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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... once removed . Her hair was pulled back into a ponytail and her brain had tightened in alarm because Rod Steiger was in the front row . " But I'd like to be , " she said . " I've de- cided , " she went on , " to take a serious ap ...
... once removed . Her hair was pulled back into a ponytail and her brain had tightened in alarm because Rod Steiger was in the front row . " But I'd like to be , " she said . " I've de- cided , " she went on , " to take a serious ap ...
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... once in a while . As a girl she had smashed a plate over awful Owen's head . At school she electrified her class- mates by banging her fist on her desk in an argument about the word oblivion . Once , she threw a telephone across the ...
... once in a while . As a girl she had smashed a plate over awful Owen's head . At school she electrified her class- mates by banging her fist on her desk in an argument about the word oblivion . Once , she threw a telephone across the ...
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... once she stopped trying to get up , once she stopped saying she had to go , and waited for a few minutes , then it was easy to get up and leave . She took her hand off the door handle and sat back . When Kenny came around the corner ...
... once she stopped trying to get up , once she stopped saying she had to go , and waited for a few minutes , then it was easy to get up and leave . She took her hand off the door handle and sat back . When Kenny came around the corner ...
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