Walter Horton Movies
- 1990
- PG13
Lisa, a well-crafted, sly, thriller, directed by Gary Sherman tells the story of a young girl who makes telephone calls to a man who she later finds out is a serial killer. Lisa (Stacy Keanan) is a 14-year-old girl whose mother Katherine (Cheryl Ladd), having been herself an unwed mother, forbids her to have dates until she is 16 years old. Katherine has raised Lisa alone and has a good business as a florist, but due to her own past trauma, never dates. Lisa retreats into a fantasy world and finds men, follows them, and begins making enticing telephone calls to them. One of the men turns out to be a handsome restaurant owner, who also likes to kill women, tracking them down very much the same way that Lisa does. This leads to a very exciting conclusion when the killer mistakes Katherine for Lisa. Lisa, well-directed and well-acted, is a fine, satisfying thriller. ~ Linda Rasmussen, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Cheryl Ladd, D.W. Moffett, (more)
Expanding on their Saturday Night Live characters, John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd star as Jake and Elwood Blues, two white boys with black soul. Sporting cool shades and look-alike suits, Jake and Elwood are dispatched on a "mission from God" by their former teacher, Sister Mary Stigmata (Kathleen Freeman). Said mission is to raise $5000 to save an orphanage. In the course of their zany adventures, the Blues Brothers run afoul of neo-Nazi Henry Gibson, perform the theme from Rawhide before the most unruly bar crowd in written history, and lay waste to hundreds of cars on the streets and freeways of Chicago. In case you aren't swept up in the infectuous nuttiness of the brothers Blue, you might have fun spotting film's legion of guest stars, including James Brown, Cab Calloway, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, John Candy, Carrie Fisher, Steve Lawrence, Twiggy, Paul Reubens (aka Pee-Wee Herman), Frank Oz, and Steven Spielberg. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, (more)
- 1923
Richard Barthelmess plays completely against type in this romantic costume drama. Instead of the usual homespun boy, here he is the swashbuckling Karl van Kerstenbroock, Flemish soldier of fortune. He comes to England to avenge the death of his sister and becomes embroiled in the plot to overthrow King Charles I. When he is insulted by Watt Musgrove, a Royalist (Bradley Barker), he challenges him to a duel. Musgrove's sister Thomasine (Dorothy Mackaill) disguises herself as a boy and tries to dissuade Karl from the duel. Meanwhile, Musgrove's cousin, Lord Robert Erisey (Morgan Wallace), orders Karl's arrest. After discovering that Thomasine is a girl, Karl arrives at the headquarters of Oliver Cromwell (Frederick Burton) and joins the Roundheads. Cromwell sends Karl to the Staversham castle, the home of Thomasine's fiancé and his father. His presence is discovered and he is condemned to die. But Thomasine saves him by hiding him under her bed and feigning smallpox. This enables him to escape and round up enough soldiers to capture the castle. He rescues Thomasine from a forced marriage to the Earl of Staversham (Lee Baker), and wins her for himself. ~ Janiss Garza, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Richard Barthelmess, Lee Baker, (more)
- 1920
Barbara -- or Bab -- Marvin (Corinne Griffith) is engaged to lawyer David Darrow (Webster Campbell). Darrow thinks that he would be a good politician, but Bab's father, Senator Marvin (George Fawcett) disagrees. Bab agrees with her pop, so she promotes the town's most notorious derelict as a candidate. He winds up winning the election, and Darrow figures that he should stick to law. That decided, the Senator gives his consent to the couple's marriage. This picture was based on a story by Forrest Crissey, which appeared in Harper's magazine. ~ Janiss Garza, All Movie Guide
- 1917
In the later stages of his career, Lionel Barrymore was often cast as an irascible millionaire plagued with irresponsible children. In 1917's His Father's Son, it was Barrymore who played the ne'er-do-well offspring, while Charles Eldridge portrayed his father. Thrown out of his dad's house without a penny to his name, playboy J. Dabney Barron (Barrymore) is told not to return until he has proven that he can keep a job for an entire month. After several false starts, our hero is hired to keep flighty heiress Betty Arden (Irene Howley) out of trouble. He not only succeeds but manages to get his hands on a valuable jewel that has long been coveted by his father. His Father's Son was another joint effort by those busy wordsmiths Channing Pollock and Rennold Wolf. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
