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The cast of characters is given as a guide for the director to quickly pick his types, without being obliged to wade through an entire manuscript and bother to read scene by scene. All directors have different methods of casting their pictures; no two working alike, and, altho...
The cast of characters is given as a guide for the director to quickly pick his types, without being obliged to wade through an entire manuscript and bother to read scene by sce...
2. SCENE 1: _Teddy’s Rooms.3. SCENE 2: _Exterior of Teddy’s Apartment House.4. SCENE 3: _Interior of Teddy’s Rooms (same as 1.)Butler registers fact that he hears bell ring. Puts down his duster, exits out of picture, presumably to let Jackson in the front door. Enters in picture again, following Jackso...
5. SCENE 4: _Teddy’s Bedroom.Teddy, a very particular and fastidious young man of the effeminate type, is just completing a very finicky toilet gazing at himself in mirror, etc. Butler enters and informs hi...
6. SCENE 5: _Same as 3.Jackson drinks his, Teddy “in a ladylike manner” refuses his drink, registering the fact that he doesn’t drink or smoke or swear. Jackson coaxes him to take the drink and procee...
7. SCENE 6: _Exterior (same as 2).8. SCENE 7: _Same as 5.Jackson, rallying Teddy about his timidity. Bell rings. All register the fact. Butler exits to answer bell. Jackson tiptoes to window, sees who is coming, registers the fact so...
9. SCENE 8: _Teddy’s Bedroom (same as 4.)10. SCENE 9: _Same as 7. Close up to sofa in room.Edith making love to Teddy. Teddy very nervous. Edith shows disgust, registering “You’re a fine kind of a man, that a woman has to make love to you.” Jackson and mother enter fr...
11. SCENE 10: _Interior of Ransom’s Home (The living room).Tom Ransom sitting smoking when Maid announces Teddy, who enters and is welcomed by Tom. Tom goes to door and calls Janice, who enters, and, upon seeing Teddy, welcomes him exub...
12. SCENE 11: _Street outside of house.Tom comes from the house, stops a car, gets in. Car starts. Teddy comes dashing out of house, sees car in distance, runs after it and jumps on out of breath.
13. SCENE 12: _Interior of the drawing room at Stone’s house.14. SCENE 13: _Exterior of Stone’s house, showing awning and carpet15. SCENE 14: _Same as 12.16. SCENE 15: _Another portion of ballroom, showing Punch Bowl.Teddy and Jackson are sampling the brew. Teddy drinking a great deal. Edith comes in from alcove, leading to the dancing floor, and asks Teddy to dance with her. He acts peevish...
17. SCENE 16: _Another portion of ballroom.18. SCENE 17: _Same as 15.Teddy is now quite drunk. Martha enters and asks him why he is not dancing. Teddy has gotten his courage. Makes violent love to Martha. She puts him off registering that she thi...
19. SCENE 18: _Same as 14.20. SCENE 19: _Same as 17.21. SCENE 21: _Same as 19.22. SCENE 22: _Same as 20.23. SCENE 23: _Same as 14.24. SCENE 24: _Same as 19.25. SCENE 25: _Same as 20.26. SCENE 26: _Same as 24.27. SCENE 27: _Same as 25.28. SCENE 28: _Same as 26.29. SCENE 29: _Exterior of house (same as 13.)30. SCENE 30: _Teddy’s Bedroom (same as 4.)Teddy is sitting on edge of bed, in dressing gown, towel about his head. A most abject specimen. Butler is arranging him a Bromo Seltzer. Butler registers he hears the bell ring...
31. SCENE 31: _Edith’s boudoir.32. SCENE 32: _Same as 30.33. SCENE 33: _Same as 31 (Close-Up).34. SCENE 34: _Same as 32.35. SCENE 35: _Same as 33.36. SCENE 36: _Same as 34.37. SCENE 37: _Dining room in the Ransom’s.38. SCENE 38: _Same as 36.39. SCENE 39: _Same as 37.40. SCENE 41: _Same as 39.41. SCENE 42: _Same as 40.Teddy at his wit’s end. Appeals to Jackson. Both stop and take positions in the attitude of thinking. Butler helps them think, mimicking them behind their backs. Jackson registe...
42. SCENE 43: _Interior of newspaper office.43. SCENE 44: _Same as 42.44. SCENE 45: _Teddy’s rooms (same as 1).45. SCENE 46: _Same as 31.Edith resolves to write a letter breaking off the engagement, which she immediately does, hands it to the Maid, who goes out to post it, and is then consoled by her mother.
46. SCENE 47: _Same as 37.Tom Ransom and Janice at table. Maid comes in with mail and morning paper. Tom sees the notice, gives it to Janice, she reads it and immediately bursts into hysterical tears. (_...
47. SCENE 48: _Letterbox on a corner.48. SCENE 49: _Porch of the Stone’s Mansion.Martha’s father reading on the veranda, Martha watering plants in the garden. Mr. Stone sees the notice in newspaper, calls Martha’s attention to it. She expresses sorrow, Mr. S...
49. SCENE 50: _Same as 45.Teddy passes letter to Jackson. Looks up and catches the butler reading over his shoulder. (_Close-Up_), of kicking him out of the room, returning to chair and opening the secon...
50. SCENE 51: _Exterior (same as 2).51. SCENE 52: _Same as 50.Teddy is alone. Butler announces Martha. She is ushered in. Condoles with Teddy over the loss of his money and offers to loan him enough to start over again. Teddy is greatly mo...