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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... standing up . That she used a nail to test a cake for doneness , " since what do you think they used before toothpicks ? ” That she said no when he tried to buy an Oh Henry ! bar . " Do you know what Nestlé is up to ? " Until one day ...
... standing up . That she used a nail to test a cake for doneness , " since what do you think they used before toothpicks ? ” That she said no when he tried to buy an Oh Henry ! bar . " Do you know what Nestlé is up to ? " Until one day ...
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... standing on her skis in- side the phony ruins and thinking of the man his friends called Rex . She pictured him with Mary Pickford on his arm , and Shirley Temple , since the latter had also made his day by visiting Ottawa . A man who ...
... standing on her skis in- side the phony ruins and thinking of the man his friends called Rex . She pictured him with Mary Pickford on his arm , and Shirley Temple , since the latter had also made his day by visiting Ottawa . A man who ...
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... standing beside her armchair , and she took his hand and held it . " All right . I won't say it . " " How about Some Like It Hot ? " suggested Dinah , and a thrilled Kenny was halfway across the room when the formidable aunt said she ...
... standing beside her armchair , and she took his hand and held it . " All right . I won't say it . " " How about Some Like It Hot ? " suggested Dinah , and a thrilled Kenny was halfway across the room when the formidable aunt said she ...
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