Della

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Della (album)

Della is an album by singer and actress Della Reese. It was her first album for RCA Victor, after she left Jubilee Records in 1959. The album was one of her most successful, and it was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1961.

Track listing

Expanded Edition

RCA released an expanded edition of the album in 2002, that includes early demos of all of the songs performed by Della and George Butler on piano. Link

Della (film)

Della (also known as Fatal Confinement) is a 1964 made-for-television film that was intended as a pilot for a television series named Royal Bay. The film stars Joan Crawford, Paul Burke, and Diane Baker

Following the successful film-to-television progressions of movie stars such as Lucille Ball and Barbara Stanwyck, Crawford attempted the same maneuver with Royal Bay, a soap opera in a fictional seaside town where she was the wealthy matriarch and daughter of the town's founder. However, the pilot centered on the two characters that would most likely not reprise their role for the series, mother and daughter Della and Jenny Chappell. This may have been one of the reasons the pilot was released as a stand-alone feature instead of the start of a series.

Plot

Della Chappell (Joan Crawford) is a reclusive wealthy woman, consumed by power and dedicated to protecting the future of her daughter Jenny (Diane Baker). Her father founded the town of Royal Bay and she still owns most of it. An outside company wants to buy parts of the town for development but Della refuses to consider the option. Barney Stafford (Paul Burke), a lawyer representing the developers' interests, butts heads with Della frequently.