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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... looked anything like the man in the hallway . The man in the hallway looked exactly like Lew . Harriet listened to her mother's low , clear voice telling her that she had seen Lew's ghost and she felt herself enter the grip of something ...
... looked anything like the man in the hallway . The man in the hallway looked exactly like Lew . Harriet listened to her mother's low , clear voice telling her that she had seen Lew's ghost and she felt herself enter the grip of something ...
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... looked like a marsh- mallow . " " I said your dog looked like a marsh- mallow . You look like Gertrude Stein . " " I do ? " Ah . This was the way out . Why hadn't she thought of it before ? " I liked what you wrote tonight . It was ...
... looked like a marsh- mallow . " " I said your dog looked like a marsh- mallow . You look like Gertrude Stein . " " I do ? " Ah . This was the way out . Why hadn't she thought of it before ? " I liked what you wrote tonight . It was ...
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... looked at Dinah , but in the way he hadn't looked . He'd avoided her avoided them all — the whole night , fussing with the fire , retiring to the kitchen to do the dishes . " How do you know ? " she said . " Anyway , it's not just that ...
... looked at Dinah , but in the way he hadn't looked . He'd avoided her avoided them all — the whole night , fussing with the fire , retiring to the kitchen to do the dishes . " How do you know ? " she said . " Anyway , it's not just that ...
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