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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... mother like mine , ” says Harriet . " He weighed 350 pounds , " says Dinah severely . " Maybe , " says Harriet , " he had a deprived childhood . " Dinah has heard stories of Harriet's childhood : the endless chores interrupted by ...
... mother like mine , ” says Harriet . " He weighed 350 pounds , " says Dinah severely . " Maybe , " says Harriet , " he had a deprived childhood . " Dinah has heard stories of Harriet's childhood : the endless chores interrupted by ...
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... mother said , " Cyd Charisse said it was like dancing with glass dancing with Fred , " but raucous , irrev- erent Dinah wasn't buying it . " What does that mean ? " " The point is , " their mother said , " Gene was always trying to be ...
... mother said , " Cyd Charisse said it was like dancing with glass dancing with Fred , " but raucous , irrev- erent Dinah wasn't buying it . " What does that mean ? " " The point is , " their mother said , " Gene was always trying to be ...
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... mother in- troduced her to Eeyore . My mother exactly , her mother had said , laughing and shaking her head at Eeyore's prickly gloom as she read aloud to Owen , the youngest of the six and the one for whom she had time . The only one ...
... mother in- troduced her to Eeyore . My mother exactly , her mother had said , laughing and shaking her head at Eeyore's prickly gloom as she read aloud to Owen , the youngest of the six and the one for whom she had time . The only one ...
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