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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... hard , but never talked about how hard he worked . " It used to be , " he said , “ before everybody was in such a rush , that the first question people would ask was Who are you ? Meaning are you Jewish , French , Italian , Puerto Rican ...
... hard , but never talked about how hard he worked . " It used to be , " he said , “ before everybody was in such a rush , that the first question people would ask was Who are you ? Meaning are you Jewish , French , Italian , Puerto Rican ...
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... hard work . Hard work to have to be so buoyant and apparently well bal- anced in her widowhood . And hard work to be her niece . The day before , in preparation for the visit , Harriet had hidden most of their movies in the basement ...
... hard work . Hard work to have to be so buoyant and apparently well bal- anced in her widowhood . And hard work to be her niece . The day before , in preparation for the visit , Harriet had hidden most of their movies in the basement ...
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... hard , for Pete's sake . " " Why not ? Why shouldn't I take it so hard ? " " Go to bed , Hattie . " She went to bed . And there , thinking about the master of switches and turns who couldn't make the switch to talkies , she recalled ...
... hard , for Pete's sake . " " Why not ? Why shouldn't I take it so hard ? " " Go to bed , Hattie . " She went to bed . And there , thinking about the master of switches and turns who couldn't make the switch to talkies , she recalled ...
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