Garbo LaughsThis is a quixotic tale about movie love. Harriet Browning is so saturated with old movies, seen repeatedly and swallowed whole, that she no longer fits into this world. Equally addicted are her three companions-of-the-screen: a son who loves Frank Sinatra, a daughter with Bette Davis eyes, and an earthy sidekick named after Dinah Shore. Breaking in upon this quiet backwater come two refugees from Hollywood, the jaded widow of a famous screenwriter and her movie-expert stepson. They are Harsh Reality. With them come blackouts, arguments, accidents, illness, and sudden death. But what chance does real life stand when we can watch movies instead? In this brilliant, sad-eyed comedy of secondhand desire, movies and movie lovers come first. |
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... Fiona Chester's light came on ; it was half - hidden by spreading lilac bushes in the summer but quite visible now . Fiona , she knew , was waiting for the morning man " whose voice just has that effect , " she said one day . " What's ...
... Fiona Chester's light came on ; it was half - hidden by spreading lilac bushes in the summer but quite visible now . Fiona , she knew , was waiting for the morning man " whose voice just has that effect , " she said one day . " What's ...
Page 100
... Fiona the milk for her tea . His long courtship of Fiona Chester was one of the first things Dinah told her about ... Fiona's house , while Harriet turned right and headed home , walking as usual with her head down , and as a result she ...
... Fiona the milk for her tea . His long courtship of Fiona Chester was one of the first things Dinah told her about ... Fiona's house , while Harriet turned right and headed home , walking as usual with her head down , and as a result she ...
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... Fiona Chester . An hour later , Harriet was helping Fiona get ready , not that she was of much use with one arm in a sling . " Did you hear the song on the radio ? " she asked . “ A bit lugu- brious , maybe ? ” But Fiona said , " I ...
... Fiona Chester . An hour later , Harriet was helping Fiona get ready , not that she was of much use with one arm in a sling . " Did you hear the song on the radio ? " she asked . “ A bit lugu- brious , maybe ? ” But Fiona said , " I ...
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