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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... heart cold . " I have the right to my opinion , " she said . " To state my uneasiness . " But she knew her opinion went to the heart of his identity as Lew Gold the loving father , and to the heart of their shared geography , this cold ...
... heart cold . " I have the right to my opinion , " she said . " To state my uneasiness . " But she knew her opinion went to the heart of his identity as Lew Gold the loving father , and to the heart of their shared geography , this cold ...
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... heart ? " " Watching him go mad . Watching him pursue a love that was completely unattain- able that broke my heart . " She was struck by the sad force of his answer , the grave sentimentality , and sud- denly she felt grateful to him ...
... heart ? " " Watching him go mad . Watching him pursue a love that was completely unattain- able that broke my heart . " She was struck by the sad force of his answer , the grave sentimentality , and sud- denly she felt grateful to him ...
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... heart . " " Then Jack Frame has a silly heart . " Kenny , ever alert , asked , " Don't you like Jack Frame ? " " Do you like him ? ” " Don't you ? " Harriet , too , was most curious . Dinah said , " I've never been able to resist a man ...
... heart . " " Then Jack Frame has a silly heart . " Kenny , ever alert , asked , " Don't you like Jack Frame ? " " Do you like him ? ” " Don't you ? " Harriet , too , was most curious . Dinah said , " I've never been able to resist a man ...
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