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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... person will be funny in print , or gallant in person , brutal in print . As if the act of writing puts him in touch with his other self . But wouldn't it be nice if it put him in touch with both selves ? This new novel is like the ...
... person will be funny in print , or gallant in person , brutal in print . As if the act of writing puts him in touch with his other self . But wouldn't it be nice if it put him in touch with both selves ? This new novel is like the ...
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... person in the world who thinks Charlie Chaplin was a jerk . Pardon me . The second person . The other being Joe McCarthy . " " I'm not saying he didn't make some great silent films , or that Keaton didn't make some terrible talkies ...
... person in the world who thinks Charlie Chaplin was a jerk . Pardon me . The second person . The other being Joe McCarthy . " " I'm not saying he didn't make some great silent films , or that Keaton didn't make some terrible talkies ...
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... person with the talent , it's sad for the observer of the person with the talent . Maybe it's the same when you die , she'd said . Awful for the people who care about you , but not so awful for you 460.
... person with the talent , it's sad for the observer of the person with the talent . Maybe it's the same when you die , she'd said . Awful for the people who care about you , but not so awful for you 460.
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