Bette Midler has always been known as a triple threat in Hollywood, having sung more than a few hit tracks for her feature films. In 1979, Midler hand-selected a pop ballad for her grand film debut ...

If you hear “The Rose” on the radio today and don’t know the story behind it, you might just assume the touching ballad was a standalone-type thing written to capitalize on the vocal strengths of ...

There's one 1970s love song that offers hope in the face of heartbreak, and that's the emotional 1979 hit "The Rose" by Bette Midler. Unlike many love songs, the iconic hit doesn't focus on romance ...

There’s a connection between Broadway and Bette Midler’s signature hit. “The Rose” was the title track of the 1979 Academy Award-nominated film starring Midler as fictional rock star, Mary Rose Foster ...

Mark Rydell, The Rose, 1979, 35 mm, color, sound, 134 minutes. Mary Rose Foster (Bette Midler). The Rose isn’t big but enormous—a battalion of peerless shooters, including Haskell Wexler and László ...