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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... told her these things , his skin smelling of the taxi , the airplane , and surely Cuba ; he told her these things qui- etly . The kids in bed , all the other presents given out , this one saved for last . Quietly , he dropped into her ...
... told her these things , his skin smelling of the taxi , the airplane , and surely Cuba ; he told her these things qui- etly . The kids in bed , all the other presents given out , this one saved for last . Quietly , he dropped into her ...
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... told her that he was going to record Leah's memo- ries and work from the tapes rather than from her sentimental notes . It would seem that he had convinced his stepmother to go along . Dinah was impressed . He had taken over and was ...
... told her that he was going to record Leah's memo- ries and work from the tapes rather than from her sentimental notes . It would seem that he had convinced his stepmother to go along . Dinah was impressed . He had taken over and was ...
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... told her . That man sure gets around , said Ida . You know where I'd like to go ? she said . Greece . She turned to Dinah . After your treatment's over let's go to Greece the sun will put you back on your feet in no time . " What ...
... told her . That man sure gets around , said Ida . You know where I'd like to go ? she said . Greece . She turned to Dinah . After your treatment's over let's go to Greece the sun will put you back on your feet in no time . " What ...
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