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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... Peter O'Toole's every wrinkle and Sean Connery's every hairline . Sometimes she joked that she was another Miss Havisham . The clock had stopped when Cary Grant died . In the first week of December , when Dinah wasn't 177 16 Man of La ...
... Peter O'Toole's every wrinkle and Sean Connery's every hairline . Sometimes she joked that she was another Miss Havisham . The clock had stopped when Cary Grant died . In the first week of December , when Dinah wasn't 177 16 Man of La ...
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... Peter O'Toole . " He's back on stage , acting in a play in the West End , " the librarian said . And how are the reviews ? " Not bad , I think . " Thank God for that , said Harriet . On the way home , Kenny said aloud to himself ...
... Peter O'Toole . " He's back on stage , acting in a play in the West End , " the librarian said . And how are the reviews ? " Not bad , I think . " Thank God for that , said Harriet . On the way home , Kenny said aloud to himself ...
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... Peter O'Toole or Jeff Bridges , mounting the barricades on their behalf , engaging in hand - to - hand combat with anyone who be- smirched O'Toole's acting abilities , and writing furious letters to the editor when Jeff Bridges was ...
... Peter O'Toole or Jeff Bridges , mounting the barricades on their behalf , engaging in hand - to - hand combat with anyone who be- smirched O'Toole's acting abilities , and writing furious letters to the editor when Jeff Bridges was ...
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