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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... steps and Kenny was heading down . His sister was on his heels . Their house was two storeys high and made of yellow brick . The wood trim in the hallway was American chestnut , a tree wiped out by blight in the 1920s . What remained of ...
... steps and Kenny was heading down . His sister was on his heels . Their house was two storeys high and made of yellow brick . The wood trim in the hallway was American chestnut , a tree wiped out by blight in the 1920s . What remained of ...
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... steps . She poured brandy into a saucepan and heated it up , added a spoonful of sugar and let it dissolve in the hot liquor , then poured the liquor over the pudding while Lew struck a match and set it alight . The same lovely running ...
... steps . She poured brandy into a saucepan and heated it up , added a spoonful of sugar and let it dissolve in the hot liquor , then poured the liquor over the pudding while Lew struck a match and set it alight . The same lovely running ...
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... steps and inside . He wouldn't see her again until later that night , when he looked out the window before going to bed . What Dinah did next was drive to Metcalfe Street and buy an extra - large pizza from her favorite pizzeria . She ...
... steps and inside . He wouldn't see her again until later that night , when he looked out the window before going to bed . What Dinah did next was drive to Metcalfe Street and buy an extra - large pizza from her favorite pizzeria . She ...
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