{"id":42680,"date":"2026-09-14T07:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T11:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=42680"},"modified":"2026-09-12T19:28:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T23:28:17","slug":"stella-stevens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=42680","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet&#8221; (2025) \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2026\/z091426review_stellastevens.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"733\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet <\/i>(2025)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Director: <strong>Andrew Stevens<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay: <strong>Andrew Stevens<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars: <strong>Stella Stevens, Andrew Stevens, Jim Brown, Bobby Darrin, Glenn Ford, Michael Landon, Jerry Lewis, John Lithgo<\/strong> and <strong>Dean Martin.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline: None.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Plot&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stella Stevens was married at 16.\u00a0 At the time she lived in Holy Springs, Mississippi.\u00a0 Within the next six years she would have a child, get divorced, give up her son, move to Hollywood, get a contract with 20th Century Fox, win a <em>Golden Globe<\/em> Award for <em>New Star of the Year,<\/em> be featured in Playboy magazine and fight to regain custody of her son.<\/p>\n<p>She was just getting started.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stella Stevens would go on to have a career in feature films and television that would last over 5 decades.\u00a0 Her son, Andrew Stevens, wrote and directed this documentary on his mother&#8217;s life.\u00a0 As you can imagine, there were highs and lows in both her professional and personal life.\u00a0 This is her story.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of the choices made in this documentary was to have an actress appear on screen as Stella Stevens.\u00a0 The actress voiced Stella Stevens quotes from interviews and articles.\u00a0 It came off as a bit hokey.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stella Stevens had an impressive career, always finding a way to stay active in her chosen profession.\u00a0 She wasn&#8217;t afraid of controversial roles.<\/p>\n<p>As much time was given to her off-screen life as her on-screen performances.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; 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