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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... never marry . Sitting beside the lilac bush in her backyard , basking in the hot May sun , she knew she would never marry , she would never have children , and she would never be what she really wanted to be , a nightclub singer like ...
... never marry . Sitting beside the lilac bush in her backyard , basking in the hot May sun , she knew she would never marry , she would never have children , and she would never be what she really wanted to be , a nightclub singer like ...
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... never seen , most of which she never would see , but what did it matter , so captivated was she by her sharp tongue and uncanny grasp of the shape of a movie and the pit- falls into which actors and directors con- sistently fell . The ...
... never seen , most of which she never would see , but what did it matter , so captivated was she by her sharp tongue and uncanny grasp of the shape of a movie and the pit- falls into which actors and directors con- sistently fell . The ...
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... never happens , " the woman said , horrified . " I've been skating for fif- teen years and that never happens . Almost never . " " I guess you'd walk home in your skates , " the man said . Two miles away , at the other end of the canal ...
... never happens , " the woman said , horrified . " I've been skating for fif- teen years and that never happens . Almost never . " " I guess you'd walk home in your skates , " the man said . Two miles away , at the other end of the canal ...
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