BETTE MIDLER -- OL' RED HAIR IS BACK (TV)

Summary

A musical variety special featuring entertainer Bette Midler. Opens as a bikini-clad Midler bursts out of a clam shell in a South Seas production number of "Oklahoma!" Highlights include: Midler with "Friends"; "In the Mood"; "Shiver Me Timbers"; and "La Vie En Rose." Hoffman, at the piano, and Midler perform their composition "Shooting the Breeze"; and Hoffman plays a Rachmaninoff prelude while Midler dresses him for a waltz together. Midler sings "Hello in There" while sitting with clown Emmett Kelly. Midler and The Harlettes perform a medley that includes "Do You Want to Dance?" and "Boogie-Woogie Bugle Boy." Commercials deleted.

Details

• NETWORK: NBC
• DATE: December 7, 1977 10:00 PM
• RUNNING TIME: 0:50:21
• COLOR/B&W: Color
• CATALOG ID: T82:0016
• GENRE: Music/Variety
• SUBJECT HEADING: Music, popular (songs, etc.); Clowns; Rock music; Piano music; Women's Collection - Music
• SERIES RUN: NBC - TV, 1977
• COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

• Aaron Russo … Executive Producer
• Gary Smith … Producer
• Dwight Hemion … Producer, Director
• Rita Scott … Associate Producer
• Sergei Rachmaninoff … Composer
• Peter Matz … Conductor
• Ron Field … Choreographer
• Buz Kohan … Writer
• Jerry Blatt … Writer
• Tom Eyen … Writer
• Pat McCormick … Writer
• Bette Midler … Writer
• Rod Warren … Writer
• Peter Matz … Music by
• Bette Midler … Cast
• Dustin Hoffman … Cast
• Emmett Kelly … Cast