Wow sounds like those were some amazing times. Thank you for sharing a part of your history with us.

@17?? They let you in a bathhouse at that age?? Wow .. I woulda loved to have seen her then.

LMAO I misread this on very fast first glance that you AND your father visited the bathhouse together. I was thinking all kinds of wtf! Lol

Miss Bette…a legend!

…and what happens after the show…?

Yes Hohn Graham made the video on a portable Sony reel to reel video tape machine he referred to himself as old palsy palms due to shakiness but the place was packed and he got nudged a lot

So true every aspect of the craft is here drama , comedy , voice, dance , all in its most natural expression , wonder who started coaching her , or if at all ?? anyone know

hellobluebird52 I think bill Hennessy was the Hal prince of cabaret. I think it was his idea to make miss m a drag queen, Manhattan transfer a retro stylized camp group, Ellen Greene her stage presence, Gotham their zaniness. Others as well.

Yes it is, she had the talent even then

so cool 😍

you sure you mean 7th ave? That would be in central park

I believe the CB was in the basement of the Ansonia (73rd & Broadway)

@@gogogumdrops yup. T'was the north side of the Ansonia Hotel near Broadway. However, it's an understandable inaccuracy if one traveled there by Subway. It was the 72nd Street Subway station on the 7th Ave line.

Did you say hi to her?

I read a book about Jackie O many years ago, and she showed up at a party at someone's apartment and the writer said that the room absolutely tilted. I imagine that was what happened at the Continental when she hit the stage. A few times in life you are very lucky and you realize that at that moment, you are at the most exceptional place on earth, at that moment,, bar none. You have lucked into a moment of amazing grace.

She's such a a fun lovin', wild Woman!!

Don't be so exclusionary.

@@podatrb3360 Gay Bths -- she became a true breakout star there so.. ummm... lolol youu

Baths

would love to chat with you about it!

@@ikechukwuonyewuenyi3011 some of my most joyful times were at the baths with the Divine. everettalexander3@gmail.com

Wow what a great night it must have been for you.

Delete all of bleucheezy's comments. He's so negative and like you said we are here to celebrate Miss M! I feel sorry for people like him.

stphncrmr Have you heard of something called the First Amendment, "stephanie"? That ensures all speech, including unpopular dissent is still protected speech! Not just fawning sycophant speech like yours. Another so-called 'gay fan' who sides with gay bashers. I don't feel sorry for you.

Thanks for posting this! I love seeing her perform and it's great to be able to see what she was before she hit the big time.

bleucheezy The US 1st amendment protects your speech from government intervention ONLY.

jlelliotton I am not from the USA and I will delete all insulting comments against other youtube members!

You are very welcome :) This has to be shared with the world

Creswell Formey I keep coming to this video over the years. And yeah man, I had the same profound thought. Such rare recordings are where it truly shines. I personally love the Internet Archive/etree too. Great resource for most things out of copyright and when the artist/owner allows recordings(which many many do). There’s tons from the old school tapers.... all the way up to soundboards from popular artists today. Even old cartoons, movies, and more. Definitely worth the dig. 👍🏼

Amen!

This is beyond amazing!

Thank you so much for sharing this priceless and unique piece of gay history. I too had always heard of Bette and Barry performing at the Continental Baths, but I could never imagined in a million years that actual footage existed of that amazing event! My mind is blown!

Sadly she has. She admits it herself and probably won’t tour again

Here, here.

+MrMUSIKFIEND Was?? Is!!

Oh Lord, me too!

MrMUSIKFIEND was is right.

@@rocket7697 Well, with respect, there has been a lot of sanitization over the years. I still respect her very much -- she's an original; she broke ground -- but I don't think much of her soppy movies, for ex. ...

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Yes, the city is far more colorless nowadays. Too many rich people.

She certainly paid her dues!

I´m glad so many people enjoy it that much :) You are very welcome!

you are very welcome :)

That's beautiful. ❤️

+Nathan Bottorff i´m glad you liked it :)

I think maybe a Nobel Prize might be a bit much, dear.

WHY? THEY GAVE OBAMA ONE...

@@jiwbink how exactly does it feel to be a complete anus?

@@jiwbink And he said himself it was a joke haha.

@@Shamonwhitehurst252 There's no perversion tho.

I wish now, when I look in the mirror, I had documented my exploits...

Hi David! It’s Chris. I can’t believe I’m seeing this too! ❤️❤️❤️

+Dave Fuller you are very welcome :)

You are very welcome :)

This is what my friend Steven told me about ,i told him i wish i was there, finily i got to see it in this video, a wish come true, thank you, he must be so proud of you ,frome his own heavens

you are very welcome! :) it really is a treasure and needs to be on youtube

MrReto2812 this really is a treasure.

you are very welcome :) I love I Shall Be Released too!

jerry schwartz from one Jerry to another, I couldn't agree with you more!! This was a time when gay men had to hide their feelings. Here in the USA, it was considered a disease until the early 70's. We, as gay men, had to play it straight. Dating women and even marrying women was the norm, so therefore creating a lot of problems to their own homelife. I know many men who are now divorced with children some with great relationships with their ex wives, but a lot with not so great relationships. I cannot blame the women for the anger, society is to blame(in my opinion). Thank God we have passed this period!! It has taken decades, but we have passed this terrible time in our (USA) history. I love that this concert was captured for us all to enjoy and remember. Thank you again MrReto2812 for sharing this with us.

The original? Before she moved one of the ballads to side 2?

@@mzmiller52 well um Barbra Streisand IMO paved the way for her--Bette's--talent to be so recognized ....IMO :)))

@@davidstevenson404 I agree. Streisand did a sort of drag early on and her theatricality was phenomenal. Bette, 10 years later and after stonewall, had the advantage of Barry manilow and bill Hennessy. Midler, on David frost and everything after she abandoned the divine miss m character, was and is a mediocre talent. Manilow brought out her theatricality. The original album lacked her live performances because he didn’t originally produce the sons. They did most of the songs over with him. If you listen to the 2 versions of “superstar” you definitely hear the difference manilow made in her performance. And as far as the divine miss m character, I have a feeling it was bill Hennessy’s creation. Full out drag. A woman being a man being a woman. Her patter and her inflection were female impersonating. “Pu..leeeze”. Hennessy managed the greates acts in nyc during the ‘70’s. Ellen Greene, the manhattan transfer before they went completely jazz, and my favorite, Gotham, 3 gay guys, brilliant pianist, and full comedy. I hope you were lucky enough to have seen those acts early.