THE BEAT GOES ON
Bette Midler a virgin! You bet, the original tacky lady stars as the Virgin Mary in the nativity spoof, The Divine Mr. J (See May's Film Fox). Well, the fur is beginning to fly around that saga of the Son of God... Seems Bette's manager Aaron Russo has charged the Detroit-based film company with misleading the public by billing his star so prominently.
THE BEAT GOES ON
The Devil & Miss M
Bette Midler a virgin! You bet, the original tacky lady stars as the Virgin Mary in the nativity spoof, The Divine Mr. J (See May's Film Fox). Well, the fur is beginning to fly around that saga of the Son of God... Seems Bette's manager Aaron Russo has charged the Detroit-based film company with misleading the public by billing his star so prominently. Russo said that Miss Midler filmed the sequence several years ago in the early stages of her career, and her total time on the camera is very short. Russo also added that The Divine Mr. T is nothing more than a "home movie" and probably won't be released.
Russo should be so lucky. Peter Alexander, the writer/ producer/ director of the film informed us that his movie will be out in May or June. Despite Alexander's statement, Aaron Russo claimed that the National Entertainment Corporation, the Detroit-based distributor of the film, offered to sell him the film for $75,000 to "avoid embarrassment to Bette." Stu Gorelick, the president of NEC, denied the charge.