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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Page 57
... Harriet having discovered that Dinah never locked her back door and never seemed to mind a visitor . " I don't know ... Harriet felt glad to have Dinah in her life . Usually with people you were in one element and they were in an- other ...
... Harriet having discovered that Dinah never locked her back door and never seemed to mind a visitor . " I don't know ... Harriet felt glad to have Dinah in her life . Usually with people you were in one element and they were in an- other ...
Page 255
... Harriet , leather gloves for Jane , leather wallet for Kenny , silk scarf for Lew . Without a doubt , they were being wooed . And Harriet thought , Where has her sharpness gone ? Harriet had lasted only the one summer working for Leah ...
... Harriet , leather gloves for Jane , leather wallet for Kenny , silk scarf for Lew . Without a doubt , they were being wooed . And Harriet thought , Where has her sharpness gone ? Harriet had lasted only the one summer working for Leah ...
Page 314
... Harriet's forehead . Lew recog- nized the sign . Just as small Harriet used to recognize in her father's trembling lower lip a sure sign of danger , and would go quiet . Jack was also gripped by Harriet's face . There it was again ...
... Harriet's forehead . Lew recog- nized the sign . Just as small Harriet used to recognize in her father's trembling lower lip a sure sign of danger , and would go quiet . Jack was also gripped by Harriet's face . There it was again ...
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