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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... voice in the alley on the other side of the big oak , just past Bill Bender's garage , a man speaking to a dog in a tone so natural and easy that she'd known everything about him she needed to know . Then he began to sing softly ...
... voice in the alley on the other side of the big oak , just past Bill Bender's garage , a man speaking to a dog in a tone so natural and easy that she'd known everything about him she needed to know . Then he began to sing softly ...
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... voice like an untoned thigh asking her to do something . “ He wants me to help him and Leah with their book about Lionel . " " Are you going to ? " " I said no . " At her no his tone had changed . It soft- ened another notch . He said ...
... voice like an untoned thigh asking her to do something . “ He wants me to help him and Leah with their book about Lionel . " " Are you going to ? " " I said no . " At her no his tone had changed . It soft- ened another notch . He said ...
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... voice , an old - man voice , as he falls in with Jimmy Durante and doesn't get the jokes . Du- rante grinning like a maniac and Keaton on the sidelines . And you can see what the studio is up to . They're going to make a star of Du ...
... voice , an old - man voice , as he falls in with Jimmy Durante and doesn't get the jokes . Du- rante grinning like a maniac and Keaton on the sidelines . And you can see what the studio is up to . They're going to make a star of Du ...
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