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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... beautiful hair , such beautiful hair . I'm so glad it grows back . " That fall she slept very little , usually waking at three , worried that she couldn't remember words . It took her hours one night to remember the word waffle ; only ...
... beautiful hair , such beautiful hair . I'm so glad it grows back . " That fall she slept very little , usually waking at three , worried that she couldn't remember words . It took her hours one night to remember the word waffle ; only ...
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... beautiful . " Harriet shifted in her chair . " I always thought so . " " I never did . But she was beautiful . Her skin . Her eyes . And she was elegant too . I thought she was just a second - string player , but she had quite a sense ...
... beautiful . " Harriet shifted in her chair . " I always thought so . " " I never did . But she was beautiful . Her skin . Her eyes . And she was elegant too . I thought she was just a second - string player , but she had quite a sense ...
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... beautiful wallpaper of her childhood ? The leaves , silvery and fili- greed , the satiny surfaces , the reassuring repetitions of lines and stripes and dots that coalesced into flowers ? Where would Cézanne have been without wallpaper ...
... beautiful wallpaper of her childhood ? The leaves , silvery and fili- greed , the satiny surfaces , the reassuring repetitions of lines and stripes and dots that coalesced into flowers ? Where would Cézanne have been without wallpaper ...
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