1941SOUND COMEDY SHORTS
2/21/41. WITH EDGAR KENNEDY, HARRY D'ARCY, VIVIAN OAKLAND, BILL FRANEY, FRAN O'CONNER, KAY VALLON.
POP THINKS HE'S INHERITED A LUXURIOUS SOUTHERN MANOR, BUT IT'S JUST A DUST-LADEN DUMP.
POP THINKS HE'S INHERITED A LUXURIOUS SOUTHERN MANOR, BUT IT'S JUST A DUST-LADEN DUMP.
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CU OF CHECKER BOARD. ZOOM OUT TO EDGAR PLAYING CHESS WITH FATHER-IN-LAW. VIVIAN APPROACHES THEM.
EDGAR & DAD ARE UNCOMFORTABLE-ASHAMED. WOMAN FIXES HAT IN MIRROR. EDGAR JUMPS IN, GETS ANGRY. VIVIAN & DAD LEAVE. YELLS AFTER FATHER. TURNS ON RADIO |
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CU EDGAR TIRED-DISAPPOINTED. LISTENS TO RADIO.
FATHER & BROTHER LISTENING TO RADIO IN NEXT ROOM. LOOK AT RADIO IN SURPRISE. |
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EDGAR GETS UP, MAKES PHONE CALL. FATHER WALKS IN, EDGAR HANGS UP PHONE & LEAVES ROOM. HE WALKS ACROSS HALL. KNOCKS ON DOOR & ENTERS. DAD LOOKS AROUND HALL.
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EDGAR ON PHONE. DAD STEPS OUT INTO HALL, HE LISTENS AT DOOR, EAVESDROPPING. SMILES. TURNS BACK ACROSS THE HALL, RUNS TO COUCH.
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EDGAR HANGS UP PHONE. EDGAR RETURNS TO APARTMENT FINDING DAD ON COUCH. DAD ANSWERS PHONE. EDGAR SITS DOWN. DAD LECTURES TO EDGAR. EDGAR IMAGINES THE GOOD LIFE, PULLS OUT MONEY FROM HIS POCKET. MAN FROM ACROSS THE HALL COMES IN, IRRITATED. DAD TAKES MONEY FROM EDGAR, GIVES IT TO THE MAN. MAN LEAVES
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EDGAR MAKES A PHONE CALL
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EDGAR & DAD SIT IN EMPTY ROOM WITH NOTHING BUT LUGGAGE. VIVIAN WALKS IN, SURPRISED. EDGAR IS DRESSED LIKE A RICH TEXAN PLANTATION OWNER. ACTS DRAMATIC.
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CAR DRIVING DOWN COUNTRY ROAD KICKING UP DUST. CU OF ALL THREE IN CAR. ALL ARE VERY CRANKY. DAD BLOWS DIRT OFF OF DASHBOARD. EDGAR CALLS OUT
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HICK BOY SITS ON A LOG. WALKS OVER TO EDGAR, GETS INTO THE CAR, SITTING ON EDGAR'S LAP BECAUSE THERE IS NO ROOM. THEY DRIVE ON.
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HILLBILLIES SLEEPING UNDER TREE. ONE WAKES UP THE OTHERS. TWO GRAB THEIR RIFLES & CROUCH BESIDE THE ROAD. THEY RUN OUT INTO THE ROAD & HOLD UP EDGAR'S CAR
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HILLBILLY WITH RIFLE AIMED AT EDGAR. CU THE BOY ON EDGAR'S LAP IS REVEALED TO BE A WOMAN WHEN HER HAT IS PULLED OFF. EDGAR GETS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. SHE LEAVES THE CAR.
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HILLBILLY PUSHES RIFLE INTO EDGAR'S CHEST. DAD SQUIRTS THE HILLBILLIES WITH GREASE & THEY DRIVE AWAY. HILLBILLIES ARE MAD, FUED
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COUNTRY HOUSE & TREES. DAD PULLS CAR UP TO HOUSE.
EDGAR & VIVIAN GET OUT OF CAR |
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VIEW OF MOUNTAINS. WIFE ANGRY. THEY ENTER THE HOUSE. DAD CARRYING HEAVY LUGGAGE TRUNK ON HIS BACK. EDGAR GOLF CLUBS. VIVIAN. DAD & EDGAR ARGUE.
DAD HANDS EDGAR A RIFLE & TAKES RIFLE OFF WALL. HE STEPS ON A TABLE'S EDGE, CAUSING THE OTHER END OF THE TABLE TO TILT UP, SENDING A BOTTLE CRASHING INTO EDGAR'S HEAD. DAD'S RIFLE GOES OFF IN THE PROCESS. EDGAR FALLS FLAT ON HIS FACE |
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EDGAR STANDS, CLOSES DOOR & RUNS AFTER DAD, WHO THROWS ANOTHER BOTTLE AT HIM. HE CHASES DAD AROUND ROOM. THROWING THINGS AT EACH OTHER. SCUFFLE.
PULLING OLD MAN OUT FROM UNDER TABLE. GOES AFTER OLD MAN. |
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CU OF HILLBILLIES FACES PEEKING OUT OF BUSHES.
VIVIAN BREAKS UP FIGHT BETWEEN EDGAR & DAD. DAD STANDS BY DOOR, CLUTCHING RIFLE. DAD RUNS OUT ON PORCH, TRIPS, FALLS DOWN PORCH STEPS. THE RIFLE GOES OFF, HE LANDS ON HIS BACK. |
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CU OF HILLBILLIES IN BUSHES. DAD STANDS UP, HIS HAT IS SHOT FROM HIS HEAD. POT-SHOTS. INSIDE, A CHANDELIER BURSTS. DAD PANICS & DIVES BEHIND CRATE-BARRLE. EDGAR GRABS RIFLE & WALKS TOWARDS THE DOOR
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CU OF HILLBILLIES AIMING RIFLES FROM BUSHES. THEY FIRE. EDGAR FALLS BACK ON THE FLOOR. HILLBILLIES FIRE AGAIN. BOTTLE SHATTERS POURING LIQUID ALL OVER DAD. HE SCREAMS THINKS HE'S BEEN SHOT & TRIES TO HIDE
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EDGAR RIPS APART CHAIR. THE HILLBILLIES LIE ON THE GROUND, FIRING AT DAD. HE CLIMBS ONTO THE PORCH, SCREAMS, AND JUMPS THRU THE OPEN WINDOW, LANDING ON EDGAR. HILLBILLIES FIRE AGAIN, SHATTERING VASE.
THINGS GET ALL SHOT UP. DAD & EDGAR GET TO THEIR FEET |
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CU OF VIVIAN. ANOTHER SHOT, PAINTING FALLS. DAD TIES WHITE SHEET AROUND THE RIFLE BARREL. WHITE FLAG OF SURRENDER. HANDS IT TO EDGAR. EDGAR GOES OUT THE DOOR
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EDGAR WAVES HIS RIFLE BACK & FORTH, THE SHEET GETS CAUGHT IN THE DOOR. THE HILLBILLIES FIRE AGAIN, BREAKING A WINDOW. EDGAR CONTINUES WAVING THE RIFLE, NOTICES THE MISSING SHEETS & RUNS BACK INSIDE, CLOSING THE DOOR
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CAR APPEARS ON THE COUNTRY ROAD. THE HILLBILLIES SEE THE CAR THEY RUN AWAY. MAN GOBBLES LIKE TURKEY.
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EDGAR TIES THE SHEET ONTO THE RIFLE. HE HANDS IT TO DAD AND PUSHES HIM OUT THE DOOR. DETECTIVES HAVE GOTTEN OUT OF THE CAR
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COUNTRY HOUSE. DAD ON THE PORCH, WAVES HIS RIFLE.
THE MEN APPROACH THE PORCH & SHOVE DAD INSIDE THE HOUSE. EDGAR GRABS A CHAIR, HOLDS IT OVER HIS HEAD, DAD FLIES THRU THE DOOR FOLLOWED BY THE MEN WHO ARE COPS. EDGAR PUTS THE CHAIR DOWN. ONE OF THE COPS OPENS A TRAP DOOR UNDER THE RUG. EDGAR SMILES. CAMERA ZOOMS IN AS HIS SMILE TURNS TO FEAR. MOONSHINE HIDDEN IN THE HOUSE |
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