main cause of her aging so badly.

[@JohnDoe-gk7ok]

At 1:16, Victor Buono is like, “What the hell am I doing here?”

[@zachsamuels50]

I love her siging in this it's not that it's the best siging because trust me it's not it's just her voice matches what the character is putting out as a innocent young child.

[@Hudpix16]

Jane is not supposed to have a good voice at this stage, she’s supposed to sound bad, it’s only she thinks she’s still a star, so Bette singing it like that fits the scene.

[@shaaronie]

Yeah, that's it! She sings it in a child-like way! It's the way that she says "dad-dee. She really hits that 2nd syllable.

[@carolribeiro4904]

House of wax brought me here.

[@TwesomE]

Me too! 😉 This weirs beautiful & psychotic song played in the theater was caught my attention,accompanied with the whole scene.And wanted to see which movie was.I discovered it in a taschen book i own called horror cinema!

[@WRK_2]

Me 2 💞😍

[@NunuAru]

Gujarati Bhhbb Bah Jjjgfghkkhgggghjk. John is

[@harperstacey9604]

Carol ribeiro ,, you look like actress Eva larue who played on the soap opera, All my children. Google her photo and see for yourself.

[@gianlucaguidotti5234]

My english Is scolastic. My linguage Is only italian. Excuse me of all american peaple and english peaple if i not writer vert well in english. Bette Davis my actress favorite. In Whatever happened to Baby Jane? She is extraordinarie. Bette Davis the most Great actress of cinema. In her generation many actress Great..... I love cinema...

[@lisawalker8014]

Betty is at her greatest here and John Crawford and Victor blow nose reactions are priceless I think Betty is the greatest actress of all time because she would play old or ugly or crazy or anything as long as it was a juicy role and after seeing her play it you could never forget her because she was the ultimate film actors you can't do it

[@lisawalker8014]

Hollywood had many great actresses but Eddie Davis will always be the queen of them all y'all she was happy to play Old or ugly or crazy or weird as long as it was a juicy role and she always made it Unforgettable and of course I love the brilliant reaction work here from Joan Crawford and Victor buono but hey that was back when giants walked this Earth

[@sandyjuntunen4088]

Such a great movie! Everything a story should be. Hilarious, sad, scary, and unpredictable.

[@markthompson3449]

I don't recall any hilarious moments. (?)

[@ameenkeshavjee4249]

An incredible movie! The subtlety, the nuances, the twist at the end. They don’t make ‘em like this anymore.

[@matiassilva1755]

My favorite movie of all time, Bette Davis was ROBBED at the Oscars

[@cud9104]

everything about this movie is phenomenal, most especially this scene.

[@beautifulmythicalbeing]

I get chills when I watch this. Amazing

[@gianlucaguidotti5234]

Bette Davis Great actress, the most Great of the cinema. In this movie, and in this clip, She perfect in a woman Crazy, in a mental prision. She is baby in a adult Age....

[@TasmaBaton]

Love this film! My Mama loved this film and we’d watch it together when I was a wee one. Haha I STILL love horror -suspense -thrillers thanks to Mom! ❤

[@SeymourDisapproves]

I think about this scene all the time.

[@FFM0594]

I sing this song in the shower.

[@lavalampluva55401]

The story is about broken people. Even Edwin had a horrible upbringing.

[@TwesomE]

I dedicate this song to our long lost father that abandoned us in young age! 😕

[@briansmith5895]

and the piano is in perfect tune