George Stokes Movies
- 1987
- R
In this film, an aspiring young actor moves to Los Angeles from his New York home, hoping to make it big in show business. Idolizing actor Robert De Niro, the young man must learn to cope with the rejection and despair he experiences in his career struggle. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jim Youngs, James Noble, (more)
- 1986
- R
An author is haunted by the spirit of her dead husband in this routine supernatural thriller by Susan Shadburne. Morgan Hanna (Dee Wallace Stone) returns to the island where her husband died several years earlier in hops of breaking through her writer's block. She stays with her late husband's mother (Cloris Leachman), joins a local drama group, and starts working on a play. But she begins to see her husband in the mirrors and windows of the house, and is compelled to investigate. At the heart of her turmoil is she really doesn't know if he fell accidentally from the roof of the lighthouse, or if he was pushed. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Cloris Leachman, Ron Kuhlman, (more)
This routine film should have been called the "rock singer's husband" because it is about the life of a baseball player affected by his love for a singer. Darryl Palmer (Michael O'Keefe) plays for the Atlanta Braves, and when he walks into a nightclub and sees an attractive woman singing (Rebecca DeMornay), he pulls up to home plate and is anxious to meet her. From then on, his persistence in courting her is unstoppable in spite of several unhappy setbacks, and finally their romance makes it to first base when she realizes she loves him too, and they are married. From that point onward, his career starts to soar, while her career begins to slide in the opposite direction. In fact, she has given up her job to go live with him on his home turf, and the sacrifice, in the end, proves to be too much. A separation is inevitable, and while he still has his teammates (Randy Quaid, Cleavant Derricks), he would rather have his wife back. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Michael O'Keefe, Rebecca De Mornay, (more)
