by Mark Bego
(118)
Geoprgea Kovanis, “A Few Words with John Schuck,” Detroit Free Press, July 19, 1988.
(119)
“Florida Heiress Doesn’t Want Midler Cast in Palm Beached,” St. Petersburg Times, August 22, 1986.
(120)
James Kaplan, “The Real Life Drama behind Bette’s New Hit Show/Bette Midler’s Divine Inspiration,” US (October 30, 2000).
(121)
Marylynn Uricchio, “Comedy Is Proving to Be Bette Midler’s Route to Success,” Pittsburgh Post Gazette, April 22, 1986.
(122)
Big Business, Touchstone Home Video packaging, quoting reviews from both Good Morning America and People.
(123)
Roger Ebert, review of Big Business, Chicago Sun Times, June 10, 1988.
(124)
Marvin Kitman, review of Bette Midler’s Mondo Beyondo, Newsday (1988).
(125)
Susan Spillman, “Bette’s the Boss: Her Production Team Gets Aggressive,” USA Today (January 5, 1989).
(126)
Susan Spillman, “The Delicate Art of Hooking Moviegoers,” USA Today (November 21, 1991).
(127)
Beaches, Touchstone Home Video packaging, quoting reviews from both the Washington Post and the Hollywood Reporter.
(128)
Leonard Maltin, 1998 Movie & Video Guide (Signet Books, 1997).
(129)
Roger Ebert, review of Beaches, Chicago Sun Times, January 13, 1989.
(130)
Ron Graham, “Stella, Reborn As an Unmarried Mother,” New York Times, July 16, 1989.
(131)
Allison J. Waldman, The Bette Midler Scrapbook (Citadel, 1997).
(132)
Roger Ebert, review of Stella, Chicago Sun-Times, February 2, 1990.
(133)
Gene Siskell, review of Stella, Chicago Tribune, February 1990.
(134)
Stanley Kauffmann, review of Stella, New Republic (1990).
(135)
Roger Ebert, review of Scenes from a Mall, Chicago Sun-Times, 1991.
(136)
David Denby, review of Scenes from a Mall, New York (1991).
(137)
Geraldo Rivera with Daniel Paisner, Exposing Myself (Bantam, Doubleday, Dell, 1991).
(138)
Ann Trebbe, “Midler’s Turn to Expose Geraldo,” USA Today (November 4, 1991).
(139)
John Barry, “Bette Makes Geraldo Squirm with Anguish,” Arizona Daily Star, from the Knight-Rider Newswire, November 9, 1991.
(140)
Mitchell Fink, “The Insider/Cadillac Fracas,” People (November 25, 1991).
(141)
“Singer Bette Midler Joins California Program to Clean Freeway,” Arizona Daily Star, from the Associated Press Newswire, November 10, 1991.
(142)
Yakety Yak, Take It Back, video public service tape, 1991.
(143)
Judy Gerstel, “Is It Midler? Or Lip-Synched by Computer?” Tucson’s Arizona Daily Star, from the Knight-Rider newswire, December 6, 1991.
(144)
Jeannie Williams, “How Bette Will Dress for Success,” USA Today (November 13, 1991).
(145)
For the Boys, Twentieth Century Fox, DVD package, quoting various publications’ reviews of the film.
(146)
Bob Thomas, review of For the Boys, Associated Press, 1991.
(147)
Renata Polt, “Holiday Fare/A Musical Comedy Starring the Inimitable Bette Midler,” Pacific Sun, November 29, 1991.
(148)
Mike Clark, “For the Boys, Midler Lets Loose,” USA Today (November 22, 1991).
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“Stars and Gripes,” a review of the film For the Boys, Entertainment Weekly (November 29, 1991).
(150)
Amy Dawes, “Film Reviews/For the Boys,” Daily Variety, November 18, 1991.
(151)
“Movieola,” review of For the Boys, Orbit (December 12, 1991).
(152)
David Patrick Sterns, “Movie Soundtracks with Winning Scores,” USA Today (December 6, 1991).
(153)
Ann Trebbe, “The 49th Annual Golden Globe Awards: A Night of Glitter and Congratulations/Midler’s Burst Bubble,” USA Today (January 20, 1992).
(154)
“Sound-Alike Ads,” USA Today (March 24, 1992).
(155)
Matt Roush, “Bringing Out the Gypsy in Midler/Her Happiest Night with Johnny,” USA Today (July 20, 1993).
(156)
Gypsy, album liner notes, Atlantic Records, 1993.
(157)
Ken Tucker, “Sure Bette,” a review of Gypsy, Entertainment Weekly (December 10, 1993).
(158)
Jonathan Taylor, review of Gypsy, Daily Variety, December 8, 1993.
(159)
Susan Wlosczyna, “Midler, As Divine As Ever,” USA Today (August 27, 1993).
(160)
Stephen Holden, “The Two Sides of Bette Midler, Mushy and Divine,” New York Times, July 16, 1995.
(161)
Michael Wilmington, review of Get Shorty, Chicago Tribune, 1995.
(162)
Janet Maslin, review of Get Shorty, New York Times, 1995.
(163)
Howard Cohen, review of Bette of Roses, Miami Herald, 1995.
(164)
Home Box Office, 1997, promo-interview regarding the HBO special Diva Las Vegas.
(165)
Owen Gleiberman, “Ms. Guided Effort,” Entertainment Weekly (September 27, 1996).
(166)
Richard Corliss, “The Ladies Who Lunge,” Time (October 7, 1996).
(167)
Elizabeth Gleick, “Hell Hath No Fury,” Time (October 7, 1996).
(168)
John Anderson, review of That Old Feeling, Los Angeles Times, 1997.
(169)
Jessica Shaw, “Dial M for Midler,” Entertainment Weekly (September 18, 1998).
(170)
People, 1998, a gossip item from the magazine’s website.
(171)
Sherri Sylvester, “Get Bruce Documents Career of Joke-Writing King,” CNN (from CNN.com website), August 11, 1999.
(172)
Jonathan Mandell, “Always Divine, Now Garbage Has Made Her a Saint,” New York Times, November 17, 1999.
(173)
Clara Hall, “Hard Work If You Can Get It,” Los Angeles Times, Calendar, 2000.
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Jerry Fink, “Midler Divine for Her Globe-Hopping Followers,” Las Vegas Sun, January 3, 2000.
(175)
Susan Wlosczyna, “ ‘Mona Immersed in Swill,” USA Today (March 3, 2000).
(176)
Paul Tatara, “Drowning Mona Has That Sinking Feeling,” CNN (from CNN.com website), March 14, 2000.
(177)
Bill Zwecker, review of Drowning Mona, WMAQ-TV, 2000, as quoted on the DVD package of the film.
(178)
Leonard Maltin, Leonard Maltin’s Movie & Video Guide 2002 (Signet, 2001).
(179)
Mick Martin and Marsha Porter, The Video Movie Guide 2002 (Ballantine, 2001).
(180)
Isn’t She Great? Universal Pictures 2000, DVD package production notes.
(181)
Karen Durbin, “A Princess of Pulp Returns to Even the Score,” New York Times, January 16, 2000.
(182)
Roger Ebert, review of Isn’t She Great? Chicago Sun Times, 2000.
(183)
Laura Fries, “Bette,” a television review, Daily Variety, October 10, 2000.
(184)
Cynthia Littleton, “CBS 3-Peat: Bette, Dear, Fugitive,” Hollywood Reporter, October 31–November 6, 2000.
(185)
Rachel Fischer, “Divine Comedy,” Hollywood Reporter, Show Biz Kids Special Issue, December 2000.
(186)
Marc Cetner, Michael Glynn, Patricia Towle, and Nim Nelson, “Bet
te Midler’s Secret Agony—Pals Fear She’s Heading for a Second Breakdown,” National Enquirer, November 7, 2000.
(187)
“Bette’s Castoffs,” People (December 18, 2000).
(188)
Robert Lloyd, “Cruise Control,” LA Weekly (November 3–9, 2000).
(189)
Tom Gliatoo, “Tube” column, “Finding Lucy,” People (December 4, 2000).
(190)
Cynthia Littleton, “Bette Doesn’t Pay Off for CBS,” Hollywood Reporter, March 6–12, 2001.
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The 43rd Annual Grammy Awards, CBS-TV, February 21, 2001.
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Spring Gala, a benefit held in New York City, to benefit the YMCA, May 22, 2001.
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“Response to Terror: The Air War/Fund Raising,” Los Angeles Times, October 22, 2001.
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Ann Aldenburg, “Celebs Have Helped Raise $200M in Past 3 Months,” USA Today (December 18, 2001).
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DISCOGRAPHY
Bette Midler—Solo Albums
1. “THE DIVINE MISS M” (Atlantic Records) 1972
1. “Do You Want to Dance?” (Bobby Freeman) 2:56
Producer: Joel Dorn
2. “Chapel of Love” (Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and Phil Spector) 2:52
Producers: Barry Manilow, Geoffrey Haslam, and Ahmet Ertegun
3. “Superstar” (Leon Russell and Bonnie Bramlet) 5:09
Producers: Barry Manilow, Geoffrey Haslam, and Ahmet Ertegun
4. “Daytime Hustler” (Jeff Kent) 3:29
Producers: Barry Manilow, Geoffrey Haslam, and Ahmet Ertegun
5. “Am I Blue?” (Grant Clarke and Harry Akst) 5:21
Producer: Joel Dorn
6. “Friends” (Mark Klingman and Buzzy Linhart) 2:49
Producers: Joel Dorn
7. “Hello in There” (John Prine)
Producer: Joel Dorn
8. “Leader of the Pack” (Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and George Morton) 3:41
Producers: Barry Manilow, Geoffrey Haslam, and Ahmet Ertegun
9. “Delta Dawn” (Alex Harvey and Larry Collins) 5:16
Producers: Barry Manilow, Geoffrey Haslam, and Ahmet Ertegun
10. “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” (Don Raye and Hughie Prince) 2:26
Producer: Joel Dorn
11. “Friends” (Mark Klingman and Buzzy Linhart) 2:50
Producers: Barry Manilow, Geoffrey Haslam, and Ahmet Ertegun
2. “BETTE MIDLER” (Atlantic Records) 1973
1. “Skylark” (Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer) 3:02
Producers: Arif Mardin and Barry Manilow
2. “Drinking Again” (Doris Tauber and Johnny Mercer) 2:46
Producers: Arif Mardin and Barry Manilow
3. “Breaking Up Somebody’s Home” (Denise LaSalle) 3:47
Producers: Arif Mardin and Barry Manilow
4. “Surabaya Johnny” (Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht, and Herbert Hartig) 4:52
Producers: Arif Mardin and Barry Manilow
5. “I Shall Be Released” (Bob Dylan) 4:55
Producers: Arif Mardin and Barry Manilow
6. “Optimistic Voices” (E. Y. Harburg, Harold Arlen, and Herbert Stothart)
“Lullaby of Broadway” (Al Durbin and Harry Warren) 2:26
Producers: Arif Mardin and Barry Manilow
7. “In the Mood” (Joe Garland and Andy Razaf) 2:37
Producers: Arif Mardin and Barry Manilow
8. “Uptown” (Thomas McKinney)
“Da Doo Run Run” (Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich, and Jeff Barry) 3:22
Producers: Arif Mardin and Barry Manilow
9. “Twisted” (Wardell Gray and Annie Ross) 2:23
Producers: Arif Mardin and Barry Manilow
10. “Higher and Higher (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me)”
(Gary Lee Jackson, Carl W. Smith, and Raynard Miner) 4:08
Producers: Arif Mardin and Barry Manilow
3. “SONGS FOR THE NEW DEPRESSION” (Atlantic Records) 1976
1. “Strangers in the Night”
(Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder, and Bert Kaempfert) 3:17
Producer: Arif Mardin
2. “I Don’t Want the Night to End” (Phoebe Snow) 3:46
Producer: Moogy Klingman
3. “Mr. Rockefeller” (Bette Midler and Jerry Blatt) 4:02
Producer: Moogy Klingman
4. “Old Cape Cod” (Claire Rothrock, Allan Jeffrey, and Milt Yakus) 2:47
Producers: Joel Dorn and Bette Midler
5. “Buckets of Rain” duet: Bette Midler and Bob Dylan (Bob Dylan) 3:54
Producer: Moogy Klingman
6. “Love Says It’s Waiting” (Nick Holmes) 1:37
Producer: Moogy Klingman
7. “Shiver Me Timbers” (Tom Waits)
“Samedi et Vendredi” (Bette Midler and Moogy Klingman) 6:20
Producer: Moogy Klingman
8. “No Jestering” (Carlton Malcolm) 3:57
Producer: Moogy Klingman
9. “Tragedy” (Gerald Nelson and Fred Burch) 3:03
Producer: Moody Klingman
10. “Marahuana” (Arthur Johnston and Sam Coslow) 2:27
Producers: Joel Dorn and Bette Midler
11. “Let Me Just Follow Behind” (Moogy Klingman) 3:30
Producer: Moogy Klingman
4. “LIVE AT LAST” (Atlantic Records) 1977
1. “Backstage” (dialogue) 0:18
Producer: Lew Hahn
2. “Friends” (Moogy Klingman and Buzzy Linhart)
“Oh, My, My” (Richard Starkey and Vincent Poncia) 2:28
Producer: Lew Hahn
3. “Bang, You’re Dead” (Valerie Simpson and Nicholas Ashford) 3:15
Producer: Lew Hahn
4. “Birds” (Neil Young) 4:39
Producer: Lew Hahn
5. “Comic Relief” (dialogue) 2:38
Producer: Lew Hahn
6. “In the Mood” (Joe Garland and Andy Razaf) 2:09
Producer: Lew Hahn
7. “Hurry On Down” (Nellie Lutcher) 2:07
Producer: Lew Hahn
8. “Shiver Me Timbers” (Tom Waits) 4:00
Producer: Lew Hahn
9. “The Vicki Eydie Show” 13:37 total time
a. “Around the World” (Victor Young and Harold Admanson) 0:23
b. “Istanbul” (Jimmy Kennedy and Nat Simon) 0:55
c. “Fiesta in Rio” (Bette Midler and Jerry Blatt) 1:52
d. “South Seas Scene” (Rik Carlok)
“Hawaiian War Chant” (Freed/Lileiohaku/Noble) 5:13 combined time
e. “Lullaby of Broadway” (Al Dubin and Harry Warren) 2:00
Producer: Lew Hahn
10. “You’re Moving Out Today”
(Bette Midler, Carol Bayer Sager, and Bruce Roberts) 2:56
Producer: Tom Dowd
11. “Delta Dawn” (Alex Harvey and Larry Collins) 5:54
Producer: Lew Hahn
12. “Long John Blues” (Tommy George) 2:36
Producer: Lew Hahn
13. “Those Wonderful Sophie Tucker Jokes” (dialogue) 2:38
Producer: Lew Hahn
14. “Story of Nanette”
a. “Nanette” (Howard Ditz and Arthur Schwartz) 0:54
b. “Alabama Song” (Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill)
c. “Mr. Rockefeller” (Bette Midler and Jerry Blatt)
d. “Ready to Begin Again” (Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller)
“Do You Want to Dance?” (Bobby Freeman) 3:23
Producer: Lew Hahn
15. “Fried Eggs” (dialogue) 2:37
Producer: Lew Hahn
16. “Hello in There” (John Prine) 3:16
Producer: Lew Hahn
17. “Finale”
a. “Up the Ladder to the Roof” (Vincent DiMirco and Frank Wilson) 2:45