European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 05, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Bette Midler remembering mama by Bob Thomas associated presso a i can t go oni Bette Midler exclaimed in mock despair in the Middle of an interview in los Angeles she seemed to be her usual kidding self but her eyes were misting and she called for a tissue what caused the sudden surge of emotion it happened when she was asked if her own Mother had made sacrifices similar to those of Midler in her new film Stella based on the twice filmed tear Jerker Stella Dallas the co production of Touchstone pictures and Samuel Goldwyn has been updated and altered to fit 1990s audiences but the Basic plot is the same a single Mother agrees to Send the daughter she loves to live with the girl s wealthy father my Mother the inspiration for my characterization of Stella Midler said. My Mother was indomitable she had great will and great strength that s what i tried to bring to this character. She has no self pity she just gets on with it my Mother was just like that. I tend to be on the maudlin Side i tend to say Why is this happening to me Why Why Why to Stella and my Mother that never crosses their minds they Don t sail through life they get through it at All costs my father was not affectionate. He never praised me too highly so that i would get a swollen head. I should thank him for that every Day of my life because i have a certain amount of humility and i take everything with a Grain of Salt All Success and All Midler s assessment of her father has mellowed she used to remark that he was one of those poo poo hers you la never amount to a Hill of Beans " both her parents have died ii was on the matter of sacrifices that the actress started to emotionally break up. She quipped her Way out of it and switched to other matters. Such As Why she chose Stella a role the late Barbara Stanwyck made famous in 1937. Even though people remember it As just this Side of melodrama or being a tear Jerker it s not that to me. It s a serious straightforward examination of a single Mother s life in these times in Barbara Stanwyck s version Stella was a party Gal. A connived even though she did put her daughter first she was taking the girl s father to the cleaners Bette Midler stars in Stella a second remake of the 1925 tear Jerker Stella basically she did t love him but she set her Cap to marry him. All those aspects of her character were left by the Wayside in our picture. She s not a schemer. She gets pregnant but she does t marry because she knows they would never have a real marriage. She lets him despite the heavy dramatics of sic a Midler considers the Rose her biggest Challenge. " the Rose had More Bravura Midler said. That remains my favorite picture to this Day. That s no disrespect to my directors and co stars in later year. I be had great directors and Many of them have become Good friends but the Rose was my first picture. It was a charmed experience and i had a wonderful Crew and co workers. You never forget the first Midler named for Bette Davis grew up on Oahu in Hawaii where her parents had relocated from new Jersey. She endured taunts As the Only jew in her school and found Refuge in splashy Mem musicals million Dollar Mermaid was my favorite she said i m like an Esther Williams fanatic she was in her own special world at Mem and it made quite an impression on me " after studying theater at the University of Hawaii she assaulted new York but could find work Only As a hat Check girl Glove seller and go go dancer. Her Luck changed after chorus work in fiddler on the roof and her bombastic personality made her a huge hit in clubs and concerts. Despite her Academy award nomination for the Rose Hollywood did t seem to know what to do with her. Jinxed was the Only film offer and it lived up to its title. In her own words her film career went Down the the turning Point came when she married her husband promoter Martin von Heselberg. He brought a kind of stability and Grace into my life when i did t have she said. He s very protective but he s also very amusing and he has great kindness. He helps me organize my thoughts in a Way that i never did before. We were not married very Long when the Down and out in Beverly Hills script came in. It was not a starring part and it was a Low salary and it was presented to me in such a Way that it hurl me and made think i was t Worth anything. He told me i should do after Down and out. Ruthless people. Outrageous Fortune and big business Midler is now treated with great respect by Touchstone pictures and has her own production company at the Disney studio her first production was beaches. That was another dream of mine to be Able to work at Disney she said i grew up on the Disney cartoon characters and i always wanted to be part of their Stripe classified your weekly marketplace Clai lilith id appear awry wean n St net Magaie r dependent m our distribution area 000 personnel and their dependents May not Usu Leif id cards to plan Adlor uni Nofi a persons or Agency a Reserve the Nghi to return ads considered inappropriate for publishing in the Start end Stripe read your and carefully the first time it appears in the paper in the event of typographical enors. Our liability de ads at the same time to run on he same Date Price the and with the most lines at the regular rate and the smaller and at the Happy ads include a headline Ima mum 18 character Price and ill regular rate add $5 Tor headline available m he following categories Only announcements. Anniversaries. Buhs birthday greetings -"assr1 a a 1 Kroc 5" tt1 Kun " Esus Ssu " a or i a � " ��3. In a Rigr-1"11 1 o Sprx. � ecu ss-tcsr1 t a " Kev or " a Zzz to ass ssh jul m a. A few Jim Eis i t9-ll�wwm" a Imam Ulto a pets act most i Jozci la cd a. to Muc Woolm a to l �. Civic. Of it Hou of a m i " to la 71 � of 1 Aumi Ujj r4Tre a 3t my m " a of in Uta. N Job Inlo Man but a my. Csuti � mat is t4i options so to i to of i of i i . A m 1? m cot w 1 u i j Ltd. H 0 � cd a m Man Tom is hism Vij Ujj f it a Lucr 49 Cal i it 4 til i a m ip-"1 category Sun How Many q to Tom u am n pied Type m c arly include the Host country code or led below at end of int 1 i i i i i i i i i i i i i 1 1 i 1 1 1 i i i 1 i i i i i j i i t i i t t i i i t i i i i i i i i i l i i i 1 1 $5if $7 $8 i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i 1 t i 1 1 \ 1 i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i t i i i i i i i i i i i afar Fnu note $5 Tor 3 Kness 1 pet additional line 29 it Waters pet line 18 Aftaw trs to the 1st a m Happy is country codes a wore b be us e Egypt. Fri Wem Germany. Or Greece. In Lee lint. . I the nether Iris n Nowy p Portugal. A Saud Arabia. Up spam. T Turkey. Us a Mart kingdom stars Aho stripes fund ecn-174 Mutt to by new Many inn and n to run put mint must accompany Ohdik no title phone of of u do not Uno Cash l fohmatlonrechjifledt3ythe privacy actor 1974 authority 5uscss2 principal put lose used Kex i Ngap of Inge fax a to Dacia in routine uses Tove Oft to Lorca site Dawfea a item
