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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... street ? The Cornish . The spelling of Freiman's department store , long gone , on Rideau Street ? The e comes before the i . The reason Mary Pickford visited Ottawa in 1948 ? To make an appeal on behalf of UNESCO . The reason she got ...
... street ? The Cornish . The spelling of Freiman's department store , long gone , on Rideau Street ? The e comes before the i . The reason Mary Pickford visited Ottawa in 1948 ? To make an appeal on behalf of UNESCO . The reason she got ...
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... street , I'd say , I'm glad to see you . No , I tell you , glad's the wrong word . " Then Kenny made a grand sweep of his hand to indicate the sign on the back of Gary Cooper's car , and said , “ “ I'm happy to drive a Bronson 8 ...
... street , I'd say , I'm glad to see you . No , I tell you , glad's the wrong word . " Then Kenny made a grand sweep of his hand to indicate the sign on the back of Gary Cooper's car , and said , “ “ I'm happy to drive a Bronson 8 ...
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... street signs fringed with foot - long icicles and a stop sign that wore a buckskin jacket of ice . Fine rain was coming down . They stepped over a tree limb and heard road crews in the distance , but here it was quiet , not a car , not ...
... street signs fringed with foot - long icicles and a stop sign that wore a buckskin jacket of ice . Fine rain was coming down . They stepped over a tree limb and heard road crews in the distance , but here it was quiet , not a car , not ...
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