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CU DOOR SIGN: "HARLEM APARTMENT'S"
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CU DOOR SIGN: "SAMSON PEABODY, JANITOR. ETHEL"
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CU LEGS OF CLEANING WOMAN SWEEPING FLOORS WITH BROOM.
LEGS OF APARTMENT DWELLERS APPROACH & COMPLAIN |
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WIFE COMES OUTSIDE TO SEE HUSBAND SLEEPING IN HAMMOCK PULLS AWAY NEWSPAPER COVERING HIS FACE. ANGRY THAT HUSBAND IS SLEEPING WHILE SHE WORKS.
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ETHEL WATERS
TAKING YOUR TIME
(music video)
SHE WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE
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WOMAN CARRYING YOUNG CHILD COMES OUT
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WIFE SHAKES HAMMOCK TRYING TO WAKE UP LAZY HUSBAND.
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CU TAKES DIAPER PIN
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STICKS PIN IN HIS REAR END BUT HE DOESN'T RESPOND.
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PULLS HIS EYELID UP, THINKS HE'S DEAD. WIFE SAYS "LUNCHEON SERVED", HUSBAND JUMPS UP OUT OF HAMMOCK
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HUSBAND RUNS INTO THE HOUSE AS WIFE CHASTISES HIM ARMS AKIMBO.
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CU YOUNG WOMAN SLEEPING ON COUCH WITH STRAW IN HER MOUTH. PANS TO UNCLE SLEEPING IN CHAIR. WAKES UP AT SOUND OF HER VOICE. PAN ROOM TO TWO MEN PLAYING CARDS, YOUNG BOYS & GRANDFATHER ROLLING DICE.
GAMBLING. TWO YOUNG WOMAN APPLY MAKEUP IN COMPACT MIRROR. LAZY RELATIVES |
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POV IN MIRROR AS MAN PUTS ON TIE. WIFE BERATES HIM FROM BEHIND
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KNOCK ON FRONT DOOR AS COUSIN JOE ENTERS. WIFE CROSSES HER ARMS, YELLS AT FREELOADERS
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QUARTET SINGS "WHEN YOU HANG YOUR HAT IN A HARLEM FLAT"
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ANGRY WIFE PHYSICALLY THROWS THEM OUT OF APARTMENT.
YELLS AT OTHER FREELOADERS. TAKES APRON OFF & THROWS IT ON THE GROUND IN ANGER |
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ETHEL WATERS
DARKIES NEVER CRY
(music video)
(WASHING CLOTHES IN SINK) - SHE WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE
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MAN WEARING GENIE SWAMI COSTUME LOOKING AT APARTMENT MAIL BOXES. SLIDES NOTE OUT OF MAIL BOX & READS IT.
SLIPS NOTE BACK IN MAIL BOX & KNOCKS ON DOOR |
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AS WOMAN ANSWERS DOOR "SWAMI" PRETENDS TO BE MIND READER
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GYPSY MAN LOOKS INTO CRYSTAL BALL. TELLS WOMAN ABOUT RICH UNCLE COMING TO VISIT. HUSBAND ARRIVES WITH NOTE. WOMAN BELIEVES "SWAMI"
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ETHEL WALTERS
COMPANY IS COMING TONIGHT
(music video)
EVERYONE PREPARES FOR RICH UNCLE'S VISIT: SON GIVES
FATHER SHOE SHINE, MAN IRONING HIS PANTS, MAN FIXING HIS TIE, MAN HELPS PEEL POTATOES, WOMAN GRABS MOONSHINE JUG OUT OF MAN'S HANDS. |
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UNCLE ARRIVES WITH GUARDS FROM INSANE ASYLUM.
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CU RELEASE PAPERS FROM STATE ASYLUM. CRAZY UNCLE PRETENDING TO BE RICH SIGNS PAPER & RUNS UP STAIRS
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CU TWO GUARDS LOOK AT PAPER SIGNED "EMPEROR JONES".
THEY RUNS UPSTAIRS FOLLOWING HIM |
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PAN ROOM FULL OF FAMILY MEMBERS WAITING FOR "RICH UNCLE". UNCLE ENTERS ROOM. EVERYONE SITS DOWN TO EAT DINNER. THEY START TO REALIZE BELONGINGS ARE MISSING
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WOMAN BRINGS OUT CHICKEN. MAN WITH EYES BUGGING WITH ANTICIPATION. OPEN TOP OF DISH, BUT DINNER IS MISSING MAN OPENS HIS JACKET & HIS SUSPENDERS ARE MISSING.
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RELATIVES GO TO SWAMI BUT CRYSTAL BALL IS MISSING.
EMPTIES WATER FROM GLASS VASE TO USES AS MAKESHIFT CRYSTAL BALL. TURNS OUT THE LIGHTS |
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EVERYONE SINGS "I CAN SEE ST. PETER STANDING BY THE ROCK, BOW DOWN". ASYLUM GUARDS ARRIVE. UNCLE SNEAKS OUT OF APARTMENT WEARING SWAMI COSTUME. OPENS JACKET & BREAKS OFF CHICKEN LEG FROM STOLEN CHICKEN. GUARDS GRAB HIM & BRING HIM INSIDE
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CU FINGER FLIPPING ON LIGHT SWITCH
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EVERYONE IN THE ROOM IS IN UNDERWEAR SINCE CRAZY UNCLE STOLE ALL THEIR CLOTHES WHEN LIGHTS WERE OUT
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