DS-187

CU WOMAN'S CLASPED HANDS ON TABLE, WOMAN TAKES OFF HER WEDDING RING. END OF HER MARRIAGE

CU TRAVEL ALARM CLOCK TICKING, HAND PICKS UP ALARM CLOCK 3:10

CU MAN SIGNS DIVORCE PAPERS

DIVORCEE LOOKS OVER THE MAIL, SHUDDERS, LOOKS AROUND AT HER SURROUNDINGS. PICKS UP HER SUITCASE & GOES IN HER BEDROOM

MOTHER SITS DOWN NEXT TO YOUNG SON FOR A HEART-TO-
HEART TALK ABOUT DIVORCE. HE'S NOT READY TO TALK ABOUT YET.

MALE FAMILY FRIEND TALKS TO WOMAN AS SHE PUTS FLOWERS IN VASE. FOLLOWS HER AROUND AS SHE ARRANGES THE FLOWERS. THEY SIT DOWN AND TALK. THINGS ARE GOING TO BE STRANGE FOR YOU NOW BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE DIFFERENT FOR US". HE TRIES TO PUT THE MOVES ON HER NOW THAT SHE'S A DIVORCEE, SHE SENDS HIM ON HIS WAY UNCOMFORTABLE MOMENT AT THE DOOR

1950s TAILOR SHOP SEAMSTRESS FITTING DRESS ON MODEL.
BUSY 1950s CAREER WOMEN. NEWLY DIVORCED WOMAN THROWS HERSELF IN HER WORK.

MOTHER LOOKS IN ON HER SLEEPING SON

NEIGHBOR BUZZES APARTMENT DOOR, WOMAN MAKES COFFEE FOR DIVORCED NEIGHBOR, THEY'RE IN THE SAME BOAT SHARE EXPERIENCES AND COFFEE. "YOU'LL BE PITCHED AT LIKE MISS AMERICA" THE LURE OF THE 1950s "EASY" DIVORCEE.
WOMAN GIVES NEWLY DIVORCED WOMAN ADVICE

BOY LAYS ON THE LIVING ROOM RUG READING A BOOK WHILE MOTHER WORKS ON A DRESS ON A TAILOR'S DUMMY, FINGERS HER WEDDING RING

DIVORCEE AT A RESORT HOTEL FOR THE WEEKEND. DRESSED UP IN 1950s EVENING WEAR. 1950s SINGLES RESORT. MEN FAWN OVER DIVORCEE, FLIRTING. MAN IS ALL OVER HER KISSING, TOUCHING. GIRLFRIEND ENTERS, THEY JOIN THE MEN FOR DINNER. WOMAN IS VERY NERVOUS ABOUT DRUNKEN LETCH WITH HIS ARM AROUND HER SHE SAYS "GET YOUR HANDS OFF ME" AND PUSHES HIM AWAY KNOCKING OVER DRINKS & CAUSING A SCENE. SHE GRABS HER COAT AND RUNS THROUGH THE COCKTAIL CROWD WITH HER FIREND CALLING HER NAME AND RUNNING AFTER HER. VERY DRAMATIC

9 YEAR OLD BOY MAKES HIS BED, GRANDFATHER COMES IN &
HELPS. GRANDFATHER HAS HEART-TO-HEARET WITH HIS GRANDSON AFTER DIVORCE. HIS DAUGHTER COMES HOME, SHE RUNS AND HUGS HIM LIKE SHE'S STILL A LITTLE GIRL.
CLOSE FAMILY.

DIVORCEE NEIGHBOR ENTERS, IS INTRODUCED TO FRIEND'S FATHER TRIES TO GET HER TO GO TO A PWP MEETING PARENTS WITHOUT PARTNERS MEETING. SHE STILL WON'T GO.

SON STANDS IN THE HALLWAY LISTENING SAYS "DIVORCED MEANS YOU'RE NOT MARRIED ANYMORE" ASKS QUESTIONS HIS MOTHER DOESN'T WANT TO ANSWER, SHOOS HIM AWAY TO DRAMATIC MUSIC.

SIGN ON DOOR "STUDIO ROOM PARENTS WITHOUT PARTNERS"

PEOPLE BREAK UP INTO PANEL GROUPS OF ALIKE PEOPLE, GROUPS WITH YOUNGSTERS, WIDOWS, WIDOWERS. ETC..

WOMAN LISTENING SUDDENLY GETS UP AND LEAVES, CONCERNED FRIENS FOLLOWS HER OUT

COMES OUT AND TALKS WITH HER FRIEND ABOUT THE PARENTS WITHOUT PARTNERS MEETING "I JUST COULDN'T TAKE ANY MORE OF THAT NONSENSE" FRIEND REPLIES "THOSE PEOPLE AREN'T ANY DIFFERENT THAN WE ARE"

WOMAN REGRETS HER DIVORCE "EVEN A BAD MARRIAGE IS BETTER THAN THIS" OVER DRAMATIC

WOMAN LEFT ALONE IN THE HOUSE TIES APRON ON AND CLEANS THE HOUSE. FINDS A NOTE TAPED TO WORLD GLOBE FROM HER SON. READS THE NOTE "DEAR MOMMT, I'M SORRY I LIED TO YOU, I WROTE THOSE LETTERS BUT I THOGUHT YOU'D BE ANGRY."

AFTER THE MEETING, A MAN ASKS HER OUT TO THE MOVIES, THIS TIME SHE SAYS YES.

MOTHER ANSWERS DOOR, INTRODUCES DATE TO BABYSITTER &
SON. UPSET BOY IGNORES THE DATE, LEAVES THE ROOM.

MOTHER CANCELS DATE. BABYSITTER ARGUES THAT THE BOY IS JUST FAKING IT BECAUSE HE DOESN'T WANT HIS MOTHER TO GO OUT. MOTHER SOUND BYTE "I'M DOING THE BEST I CAN"

MEETING OF SINGLE MOTHERS. TALKING ABOUT HOW TO DEAL WITH THE CHILDREN

MOTHER IN FRONT OF MIRROR COMBING HER HAIR, GETTING READY FOR DATE. BOY HUGS HIS MOTHER HELLO. LEAVES THE ROOM WHEN HIS MOTHER SAYS SHE IS GOING ON A DATE.

BOY GETS UP & KISSES HIS MOTHER ON THE CHEEK