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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Elizabeth Hay. same night he cut his hand on the broken jar and said afterwards That was the color . The color of blood dripping down his hand . " A pebbled - glass orange juice jar , used for storing water in the fridge : it slipped out ...
Elizabeth Hay. same night he cut his hand on the broken jar and said afterwards That was the color . The color of blood dripping down his hand . " A pebbled - glass orange juice jar , used for storing water in the fridge : it slipped out ...
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... hand was on the door handle , when he reached over and slowly and deliberately ran his hand up her long leg , from ankle to knee . She was wearing black tights . Then he sat back and looked at her . She stared at him . " I love your ...
... hand was on the door handle , when he reached over and slowly and deliberately ran his hand up her long leg , from ankle to knee . She was wearing black tights . Then he sat back and looked at her . She stared at him . " I love your ...
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... hand over and his eyes fastened onto the scar tissue visible on her lower wrist . He pushed up the sleeve to see ... hand was still on the door handle , and some movie memory the image of a woman's hand hovering around the handle of a ...
... hand over and his eyes fastened onto the scar tissue visible on her lower wrist . He pushed up the sleeve to see ... hand was still on the door handle , and some movie memory the image of a woman's hand hovering around the handle of a ...
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