Even though she's not a singer, she pulls it off.

@Sunshine-zm1fx

3 жыл бұрын

Bette Davis knew how to play to her strengths.

If you had to pick one performer, performing one particular song at one moment in history, this is the perfect example. A small little sample of why for a brief moment in our past we all came together and literally worked together and saved the world. Quite a difference when you look at the events of today.

@Vejur9000

Жыл бұрын

Beautifully said.

@scottsdaleglenn

9 ай бұрын

I couldn’t have said that better.

She is so freaking fabulous.

@ericmatison4684

3 жыл бұрын

Mae west/dick cavett

Love that Davis had a Sense of Humour and wasnt afraid to Kid her sophisticated screen image !

Bette Davis, one of the greatest and glamorous actress ever to walk the planet.

Bette Davis was 35 in 1943. Seeing her get tossed around at 3:45 is hilarious.

When she was asked to do a retake of her jitterbug, Bette Davis said one time was enough.

Bette actually hurt her leg badly during this scene. The young guy who danced with her was a huge fan and was terrified to swing his idol in the air plus Bette hated the swinging part and told him to just forget that she’s Bette Davis and get it over with. She ended up finishing the scene in one take and refused to do it again♥️😁✨

@LaDivinaLover

11 ай бұрын

She tore her meniscus. Lol that’s what it said in her book. I’ve had one of those and they are SO PAINFUL. 😅

@melissameyers7347

7 ай бұрын

@@LaDivinaLover If that's true then she kept it together really well during the scene!

@elizabethcloutman8913

4 ай бұрын

@@melissameyers7347 Indeed. She was ever the trooper! What a pro!

I never seen Bette sing in a musical film before, she's great :)

Bette's great feat was her talent as a film actress' triumph over her modest talents in most other ways. She couldn't sing, so she DIDN'T sing, she merely scatted and acted it. Brilliant.

@timirish2563

4 жыл бұрын

She out-Dietrichs Dietrich in this great spokes-song--so sophisticated and funny. She couldn't carry a tune in a bucket but she could play comedy marvelously. She should have done more. It was she who was primarily responsible for the creation and success of that nightclub exclusive to the armed forces, The Hollywood Canteen. She did more for the war effort than ten John Waynes...

@dianaaljadeff2983

3 жыл бұрын

She acted the song as she did in Baby Jane and all the times she sang in her films and on Tv

@bruce92106

Жыл бұрын

@@timirish2563 That was well said couldn't of said better because you're so right she worked tirelessly non stop for the servicemen and war effort gave her all

@elizabethcloutman8913

Жыл бұрын

@@timirish2563 Also the fabulous John Garfield played a huge part. He and Bette worked tirelessly to set up the Hollywood Canteen. Garfield was inspired by his visit to the Stage Door Canteen in NYC.

No one can say, "daaaling" like Bette Davis!!!!!!!!!! 😚😚😚😚

Miss Bette is so fantastic and stupendous - there is nothing that she cannot do Otherworldly 💫💫

Bette one of the greatest actresses who ever walked the planet, is also a great comedienne. It com'es out naturally.

@JRobbySh

4 жыл бұрын

I like her in her earlier movies. She became more mannered later.

Her look in this scene is so cute and shrewd at one time. Bette was a great actress

That dance looked painful, what a pro.

She speaks so many truths in this scene lmao. What a great moment!

Great work, Bette! And you look gorgeous!

My parents were from that era and it always fascinated me. Even though the world was at war the Country and people pulled together worked hard tried hard and did everything they could. We simply lost all that.

@scottsdaleglenn

9 ай бұрын

So true

All the studios mustered their contract talent to 'volunteer' for patriotic wartime revues. Bette was the prime mover behind WB's project, which remains one of the most amusing, partly bc it majored on unlikely singers: Errol Flynn, John Garfield and Hattie McDaniel as well as Bette herself. Jack Warner wanted to keep the profits, but she shamed him into donating them to the Hollywood Canteen.

@Arkelk2010

Ай бұрын

And she was one of the big forces behind the Hollywood Canteen in the first place.

its completely Bette, fabulous!

She owned all her scenes. Wow.

I love it, Bette Davis dancing. I've been searching this for years. I read on her documentary when she danced. thanks much for sharing. I'm a huge fan of Better.

@rogerpropes7129

5 жыл бұрын

Years later she told how that young dancer seriously hurt her knee and she could barely finish the number.

This? Is iconic. Just iconic. Like Davis.

Please get more of Bette Davis films on iTunes!

She's so beautiful!!!

Bette Davis, Vivien Leigh and Meryl Streep, the greatest of all greats.

@pereiraplaza222

4 жыл бұрын

And Salma Hayek

@non8236

4 жыл бұрын

And Shirley too

@faithmitchell8310

4 жыл бұрын

yessss i 100 percent agree omg in that order aswell

@patbest7057

Жыл бұрын

First two agree

I didn't know she could sing, she did a great job combining Talk & Sing in this performance. The other version I heard was Jane Froman's.

@linchen008

4 жыл бұрын

No, she can't sing at all. But that couldn't stop her giving a great performance. This is just genius.

Brilliant lyrics.

@elizabethcloutman8913

4 ай бұрын

Yes, you are so right! The lyrics are so great in this song. The song was a collaboration with composer Arthur Schwartz and composer/lyricist Frank Loesser, who went on to write hit musicals such as “Guys and Dolls,” “How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying,” two classic musicals with great film adaptations. Thinking about how clever and funny the lyrics in many of Loesser’s songs are, I would bet the lyrics to this song are his. Arthur Schwartz wrote many classic popular songs, such as “By Myself,” “Dancing in the Dark” (from “The Band Wagon,”1931) and “That’s Entertainment (from “The Bandwagon,” 1953).

I've heard Bette sing this song in her later album when she was much older. But I've NEVER seen this musical clip of her before, and I've seen everything she's ever done, I think.

She's terrific!

thanks for posting this. I was looking for a copy of this song with only the song this just what I needed. thanks

My fav actress ever

LOL......dat waz soooo silly. Loved it! 🥂

Thank you I never seen this ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Bette era perfetta in tutto quello che faceva !!! che artista che era !!!

The Greatest!!

I express thanks to Warner Archive Instant for sharing these videos, this will be my first time viewing. If Ms. Davis is actually singing, her voice is beautiful.

@jasonplatt2228

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, Bette Davis is the one singing in this with her actual voice! And she is wonderful!

@mskiara18

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for verifying sir.

@noelmaldonado5117

6 жыл бұрын

RareEnigma™ I think she has a very good voice

@JoeLibby

5 жыл бұрын

@@noelmaldonado5117 Her's is an untrained singing voice. But she SOLD that number!

@danafreddy

4 жыл бұрын

It's not a voice to write home about, guys, c'mon. An untrained singing voice in the era of studio system? I am thinking after some deliberation she must have been encouraged to keep it under wraps, except of course for the morale efforts for the odd world wars

Made me wince watching her in the dance routine. Love Bette Davis.

@Marie247art

2 жыл бұрын

I saw her in an interview telling the jitterbug champion to just " go for it" and not tell her what he was going to do. She really banged her knee on the floor also.

One of the greatest😸👍

Bette 😩😢♥️

That strange poster portrait of enlisted men. But delighted to see her as I've only heard it. Thanks!

Wow! Hit it better!

Magnificent

You can also spot perennial movie drunk Jack Norton in this number (mostly with his back to the camera).

Extremely clever Frank Loesser lyrics. "I'll never never fail ya...when are in Australia" " When flying over Egypt...your heart will never be gypped" LOL

She Nail It Love Her 💘 One Of The Greatest Actress Ever RIH Beautiful Angel 😇 💖 You Are Love And Miss

Me rn😭😭😭 relates!

Oh, she got her share during the war believe me!

Anyone else but me thinks that Bette Davis should have had her own fashion line or shop after acting, considering her talent with a needle and thread?

She was quite the elegant one.

"You marched away and left this town as empty as can be And I am like the driftwood in a deadly calm at sea I can't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me. For there is no secret lover that the draft board didn't discover. They're either too young or too old They're either too gray or too grassy green The pickings are poor and the crop is lean What's good is in the Army, what's left will never harm me They're either too old or too young So, darling, you'll never get stung Tomorrow I'll go hiking with that Eagle Scout unless I get a call from grandpa for a snappy game of chess They're either too warm or too cold They're either to fast or too fast asleep So, darling, believe me, I'm yours to keep They're isn't any gravy, the gravy's in the Navy. They're either too fresh or too stale There is no available male I will confess to one romance I'm sure you will allow He tried to serenade me, but his voice is changing now. They're either too bald or too bold I'm down to the wheelchair and bassinet My heart just refuses to get upset I simply can't compel it to, with no Marine to tell it to I'm either their first breath of spring or else, I'm their last little fling! I either get a fossil or an adolescent pup I either have to hold him off or have to hold him up The battle is on, but the fortress will hold They're either too young or too old (Orchestral Break) I'll never, never fail ya while you are in Australia Or out in the Aleutians Or off among the Rooshians And flying over Egypt Your heart will never be gypped And when you get to India I'll still be what she's been to ya I've looked the field over And lo and behold! They're either too young or too old"

My country Australia named in this song

Let's give it up for the Mayor of Mayberry! I swear I've seen that taxi in some other Warner Brothers movies.

I DON'T CARE about our age difference. I would LOVE to meet you. 💗

Baby Jane notwithstanding, I never knew Bette could sing and she’s not bad!

She told how in the dance when she fell she seriously hurt her knee and barely could finish the number.

@ev8870

3 жыл бұрын

I winced when her knee hit the floor. Looked like it hurt, but she carried on like a pro.

@Tonabillity

3 жыл бұрын

@@ev8870 Is that why she’s grasping her knee at the end?

@ev8870

3 жыл бұрын

@@Tonabillity I think so, but, like the consummate actor she was, she incorporated it into the character. Truly brilliant.

@Tonabillity

3 жыл бұрын

@@ev8870 No kidding. I was watching with the sound off, and the emotion emitting from her face is simply soul-shaking!!

Not bad.Heared some songs of Loesser now. But "Wonderful Copenhagen" is and remains his best work

@Juliaflo

9 ай бұрын

How about 'Guys and Dolls'?

I don’t know what it is, but I feel like Bette Davis never looked more like Bette Davis than she does in this scene.

@purplemonkeydishwasher4241

5 ай бұрын

I know what you're saying. Her eyes really stand out in this scene.

HaHaHa... Oh No with the Jitterbug!!!

ah ha ah ha

During the jitterburg scene, Davis hurt her knee. You can see her rubbing it when she's back outside. The director asked to do the scene again but Davis declined.

It's Bette, but I like the Hattie McDaniel number better.

@rosalynjohnson488

3 жыл бұрын

I know lol Ice cold Katie please marry the Soldier.

FLYNN WAS ALWAYS THE BIGGEST STAR FROM THIS MOVIE

She looks like she’s being attacked in that dance break.

fabulous, its funny to think while Tokyo Rose and Axis Sally were telling servicemen that their girlfriends were cheating on them the American response was there aren't any handsome men left to cheat with

I have not seen this for years, remembering it for Bette dodging high notes and being thrown around. Now it comes over as less farcical, more wistful, with that gesture of renunciation at the end that anticipates Margo Channing. Bette was always good at frustration. Like many an amateur, she phrases the lyrics' plays on words too deliberately: reciting rather than throwing them off, as a past mistress of acting while singing such as Ginger Rogers would have done. Bette should have used speak-singing like Rex Harrison. But she gets the message over. There were a lot of sex-starved ladies on the wartime home front, and this is as much a song for the times as 'Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree' was for the guys whose poster she was contemplating.

Gorgeous lady!! Wish she was as famous as marilyn

@JRobbySh

4 жыл бұрын

Now we can see so many of her films why she kept working.

@tharold8730

3 жыл бұрын

She IS!!!!!

It’s like they wrote a song just for me ~🤨

I came here because of a separate peace book

This part is not that good of bette Davis as errol flynn part is way better than hers it crazy she as more like than errol flynn it sad people can't see. Wow.

Lol she is 111 years old herself and talking about "they're too old".

@stmichl9433

4 жыл бұрын

She would be in her 30s here, dumbo. She's not old.

@margarethhoughton6782

4 жыл бұрын

@@stmichl9433 r/woosh

@vintageman91

4 жыл бұрын

Haha, She was 34-35 here so yes i can understand if a 18 year old would be too young and a 65 year old too old.

@pereiraplaza222

4 жыл бұрын

@@stmichl9433 You have to live in the present.

@stmichl9433

4 жыл бұрын

Snelle Psycho I am living in the present! Where do you live? You're clueless

She's lousy as a singer and the so-called dancing is all passive, but B. D. is to be commended for adding such vulnerability as an artist to the war effort - the last great war involving the US. There are far better recordings of the song, the best being the deliberate snippet of Kitty Carlisle Hart in Woody Allen's "Radio Days" (even the Maxwell House coffee sign is truncated if you look at the stills shot during production). Thanks WB for the BD shtick. (\) FK Frederic Kahler, Apalachicola

Smoking is so dirty and ugly.

She was a great actress, but to me, she was not very pretty.

@johnlorenzen4633

4 жыл бұрын

I disagree

@alangallagher4040

3 жыл бұрын

That's the point she made...thus she's beautiful!

@esmeephillips5888

3 жыл бұрын

Legend has it that the Warners employee sent to meet the newly signed Bette from the East missed her bc 'Nobody looking remotely like a movie star got off that train.'

@angelaattenbon4788

3 жыл бұрын

She was much more than pretty.

@randomfornow

2 жыл бұрын

she is cute though

"You marched away and left this town as empty as can be And I am like the driftwood in a deadly calm at sea I can't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me. For there is no secret lover that the draft board didn't discover. They're either too young or too old They're either too gray or too grassy green The pickings are poor and the crop is lean What's good is in the Army, what's left will never harm me They're either too old or too young So, darling, you'll never get stung Tomorrow I'll go hiking with that Eagle Scout unless I get a call from grandpa for a snappy game of chess They're either too warm or too cold They're either to fast or too fast asleep So, darling, believe me, I'm yours to keep They're isn't any gravy, the gravy's in the Navy. They're either too fresh or too stale There is no available male I will confess to one romance I'm sure you will allow He tried to serenade me, but his voice is changing now. They're either too bald or too bold I'm down to the wheelchair and bassinet My heart just refuses to get upset I simply can't compel it to, with no Marine to tell it to I'm either their first breath of spring or else, I'm their last little fling! I either get a fossil or an adolescent pup I either have to hold him off or have to hold him up The battle is on, but the fortress will hold They're either too young or too old (Orchestral Break) I'll never, never fail ya while you are in Australia Or out in the Aleutians Or off among the Rooshians And flying over Egypt Your heart will never be gypped And when you get to India I'll still be what she's been to ya I've looked the field over And lo and behold! They're either too young or too old"