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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... thing for winter . She told him what she was looking for , and he replied that a certain brand was un- questionably ... things can go one way , or another . Harriet looked up from Pauline Kael . " Have you seen Rio Grande ? " she asked ...
... thing for winter . She told him what she was looking for , and he replied that a certain brand was un- questionably ... things can go one way , or another . Harriet looked up from Pauline Kael . " Have you seen Rio Grande ? " she asked ...
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... thing leads to the next thing . But does it ? " Her students looked at her . " It seems to me that one thing often leads to the same thing . Or back to an earlier thing . Or , more likely , to nothing at all . ” The Shawl wasn't there ...
... thing leads to the next thing . But does it ? " Her students looked at her . " It seems to me that one thing often leads to the same thing . Or back to an earlier thing . Or , more likely , to nothing at all . ” The Shawl wasn't there ...
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... thing . I can't hear . " In the kitchen , Lew slowly dried his hands . Then came to see what the trouble was about . " I'm not allowed an opinion ? " Dinah was saying with plaintive good humor . " I'm not allowed to say he's just going ...
... thing . I can't hear . " In the kitchen , Lew slowly dried his hands . Then came to see what the trouble was about . " I'm not allowed an opinion ? " Dinah was saying with plaintive good humor . " I'm not allowed to say he's just going ...
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