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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Page 148
... knew more about him by this time the photographic memory , the mild alcohol problem , the fine way of getting mad . Ac- cording to Dinah , his wastebasket at the Journal was dented in a dozen places and there was talk of a telephone he ...
... knew more about him by this time the photographic memory , the mild alcohol problem , the fine way of getting mad . Ac- cording to Dinah , his wastebasket at the Journal was dented in a dozen places and there was talk of a telephone he ...
Page 261
... knew how to play , and she said no , neither game . Then Har- riet said she thought bridge was a waste of time , that in her experience people who played bridge people like Lew's Uncle Milt and Dinah's mother , Ida were not too bright ...
... knew how to play , and she said no , neither game . Then Har- riet said she thought bridge was a waste of time , that in her experience people who played bridge people like Lew's Uncle Milt and Dinah's mother , Ida were not too bright ...
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... knew John Grierson when he was here set- ting up the National Film Board . " " I knew Grierson , " she said . “ Norman McLaren was more interesting . He came to us a few times to talk about his thing making films without a camera ...
... knew John Grierson when he was here set- ting up the National Film Board . " " I knew Grierson , " she said . “ Norman McLaren was more interesting . He came to us a few times to talk about his thing making films without a camera ...
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