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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... week — the last week of November , when for a day or two it was unexpectedly warm and she became aware of the birds singing and the highway going on and the wind picking up . Life isn't so bad , though it would be better , it 141 14 ...
... week — the last week of November , when for a day or two it was unexpectedly warm and she became aware of the birds singing and the highway going on and the wind picking up . Life isn't so bad , though it would be better , it 141 14 ...
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... week later Lew came home , and a few days after that she cut Kenny's hair , kneeling on the floor afterwards and ... weeks , it wore out her nerves having the kids under- foot ; then her comedy class began and one of the students , she ...
... week later Lew came home , and a few days after that she cut Kenny's hair , kneeling on the floor afterwards and ... weeks , it wore out her nerves having the kids under- foot ; then her comedy class began and one of the students , she ...
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... week , and when she did , her mother , Ida , came with her . On December 25 , Harriet raised the blinds and snow was falling outside . In a sign of things to come , she saw a woman walk by under a large umbrella . At first , Dinah ...
... week , and when she did , her mother , Ida , came with her . On December 25 , Harriet raised the blinds and snow was falling outside . In a sign of things to come , she saw a woman walk by under a large umbrella . At first , Dinah ...
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