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Why didn’t Bette Midler’s “Stella” work as a movie?

Stella tried to modernize a story whose emotional logic depends on class rigidity, social shame, and maternal sacrifice — forces…

Video: Bette Midler – Stella – I Sympathize – 1990

Let’s step into the world of “Stella,” a 1990 drama film that showcases the incomparable Bette Midler in a heartwarming…