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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... feel terrible . ” Or , “ I woke early , but I don't feel too bad . No doubt I'll feel terrible later . " To Dinah , Harriet said , " He's too good 56 4 Married Life ...
... feel terrible . ” Or , “ I woke early , but I don't feel too bad . No doubt I'll feel terrible later . " To Dinah , Harriet said , " He's too good 56 4 Married Life ...
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... feel like a polio victim , " she rasped into his ear . " Your legs feel fine to me . " At her house he sank backwards onto the steps and she slid off . He disentangled his arms , then helped her stand up and that was when they stumbled ...
... feel like a polio victim , " she rasped into his ear . " Your legs feel fine to me . " At her house he sank backwards onto the steps and she slid off . He disentangled his arms , then helped her stand up and that was when they stumbled ...
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... feel better . Now she felt the way so many women feel afterwards . Un- certain , and poorer . That week , following the ice storm , the snow military were out in their trucks and ploughs removing the snow - and - ice banks , and once ...
... feel better . Now she felt the way so many women feel afterwards . Un- certain , and poorer . That week , following the ice storm , the snow military were out in their trucks and ploughs removing the snow - and - ice banks , and once ...
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