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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... tell her . I don't tell people they're not very bright . I don't even like the word . Actually , I hate the word . But some people aren't as bright as others . Ida isn't as bright as Dinah . " " I can't believe it , " he said , wiping ...
... tell her . I don't tell people they're not very bright . I don't even like the word . Actually , I hate the word . But some people aren't as bright as others . Ida isn't as bright as Dinah . " " I can't believe it , " he said , wiping ...
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... TELL THE ONES YOU LOVE , YOU LOVE THEM ; TELL THEM NOW . FOR THE DAY IS COMING , AND ALSO THE NIGHT WILL COME , WHEN YOU WILL NEI- THER SAY IT , NOR HEAR IT , NOR CARE . I WILL SAY IT AGAIN : TELL THE ONES YOU LOVE , YOU LOVE THEM . TELL ...
... TELL THE ONES YOU LOVE , YOU LOVE THEM ; TELL THEM NOW . FOR THE DAY IS COMING , AND ALSO THE NIGHT WILL COME , WHEN YOU WILL NEI- THER SAY IT , NOR HEAR IT , NOR CARE . I WILL SAY IT AGAIN : TELL THE ONES YOU LOVE , YOU LOVE THEM . TELL ...
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... tell you . " " Will you ? " " I'll tell you if it starts again . " " Or I'll ask , " she said . " But just from time to time . " She knew it was always possible that it wasn't as bad for him as she thought it was . The other day she had ...
... tell you . " " Will you ? " " I'll tell you if it starts again . " " Or I'll ask , " she said . " But just from time to time . " She knew it was always possible that it wasn't as bad for him as she thought it was . The other day she had ...
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