People Magazine TV Clip
Edited Clip Of Bette Midler in ‘The Rose In Concert’
By Mister D
August 8, 2022
The Bette Midler Sequence Starts At (18:20) This Midler sequence from the filming of “The Rose,” starring Bette Midler, is an edited segment for the People TV show filmed on September 19, 1978. I remember there used to be a full segment at one time, so you might want to check. There were a few interviews. You saw Bette having to do three takes of the song, and when she is walking off the stage, they announce one more take, and she pretends to collapse on the ground, but it was meant to be funny. I’m too tired to look up to see if that full version is up, but I’m pretty sure YouTube took it down.
The Voiceover explains that the audience for this “live concert” got paid $15 apiece to pretend to be concertgoers in the movie. How lucky can you get? The reporter talks to several audience members and leaves it to a straight guy not to know who she is, but he’s a fan now.
Mark Rydell, the director, gives direction to the tens of thousands of extras, telling them to be really enthusiastic, and I remember he said try not to scream Bette Midler I really don’t think that they needed to be told. Well, I guess it didn’t hurt. I would have loved to be there, and from what I heard, it was a full day. Bette entertained throughout doing other songs from The Rose along with other rock songs while things were being set up. You can find the audio on my site: Bootleg Betty.
Loved this! I was an extra for her indoor concert scenes filmed at the Wiltern Theatre in L.A. We were asked to dress in 1960’s attire and not call her Bette. She’s the Rose!
Thats so cool. I had heard that. Don’t you think they filmed that and it’s just lying around somewhere. I don’t know if you saw this but I have a lot of audio from that concert but the sounds not so hot if you haven’t heard it, type in the search engine on my site The Rose in Concert and it should come up.. I’m writing this in my phone. I just killed my laptop. Me and my boyfriend of 30 years broke up and I just got screwed over so badly financially and we had talked about Under any circumstances that it would be 50/50’cause we didn’t want to fight like other people did. Well. He walked off with over 300 thou I walked off with 50 thou. I went in with my mok ny getting a townhoud the setting j just hate iy. I loved where I edd living im 3 acreds in a giant hill surrounded by forests and wild LLC
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Again, thank you for posting this too! Just fantastic. Why this wasn’t included in The Criterion Collection release of The Rose is beyond me! So great to see this scene/song in a completely different way. Still my favorite film and she was robbed of The Oscar! How I wish I was there, and I lived so close to the location, but didn’t know about it. Don, hope you are doing better! 😉 Bette is the Best!!!!!! One more tour, music box set and oh, please, anything, Bette!!!
I know. I would have loved to have been at that concert. I’ll kick you, You’ll kick me
Anything for my little Ronnie! 🙂