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 204
... Jack always spread himself sloppily wide , even as he went to almost magnificent lengths to be attentive . In Dinah's room he sprawled in the chair beside her bed and peeled a grapefruit , one of a box of twenty - four huge , beautiful ...
... Jack always spread himself sloppily wide , even as he went to almost magnificent lengths to be attentive . In Dinah's room he sprawled in the chair beside her bed and peeled a grapefruit , one of a box of twenty - four huge , beautiful ...
Page 269
... Jack . " " Why talk to me ? " " Because you know how to write . I want you to read what I've written so far . It won ... Jack Frame lumbering up the side lane , hands in his pockets , eyes on his sliding feet . Har- riet watched him ...
... Jack . " " Why talk to me ? " " Because you know how to write . I want you to read what I've written so far . It won ... Jack Frame lumbering up the side lane , hands in his pockets , eyes on his sliding feet . Har- riet watched him ...
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Elizabeth Hay. " I didn't say much . She and Jack did most of the talking . " " Jack was here ? " Harriet put her glasses back on . " They talked about Lionel . " Harriet stared at her aunt . Leah said , " You hate it when I'm right ...
Elizabeth Hay. " I didn't say much . She and Jack did most of the talking . " " Jack was here ? " Harriet put her glasses back on . " They talked about Lionel . " Harriet stared at her aunt . Leah said , " You hate it when I'm right ...
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