1947SOUND COMEDY SHORTS
JOE MCDOAKES COMEDY ABOUT EYE SIGHT-WEARING GLASSES.
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JOE PLAYS CARDS WITH A COUPLE. ALL ARE ENJOYING THEMSELVES. ALICE ENTERS, SERVING SANDWICHES.
MAN PLACES DECK OF CARDS ON SANDWICH. |
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CU OF CARDS ON SANDWICH
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JOE DEALS CARDS THEN GRABS THE NEW DECK OFF THE SANDWICH AND PUTS IT IN HIS MOUTH
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JOE MAKES A FACE OF DISGUST AND STARES AT THE CARDS IN CONFUSION
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CU OF MAN IN GLASSES LAUGHING. CU OF JOE EMBARRASSED AND IRRITATED. CU OF ALICE LOOKING IRRITATED. JOE DEALS THE CARDS. CU OF OLD WOMAN SMILING. THE CARD GAME CONTINUES
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JOE BLINKING IN CONFUSION AT THE CARDS IN HIS HANDS. HE THROWS AN ACE ONTO THE PILE AND ALICE KICKS HIM. JOE IS IN PAIN, ALICE IS ANGRY. JOE SHRUGS IT OFF.
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JOE OPENS TELEGRAM. CU OF JOE AS HE ATTEMPTS TO READ IT. SQUINTS HIS EYES. CU OF BLURRY LETTER. ALICE JOINS HIM. CU OF TELEGRAM. VISIT FROM ALICE'S BROTHER. CU OF ALICE AND JOE TALKING. JOE STARES AT THE CAMERA, ANGRY
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CU OF WOMAN WITH SEWING NEEDLE AND THREAD.
CU OF NEEDLE, THREAD. WOMAN'S EYES, SQUINTING |
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BOYS STUDYING, EATS APPLE. CU OF BOOK. DOOR OPENS, WOMAN'S HIGH HEELS WALK IN. OLDER WOMAN IN DOORWAY. BOY LOOKING UP, SQUINTS AT BLURRY PICTURE WHICH BECOMES FOCUSED. WOMAN COMES IN AND LOOKS OVER BOY'S SHOULDER. PUTS GLASSES ON
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HANDFUL OF PLAYING CARDS. JOE BLINKING AT THEM.
BLURRY CARDS. THROWS OUT A CARD AND ALICE KICKS HIM AGAIN. JOE JUMPS IN SURPRISE, PAIN AND FINALLY SMILES. |
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WOMAN PLACES FUR ON CHAIR. PUTS ON JEWELRY.
SCENE GOES BLURRY AS CAMERA ADJUSTS ITSELF |
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CU OF JOE LOOKING INTO CAMERA AS IF IT WERE A MIRROR. STARES AT HIMSELF AT DIFFERENT MIRROR ANGLES, AS CAMERA ADJUSTS ITSELF. HIS FACE TOO SKINNY, THEN WIDE
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JOE ATTEMPTS TO READ A BOOK, LOOKS TROUBLED.
ALICE CLEANS A MIRROR, LOOKS AT JOE IN MILD SHOCK. JOE HAS HIS BOOK ON HIS FEET, TRYING TO READ IT. JOE DROPS THE BOOK IN EMBARRASSMENT. ALICE SCOLDS HIM AND PLACES HIS HAT ON HIM AND USHERS HIM OUT. |
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NURSE ENTERS DOCTOR'S OFFICE. TALKS WITH JOE. CU OF JOE BLINKING AT THE NURSE'S LEGS.
SHE SITS AT DESK. JOE BEGINS TO RELAX, THEN STARES IN MILD SHOCK AT A MAN WHO IS BLINKING FURIOUSLY. |
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CU OF BLINKING MAN. JOE TRIES TO IGNORE THE MAN AS HE CROSSES EYES. JOE LOOKS AWAY, UNCOMFORTABLE
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JOE ROLLS HIS EYES, STARES AND SMILES AT THE NURSE. HE PICKS UP A VIEWFINDER AND PUTS A PICTURE IN IT
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CU OF A PERSON WITH CROSSED EYES. JOE QUICKLY PUTS DOWN VIEWFINDER AND SQUINTS. CU OF WATER COOLER. JOE GETS A GLASS
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CU OF JOE WAVING AT GOLDFISH. APPARENTLY IN THE WATER COOLER, SMILING. PICTURE OF THEM. JOE LEAVES WITH HIS WATER, STARTS TO DRINK.
RECOGNITION IS IN HIS EYES. HE DROPS THE WATER AND TRIES TO LEAVE |
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NURSE GETS UP AND GRABS JOE. SHE TALKS WITH HIM BUT HE IS PANICKED. DOCTOR SHAKES HANDS WITH THE PREVIOUS PATIENT. A BLIND MAN. JOE STARES HORRIFIED AS THE BLIND MAN LEAVES. NURSE AND DOCTOR USHER A TERRIFIED JOE INTO THE EYE EXAMINING OFFICE
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JOE SURROUNDED BY EYE DOCTOR EQUIPMENT.
NERVOUS, UPTIGHT, OBVIOUSLY SCARED AS HE GLANCES AROUND AT THE INSTRUMENTS |
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CU OF SKULL WITH GLASSES. JOE DROPS HIS HAT ON IT. DOCTOR STARTS EXAMINATION.
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CU OF LIGHT IN JOE'S EYES
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CU OF JOE LOOKING THROUGH A REFRACTOR, JOE'S NOSE IS CAUGHT IN IT. HE RUBS HIS NOSE, TRYING NOT TO BE EMBARRASSED. DOCTOR CONTINUES EXAM TURNING CONTROLS. JOE SQUINTS AT EYE CHART
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DOCTOR TOUCHING MORE CONTROLS., CHART LIGHTS UP COMPLETELY. JOE SMILES IN SATISFACTION. THE DOCTOR SCRATCHES HIS HEAD IN DISBELIEF
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JOE COMES HOME WEARING NEW GLASSES. CU OF JOE'S MAGNIFIED EYES. ALICE JOINS HIM AND POINTS TO HER BROTHER
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ALICE'S BROTHER READS THE PAPER AND SMOKES A CIGAR. HE SHAKES JOE'S HAND. HE PULLS JOE'S GLASSES OFF HIS FACE WITH AN ANNOYED LOOK. HE THROWS THEM ON THE TABLE.
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CU ALICE'S BROTHER DOING EYE EXERCISES, ROLLING THEM IN THEIR SOCKETS. ALICE'S BROTHER BRINGS JOE ONTO THE PATIO. JOE STRUGGLES AS ALICE'S BROTHER DIRECTS SUNLIGHT INTO JOE'S EYES WITH A MAGNIFYING GLASS. JOE STARES INTO THE CAMERA IN THOUGHT
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EXTERIOR BUILDING SHOT. GROUP OF PEOPLE SHAKING THEIR HEADS SIDE TO SIDE, SUN GAZING
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CU OF JOE'S PROFILE, LOOKS CONFIDENT. HE PLACES A HELMET ON HIS HEAD AND LOOKS AT THE CAMERA AS HE STARTS HIS JEEP.
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PLAYING CARDS. SMALL SANDWICH SNACK. MAN LAUGHS. CARD HAND. FINGER ON DOORBELL. TELEGRAM DELIVERED. PAYS MONEY. TRIES TO READ TELEGRAM. HE CAN'T SEE. KICK UNDER THE TABLE. ANGRY FACE. WOMAN TRYING TO THREAD NEEDLE. CU OF NEEDLE HEAD. BOY READING BOOK. EATS APPLE. OLD WOMAN ENTERS. HE SQUINTS. OUT OF FOCUS. OLD WOMAN PUTS SMALL GLASSES ON. WOMAN WITH GOWN ON & FUR STOLE PUTS ON DIAMOND BRACELET. DISTORTED VIEW. ELEGANT. MAKING FACES. TRIES TO READ BOOK. PUTS BOOK ON HIS FEET. AT DOCTOR'S OFFICE. NURSE. CLASSIC HOUSEWIFE. A MAN BLINKING. MAN GETS BOTTLE OF EYE WASH. SMILES AT NURSE. FISH IN WATER COOLER. MAN WITH SEEING EYE DOG AND CAN. IN EYE DOCTOR'S OFFICE. SKELETON WITH GLASSES EXAMINATION. PUTS LIGHT ON JOE'S EYES. PUTS REFRACTOR ON JOE'S EYES. EYE CHART. DOCTOR LOOKS ANGRY. JOE HAS REALLY THICK GLASSES. MAKES HIS EYES SUPER LARGE. GUY READING NEWSPAPER SMOKING CIGAR. GIVES JOE A HARD TIME. EYE EXERCISES. PUTS MAGNIFYING GLASSES ON JOE'S EYES. SUN GAZING PATIENTS. JOE PUTS ON HELMET. IS IN THE ARMY. IN JEEP. STEREOPTICON. STARRING GEORGE O'HANLON. WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY RICHARD BARE. |
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