in full brassy form and bette midler play dixie leonard and who do uso performance in wwii and the korean war and and the vietnam war . throughout pleasant time and hard time ( and even through tragedy ) and she and co star eddie spark ( james caan ) always have to find a way to make sure that the show go on . i do not know whether i would call this a masterpiece and but it some good nostalgia . midler show off her talent the same a she do in the rise . and moreover and for the boy also look at the sort of thing go on during those war and include cold war era red baiting . worth see .