Wisconsin State Journal October 28, 1979 Flaky singer of raunchy songs breaks out of her stereotype in a dramatic, emotional…
Category: Movies
ZZZ
BetteBack October 27, 1979: Misspelling On Signage
Garden City Telegram October 27, 1979 SIGN LANGUAGE: Twentieth Century-Fox has just erected an immense, attention-getting sign on Broadway touting…
BetteBack October 23, 1979: The Rose
Lethbridge Herald October 23, 1979 ROSE, THE (R) – Bette Midler, Alan Bates, Frederic Forrest. (Drama with music). This story…
BetteBack October 17, 1979: Bette Midler Visits Chicago For ‘Rose’ Premiere
Madison Capital Times October 17, 1979 Bette Midler will make a rare personal appearance in Chicago on Oct. 28-30 to…
BetteBack October 14, 1979: What’s Bette Midler Doing Now?
Salina Journal October 14, 1979 Q: Is it true that Bette Midler is going to be starring in a movie?…
Fans Start Grassroots Movement for HOCUS POCUS Broadway Musical (How You Can Help)
Broadway World Fans Start Grassroots Movement for HOCUS POCUS Broadway Musical March 28, 2013 Fans of the Disney film “Hocus…
BetteBack October 3, 1979: The Polish Nightingale
Madison Capital Times October 3, 1979 Bette Midler is plugging her new movie, “The Rose.” And with news of the…
TV: When good actors go bad
Mister D: I actually like the movie they picked for Bette! San Fransisco Gate TV: When good actors make bad…
BetteBack March 8, 1979: Midler plays drug* riddled Rose
Winnipeg Free Press March 8, 1979 HOLLYWOOD–”I think she’ll paralyse everyone with her performance,” says Mark Rydell. “She’ll just take…
BetteBack February 20, 1979: Liza Loses Out to Bette in Lead
Blytheville Courier News February 20, 1979 It’s going to be Bette Midler as star of Allan Carr‘s “Melody”–and not Liza…
“Phil Spector” Movie: “…you’ll spend the entire movie wishing Midler had been able to do it.”
Washington Post HBO’s ”˜Phil Spector’: A courtroom sketch with too much gray By Hank Stuever Updated: Friday, March 22, 7:00…
Liz Smith: Bette Mider Should Have Won Oscar For “The Rose”
Telegram Liz Smith March 22, 2013 Out in Los Angeles, critics and audiences are raving about Randy Johnson’s “One Night…
BetteBack September 21, 1978: The abusive Bette Midler is a Rose
Winnipeg Free Press September 21, 1978 She burst onto the scene after having established herself as one of the leading…
Helen Mirren: “Bette Midler would have been absolutely brilliant in the role…” (Phil Spector)
Vancouver Sun Phil Spector film ‘an amalgam of fiction, imagination and reality’ Helen Mirren calls HBO movie on reviled music…
BetteBack September 17, 1978: Did Bette Midler Make Any Movies Before The Rose?
Salina Journal September 17, 1978 Q: I understand Bette Midler has just made a movie called “The Rose.” They say…
BetteBack August 4, 1978: Filming A Party Scene For “The Rose”
Lethbridge Herald August 4, 1978 HOLLYWOOD (NBA) – Parties are parties, even parties staged for movies. They have a tendency…
Favorite Location Shoots
New York Times When This Stranger Knocks, It’s Thrilling March 15, 2013 Paul Kostick, a New Yorker by way of Colorado (where…
BetteBack June 30, 1978: Bette Midler Goes Full Force On “The Rose”
Lethbridge Herald Bette Midler Goes Full Force On “The Rose” June 30, 1978
Phil Spector: TV Review
Mister D: As most of you know Bette Midler was originally to star in this movie with Al Pacino, but…
BetteBack May 1, 1978: Bette Midler Films Her First Scene For “The Rose”
Lima News May 1, 1978 Bette Midler did her first scene as a movie star in “The Rose ” at…
BetteBack April 24, 1978: Bette To Start Filming The Rose This Week
Pulaski Southwest Times April 24, 1978 Bette Midler will play Ihe sort of role the late rock star Janis Joplin…
BetteBack April 25, 1978: The Tiny But Larger Than Life Midler
Lima Daily News April 25, 1978 NEW YORK – I followed Bette Midler around at her party interviewing her. “Why,…
BetteBack May 10, 1978: Bette’s A Hit On The New York Streets
Lima News Bette Midler May 10, 1978 /.