Winnipeg Free Press
September 18, 1976
Q: I’m a big fan of Bette Midler and I’d like to know why Hollywood hasn’t discovered her yet? As the song goes: she oughta be in pictures. – Melissa Everett.
A: She’s going to be in pictures – Columbia Pictures, specifically. The-Divine Miss M will star in several upcoming films for that company, as well as develop other properties for them under a newly formed Bette Midle-Aaron Russo Production Company. Mr. Russo is the singer’s manager and also heads Bette’s other film company, Divine Pictures.