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MAN GRABBED BY THE HAIR AND PULLED OUT OF THE ROOM

MAN RUNNING ACROSS FIELD WITH GROUP OF WOMEN CHASING HIM

LOW ANGLE WOMEN ON ROCKY CLIFF PRAYING. WOMAN POINTS UP TO THE SKY

DAREDEVIL SITS IN EARLY PARACHUTE, SMALLER PARACHUTE CARRYING PET BIRD BESIDE HIM AS THEY DESCEND. MAN HOLDS A BROOM, BIRD CLIMBS ONTO THE BROOM HANDLE.

PARACHUTIST OPENS A CABLEGRAM AND READS IT WHILE HE IS IN THE AIR. HANDS BIRD ENVELOPE. BIRD HOLDS ENVELOPE IN ITS BEAK. CABLE FROM HIS UNCLE COMING TO ARRANGE A MARRIAGE THREATENS HIM TO STAY AWAY FROM ALL OTHER WOMEN OR HE'LL DIE PENNILESS.

PARACHUTE ON THE GROUND BURIES MAN UNDERNEATH. WOMEN RUN OVER AND CLIMB UNDERNEATH PARACHUTE WITH THE MAN.
HE SNEAKS OUT AND RUNS AWAY. WOMEN CLIMB OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE PARACHUTE AND CHASE HIM

POV LOOKING THROUGH BINOCULARS AT MAN RUNNING

THE WOMEN DROP THE SHEET AND SCATTER LOOKING FOR THE MAN

VERY SHORT INNKEEPER GOES BEHIND RECEPTION DESK,
HANDS NEW EMPLOYEE A UNIFORM. CU BEATEN UP BELL HOP HAT. HANDS HIM A JACKET, PULLS SANDWICH OUT OF JACKET POCKET AND EATS.

GENERAL HELPER PICKS UP HIS BAG AND CLIMBS UP INTO HIS ATTIC ROOM, A HATCH WITH A LADDER. OPENS HIS BAG, PULLS ON A LONG ROPE, A DOG APPEARS. TAKES FRAMED PHOTOGRAPHS OUT AND HANGS THEM. TRICK BAG. SKETCH OF HIM AS A BOY. PULLS A CHAIR OUT OF TRICK BAG AND SITS DOWN. MOVING INTO HIS NEW ROOM WITH HIS BELONGINGS.
PULLS OUT HAT RACK, HANGS HIS HATS ON IT. SIGHT GAGS.
PULLS A TABLE, PLANT, TABLECLOTH OUT OF HIS BAG ABSURD AMOUNT OF THINGS COME OUT OF HIS "MARY POPPINS" BAG.

SHORT INNKEEPER, ARMS AKIMBO TALKS TO TWO ATTRACTIVE YOUNG LADIES. JEALOUS OLD FRUMPY WIFE BEHIND THE COUNTER SPITS IN HER HANDS, GRABS A HUGE MALLET AND HITS HER HUSBAND OVER THE HEAD KNOCKING HIM OUT

FRUMPY OLD WOMAN CHASES HER HUSBAND AROUND THE INN WITH HUGE MALLET. HE RUNS AWAY. SHE SMASHES HIS HAT WITH HUGE MALLET FOR SPITE

HE GOES TO HIS WINDOW, INNKEEPER SHOUTS UP FOR HIM TO COVER FOR HIM AND RUNS AWAY. TELLS THE ANIMALS TO BE GOOD & CLIMBS DOWN THE LADDER

GROUP OF WOMEN WATCH MAN WALKING DOWN STAIRS CARRYING BUNDLE OF LAUNDRY, HIS FACE HIDDEN, THEY WONDER IF IT'S THE MAN THEY'RE AFTER. HE FALLS DOWN AND LOOKS AROUND SEEING MANY PAIRS OF WOMEN'S FEET. CU PAN 1920s FEMALE FOOTWEAR.

HE GOES IN ONE ROOM, THE WOMEN IN ANOTHER. HIDING FROM WOMEN

MEANWHILE, A GUEST WANTS TO CHECK INTO THE INN, RINGS FRONT DESK BELL.

DOWNSTAIRS IN THE LOBBY, GUEST GETTING ANGRY RINGS FIRE BELL AND SHOUTS FIRE! TO GET ATTENTION

RECEPTIONIST CHECKS IN GUEST, HAS HIM SIGN IN WITH PEN ATTACHED TO A ROPE SUSPENDED FROM THE CEILING

CLEAVER RECEPTIONIST STEALS PART OF GUEST'S CIGARETTE BY HIS CIGARETTE HOLDER TO GUEST'S AND CUTTING THE CIGARETTE WITH SCISSORS. LIGHTS HIS CIGARETTE, THEN THE GUESTS.

CU PHOTO OF THE MAN WHEN HE WAS A BOY (SAME ONE MAN HAS IN HIS ROOM) IT'S THE MAN'S RICH UNCLE & HE RECOGNIZES HIM BY "THE FAMILY MUSTACHE" REACHES OVER THE DESK AND KISSES THE MAN JUMPS OVER THE DESK, CHASES HIM AROUND LOBBY

RICH UNCLE LOOKING AROUND FOR HIS NEPHEW. FRUMPY OLD WOMAN OPENS HER ROOM DOOR READY TO HIT MAN WITH HUGE MALLET, REALIZES IT'S NOT HER HUSBAND & STOPS HERSELF

MAN HIDES IN WOMAN'S ROOM, TELLS HER HIS WOES

WOMAN GETS ON HER KNEES BEGGING MAN TO MARRY HER. HE SHAKES HIS HEAD BACK AND FORTH

MEANWHILE, THE WOMAN CONTINUES TO BEG HER SWEETHEART TO MARRY HER. THIS TIME HE SAYS YES. SHE GETS UP &
HUGS HIM

MAN SUDDENLY REMEMBERS HIS UNCLE'S CABLEGRAM ABOUT ARRANGED MARRIAGE, PULLS CABLEGRAM OUT OF HIS POCKET & GIVES IT TO HER TO READ. SHE PUTS HER HAND TO HER HEAD IN A DRAMATIC GESTURE, THEN SITS DOWN. WHAT WILL WE DO?

MAN HIDES BEHIND A CHAIR, FRUMPY OLD WOMAN COMES IN, SITS DOWN AND UNKNOWINGLY BANGS HIM ON THE HEAD WITH HER MALLET OVER AND OVER AND HUSBAND UNDRESSES AND PUTS ON NIGHTSHIRT

HOTEL GUEST WEARING CURLERS RINGS FOR BELL HOP ROOM 7

FRUMPY OLD WOMAN STILL CARRYING HER MALLET CUPS HER EAR TO LISTEN, GOES OUT INTO THE HALLWAY, SEES WHAT'S GOING ON, ORDERS THE WOMEN BACK TO THEIR ROOMS, BEATS MAN WITH HUGE MALLET. HE GETS UP & RUNS AWAY LEAVING HUGE MESS OF BROKEN CROCKERY ON THE FLOOR

ALL THE WOMEN LISTEN IN ON THE CONVERSATION EAVESDROPPING. THE INNKEEPER SHOOS THEM AWAY

SHE BUMPS INTO THE UNCLE IN THE HALLWAY, HE PULLS OUT PHOTOGRAPH OF HER WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG, SHE ENDS UP BEING THE WOMAN HIS NEPHEW IS INTENDED TO MARRY. THEY HUG AND KISS, DELIGHTED HOW THINGS TURNED OUT.

EVERYONE GETS INVOLVED IN THE CHASE, ALL THE WOMEN RUN OUT OF THEIR ROOMS, THE INNKEEPER AND HIS WIFE, EVERYONE RUNS AROUND IN CIRCLES.

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