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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... stories . " One person Toad ― spoke up . " But it's not really the real person . You change them in the story . The story takes over . " The roué said , " I wish my stories took over . I never get beyond page three . " " Some stories ...
... stories . " One person Toad ― spoke up . " But it's not really the real person . You change them in the story . The story takes over . " The roué said , " I wish my stories took over . I never get beyond page three . " " Some stories ...
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... story was called , and it was written in 1938 by one of The New Yorker's footloose correspondents , and reprinted in a biography of the actress . Garbo was in Italy , staying in a villa with Leopold Stokowski , and every day , the story ...
... story was called , and it was written in 1938 by one of The New Yorker's footloose correspondents , and reprinted in a biography of the actress . Garbo was in Italy , staying in a villa with Leopold Stokowski , and every day , the story ...
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... Story , and she was fired by McCall's and didn't write about movies for a year . " " She didn't like West Side Story ? " Kenny was incredulous . He'd been stretched out on the floor , one leg twisted through a stool , and now he sat up ...
... Story , and she was fired by McCall's and didn't write about movies for a year . " " She didn't like West Side Story ? " Kenny was incredulous . He'd been stretched out on the floor , one leg twisted through a stool , and now he sat up ...
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