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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... kids outside and lock the door till mealtime . Dinah , on her third no - name digestive biscuit , tells the kids they should call 911 unless their mother gets in a supply of chocolate chip cookies . But Harriet claims to be too old for ...
... kids outside and lock the door till mealtime . Dinah , on her third no - name digestive biscuit , tells the kids they should call 911 unless their mother gets in a supply of chocolate chip cookies . But Harriet claims to be too old for ...
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... kids , and ever afterwards she would refer to Dinah as " that reporter " and Dinah would refer to her as " the formidable aunt . " The only two women Harriet knew who called people " darling " and they had no time for each other . From ...
... kids , and ever afterwards she would refer to Dinah as " that reporter " and Dinah would refer to her as " the formidable aunt . " The only two women Harriet knew who called people " darling " and they had no time for each other . From ...
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... kids were out sliding on the small hummock of a hill be- tween Downing Street and Colonel By . She heard cries of delight , and every so often the sound of ice in the trees , like un- earthly wind chimes , different from any she had ...
... kids were out sliding on the small hummock of a hill be- tween Downing Street and Colonel By . She heard cries of delight , and every so often the sound of ice in the trees , like un- earthly wind chimes , different from any she had ...
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