Lindsay Blake Is there any moment in movie history more terrifyingly campy than Bette Davis, playing an aged “Baby Jane” Hudson, dressed in an adult-sized little girl’s dress, hair in curls and large bow, maniacally singing “I’ve Written a Letter to Daddy” while staring at herself in the mirror in “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?” The infamous 1962 psychological horror film is chock full of similarly disturbing moments, truth be told, all set against the backdrop of a grand mansion said to have once belonged to silent film star Rudolph Valentino.
In real life, the pad has no such celebrity pedigree, but its appearance in “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?” has secured its place in the annals of Hollywood history.
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