Louise Lee Movies
- 1967
Two Yankee spies team up with British intelligence to stop the beautiful but deadly Su-Muru, a woman with eyes literally on ruling the world. Having gathered an enormous army of gorgeous women, she and her minions use their considerable wiles and natural attributes to enslave the world's most important men. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Frankie Avalon, George Nader, (more)
- 1922
The reviewer for Motion Picture News got a little too wrapped up in his own hyperbole when he gushed that Mary Alden as Densie Plummer "is a screen replica of thousands of other 'unpaid domestic drudges' who are continually being forced into the background of our social fabric. American womanhood will thank Miss Alden for throwing this bombshell on the shadow stage." In reality, this drama was just an extra-fancy take on the mother-as-martyr theme. Practically no one in Densie Plummer's family appreciates her -- not her philandering husband, John (Holmes E. Herbert), nor her independent daughters, Harriet (Louise Lee) and Sally (Dorothy Mackaill). Her only confidant is her son, Kenneth (Albert Hackett). When she can take it no more, Densie strikes out on her own and becomes a national figure. But without her kindly attention, the whole family falls apart. Kenneth is killed while trying to defend the questionable honor of one of his sisters, and his death helps bring the family back together again. Densie gives up her public life to return to the drudgery of being a housewife -- but being appreciated apparently makes her place in the home much sweeter. ~ Janiss Garza, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Mary Alden, Louise Lee, (more)
- 1921
Constance Talmadge is clearly the driving force in this farce, based on A Man From Toronto by Douglas Murray. Flighty Leila Calthorpe (Talmadge) is the heiress to her grandfather's estate, and the family lawyer, Hanover Priestly (Henry Fawcett), is anxious to see her married and settle down. He schemes to have John Warren (Kenneth Harlan), the nephew of his friend Henry Winkley (Frank Webster), wed the girl, but Warren wires from the West that he will pick his own mate, thank you very much. In order to bring him East, they wire a false report of Winkley's death, claiming that the will insists that he marry Leila to get his inheritance. Leila, meanwhile, is miffed at Warren's outright rejection of her, sight unseen, and decides to play a trick on him. She pretends to be a maid at her own home, and tells him that the mistress of the manor is away. She then shows him a photo of her maiden aunt, Agatha (the exceedingly homely Flora Finch), and tells him it is Leila. From that moment on, the action is fast and funny until the predictable end, when the love-besotted Warren insists that he will wed the maid -- who turns out to be the girl his uncle wanted him to marry in the first place. ~ Janiss Garza, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Constance Talmadge, Flora Finch, (more)
- 1918
This farce was originally a stage play by Augustus Thomas, and starred William Collier, Sr.. On film, another notable stage actor, John Barrymore, played the lead role of Robert Ridgway. At the time, Barrymore was primarily known for the heavy dramas in which he starred on Broadway, so his comedies took filmgoers by surprise. There's not much plot to be had here -the usual nonsense about a man in pursuit of the girl he loves, in this case Lois Meredith. Basically the flimsy story is just there to give Barrymore a chance to be funny and acrobatic. At one point, he leaps through a window and somersaults through the hood of the girl's car!. ~ Janiss Garza, All Movie Guide
