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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... began to sing " Kennies from Heaven , " causing both children to light up and laugh , and their mother to laugh too . Harriet hadn't seen her aunt in this new manifestation : as the widow of Lionel , who had died two years ago , a very ...
... began to sing " Kennies from Heaven , " causing both children to light up and laugh , and their mother to laugh too . Harriet hadn't seen her aunt in this new manifestation : as the widow of Lionel , who had died two years ago , a very ...
Page 380
... began to hum . Hallelujah ! She took off her coat , put on a pot of coffee and a small saucepan of milk . Then feeling cold as she waited , she reached for Leah's silk kimono , which was hanging on the back of a kitchen chair , and put ...
... began to hum . Hallelujah ! She took off her coat , put on a pot of coffee and a small saucepan of milk . Then feeling cold as she waited , she reached for Leah's silk kimono , which was hanging on the back of a kitchen chair , and put ...
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... began to watch , then kept going to see more of Dean Martin , who is paced through the movie as sparingly and irresistibly as Rhett Butler . His loose , ca- sual , unbuttoned ease funny and at sea , until Judy rescues him . A Saturday ...
... began to watch , then kept going to see more of Dean Martin , who is paced through the movie as sparingly and irresistibly as Rhett Butler . His loose , ca- sual , unbuttoned ease funny and at sea , until Judy rescues him . A Saturday ...
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