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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... play . Dinah knelt on a slab of foam to protect her knees . Her hands stirred up the smell of mint . This was a friendly neighborhood , but only up to a point , and she had never understood the point . How much did it take to invite a ...
... play . Dinah knelt on a slab of foam to protect her knees . Her hands stirred up the smell of mint . This was a friendly neighborhood , but only up to a point , and she had never understood the point . How much did it take to invite a ...
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... played gin rummy but you don't know if he won ? " " What did Frank Sinatra play ? " " He played crap ! " Dinah leaned back against the porch post . She couldn't believe her luck , meeting a kid like this . " How do you happen to know ...
... played gin rummy but you don't know if he won ? " " What did Frank Sinatra play ? " " He played crap ! " Dinah leaned back against the porch post . She couldn't believe her luck , meeting a kid like this . " How do you happen to know ...
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... played the scene again . " It's a tragedy the waste of Keaton's talent . They wouldn't let him make his own movies full of all those ingenious mishaps and escapes ... play had never material- ized , so far as she knew . She turned 326.
... played the scene again . " It's a tragedy the waste of Keaton's talent . They wouldn't let him make his own movies full of all those ingenious mishaps and escapes ... play had never material- ized , so far as she knew . She turned 326.
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