CHARLEY CHASE & FAMILY RUNS DOWN STREET TO MOVIE
THEATER

FAMILY ENTERS MOVIE THEATER, USHER TAKES TICKETS

CU MAN STEPS ON FOOT

DIRECTOR & CAMERAMAN FILM MAN ATTACKING WOMAN

MAN RAISES DAGGER

DIRECTOR THROWS DOLL AT CHAPLIN, CHAPLIN HITS
MAN WITH DOLL, STABS MAN IN BUTT, DIRECTOR YELLS
AT CHAPLIN AND THROWS DAGGER DOWN, DIRECTOR THROWS
CHARLIE OUT DOOR

CHAPLIN KICKS MAN IN BUTT

CHAPLIN WITH BABY ON LAP, SMOKING PIPE IN THE
KITCHEN WITH WOMAN, WOMAN GOES OUT DOOR, CHAPLIN
LOOKS IN FLAME ON STOVE

CHAPLIN SITTING IN CHAIR BURNS FOOT ON STOVE WITH
OPEN FLAME

CHAPLIN CARRIES BABY BY THE SHIRT, GRABS ?
CHAPLIN, SITS IN CRADLE

CHAPLIN LOOKS AT WOMAN, TALKS, WOMAN UPSET. HITS
CHAPLIN IN FACE WITH RAG, CHAPLIN GRABS NOSE &
RUSHES OUT OF ROOM

WOMAN THROWS CHAPLIN'S COAT TOWARDS HIM, WOMAN
HITS CHAPLIN OVER THE HEAD WITH IRONING BOARD.
CHAPLIN LOOKS STUNNED, SLAPS WOMAN IN FACE.
CHAPLIN EXITS ROOM

WOMAN IN ROOM INSIDE YELLS OUT TO CHAPLIN.
OUTSIDE CHAPLIN WALKS OFF

CHAPLIN IN RESTAURANT HANGS UP COAT, HAT, CANE,
GRABS ROLE FROM COUNTER, WIPES HANDS ON OLD MAN'S
BEARD, OLD MAN GETS UPSET, YELLS AT WAITER, OLD
MAN WALKS OUT

CHAPLIN BITES MAN'S ARM, CHAPLIN RETURNS TO
EATING CHICKEN BONE

CHAPLIN & MAN STQART CAUSING MAN TO FALL DOWN,
MALE FIGHT BREAKS OUT

WOMAN WITH BABY IN ROOM, EXITS ROOM

WOMAN WITH BABY WALKS DOWN SIDEWALK, WOMAN STANDS
BY COP

WOMAN WITH BABY TALKS TO COP, WOMAN HANDS BABY TO
COP

WOMAN SLAPS CHAPLIN BACK INTO THE GARBAGE CAN,
WOMAN ACTS UPSET, CHAPLIN HIDES IN GARBAGE CAN

SLEEK RACE CARS OF 1914, MAN REMOVES TIRE FROM
WHEEL, RACE CARS RACE BY

CHAPLIN WITHOUT HAT CHASES CAR, DOES FAMOUS
SPINNING TURN, RUNS OFF SCREEN

CHAPLIN WITH WOMAN, CHESTER COCKLEN? PULLS WOMAN
FROM CHAPLIN

CHAPLIN SLAPS MAN IN FACE, WOMAN FALLS BACK,
CHAPLIN PUSHES MAN WITH FOOT. MAN CALLS BACKWARD
ON OTHER MEN

COP GRABS MAN

2 MEN WITH MUSTACHES ARE TAKEN AWAY BY COP

CHAPLIN TRIES TO KISS GIRL, HE KISSES HER HAND
INSTEAD, SHE PUTS HER FINGER ON HIS NOSE

FATTY ARBUCKLE'S FACE IN CUT OUT HEART. HE SMILES
HE LOOKS OVER TO MABEL

FATTY ANSWERS BACK

FATTY'S FACE STILL IN CUT OUT HEART WINKS &
SMILES

TWO HEARTS & FACES OF MABEL & FATTY COME TOGETHER

FATTY & MABEL AGAIN LOOK AT EACH OTHER LOVINGLY
& SMILE

CUPID SHOOTS ARROW & LAUGHS

AL ST JOHN CRIES, HEART BREAKS

MABEL COMES OUT OF HOUSE, SEA IN THE BACKGROUND,
SHE YELLS TO FATTY

MABEL GESTURES FOR FATTY TO COME TO HER, FATTY
DOES, DOG FOLLOWS

FATTY & MABEL GO INSIDE HOUSE (END OF SCENE)

CU OF MABEL'S FACE FRAMED BY CURTAIN

MABEL RUNS TOWARDS BED, AND JUMPS IN

MABEL FALLS HALF OUT OF BED, LOOKS UNDER BED

DOG LIES IN BED WITH MABEL UNDER THE COVERS

CU OF DOG & MABEL IN BED WITH FATTY'S SHADOW OVER
THEM GIVING THEM A KISS

OCEAN CRASHES UP AGAINST ROCKS

FATTY LOOKS OUT WINDOW CONCERNED. MABEL IN BED
CLOTHES LOOKS CONCERNED, RUSHES TO THE WINDOW TO
JOIN FATTY

FATTY EMPTIES POCKETS WHICH ARE FULL OF WATER

OCEAN CRASHES UP ON ROCKS

SHOT OF OCEAN AGAIN

MAN WITH AX SWINGS AT FRONT PORCH. WAVES CRASH
IN & WASH IT AWAY

CALM MORNING AFTER STORM, SUNRISE

SHOT OF HOUSE FLOATING IN OCEAN

FATTY AFTER STANDING ON BED FALLS INTO WATER IN
HOUSE, MABEL & DOG ACT EXCITED

FATTY WALKS AROUND ROOM, OPENS CURTAIN TO LOOK
OUTSIDE

MABEL & FATTY IN ROOM LOOK UPSET & VERY CONCERNED

FATTY RIPS OUT PIECE OF PAPER

DOG SWIMS AWAY OUT WINDOW

FATTY SITS ON BED & MABEL FALLS INTO WATER IN
ROOM. THEY SPLASH AROUND WITH DOG IN THE WHITE
WATER

DOG RUNS ONTO BEACH PAST ROCKS, UPHILL

DOG RACES DOWN DIRT ROAD TOWARDS HOUSE, JUMPS ON
SCREEN DOOR

IN KITCHEN DOG SITS & MAN GETS NOTE. READS NOTE

MAN ON DOCK BY BOAT, ANSWERS PHONE, BOAT RUSHES
OFF PULLING MAN OFF DOCK BY ROPE

TWO MEN FALL INTO WATER AS BOAT SPEEDS OFF

MAN IN BED CLOTHES GETS ON BIKE WHILE OTHER MAN
PEDALS. THEY FOLLOW DOG UP ROAD

MEN IN ROWBOAT

MEN IN ROWBOAT FIGHT WAVES TO GET OUT TO SEA

MEN FLIP OUT OF BOAT WHEN WAVE HITS

MAN RIDES BIKE DOWN RAMP, INTO WATER, THE TWO
BOATS RACE

TWO BOATS RACING IN WATER SIDE BY SIDE SWAMPS
ROWBOAT

MABEL, FATTY, THEIR DOG & TWO MEN ON BOAT

DOG IN HEART (END).

GLORIA SWANSON WITH BOBY VERNON STANDING OUTSIDE

WALLACE WITH SISTER LOOK AT LETTER, WALLACE
CRUMPLES UP LETTER

ANOTHER MAN WALKS IN WITH TWO WOMEN, HE ALSO
REMOVES HER COAT TO CHECK IN WITH TWO WOMEN, HE
ALSO REMOVES HER COAT TO CHECK IT AT THE DESK

PEOPLE DANCING

PEOPLE DANCING

COUPLE SITTING ON BENCH ARGUE, WOMAN TRIES TO WALK
AWAY, MAN PUTS HER BACK

WOMAN THROWS MAN AROUND DANCE FLOOR LIKE RAGDOLL

MAN GETS ON FLOOR TO RETRIEVE THE BROKEN NECKLACE
WOMAN FINDS NOTE

WOMAN HUGS MAN

DOOR FLIES OPEN, WIND RUSHES IN, MAN & WOMAN RUSH
OUT

MAN & WOMAN OUTSIDE IN STORM

TWO PEOPLE IN CONVERTIBLE CAR SOAKED WITH RAIN

WOMAN WITH UMBRELLA FIGHTS WIND & RAIN, UMBRELLA
BREAKS UNDER THE WIND'S STRAIN

MAN RUSHES TO HER AID, DOWN MUD ROAD, SLIPS &
FALLS GRABS TREE BRANCH, WIND TAKES IT AWAY, HE
RUNS OFF

WOMAN IS CHAINED TO RAILROAD TRACKS BY EVIL MAN

CU OF TRAIN STEAM ENGINE, BACK TO EVIL MAN WITH
LADY ON TRACKS. CU SHOT OF TRAIN AGAIN

EVIL MAN WITH DISTRESSED WOMAN RUNS OFF TO HIDE
IN TREE LOOKING EVIL

DISTRESSED WOMAN BLOWS ON WHISTLE TO CALL HER
DOG FOR HELP

DOG RUNS DOWN ROAD, WOMAN ON TRACKS TRIES TO FREE
HERSELF

DOG RUNS ACROSS STREAM AND UP EMBANKMENT TOWARDS
HIS MASTER. WOMAN STILL STRUGGLES

DOG GRABS CHAIN IN MOUTH AND THEN BARKS FOR HELP

WOMAN GIVES DOG NOTE FOR HELP, DOG RUNS FOR HELP

SHOT OF TRAIN ON TRACK

CU OF TRAIN WHISTLE

DOG & MAN RACE DOWN ROAD TO SAVE WOMAN, DOG
JUMPS FENCE, RUNS ACROSS TRAIN TRESTLE

MAN ON TRAIN TRESTLE GETS BIKE STUCK

MAN THROWS BIKE FROM RAILROAD TRACKS & POINTS

DOG JUMPS ON TRAIN

TRAIN WHEELS SPEEDING & THEN COMING TO A HALT

TRAIN SPEEDING TOWARDS WOMAN ON RAILROAD TRACKS

TRAIN APPROACHING WOMAN, GETS CLOSER; SHE LIES
FLAT JUST AS TRAIN PASSES OVER HER

RAILROAD ENGINEERS COME TO AID OF MAN & WOMAN IN
FRONT OF TRAIN, WOMAN HUGS RAILROAD ENGINEER AS
DOG PASSES BY, BARKS

DOG JUMPS AFTER MAN INTREE; DOG PULLS MAN FROM
TREE

WOMAN MOUNTS (CLIMBS) FRONT OF TRAIN; MAN FOLLOWS
HER, BOTH MAN & WOMAN SIT ON FRONT OF TRAIN WITH
DOG BETWEEN THEM; THEY KISS OVER DOG'S HEAD

MAN, WOMAN & DOG SIT ON FRONT OF MOVING TRAIN,
MAN & WOMAN KISS JUST AFTER TRAIN WHISTLES

BLACK SCREEN WITH "SUPER: THE IMMORTAL BABY"

TWO MEN FIGHT NEAR EDGE OF MOUNTAIN WHILE
FRIGHTENED WOMAN LOOKS ON

MAN GRABS MAN AND WITH BIG SWING PUNCHES THE
OTHER OFF OF THE MOUNTAIN

MAN EMBRACES WOMAN & KISSES HER; THE TWO EMBRACE
AGAIN

DOORBELL RINGS (OLD-FASHIONED? - LOOKS LIKE
MODERN SCHOOLBELL IN HALLWAYS)

MAN APPROACHES FRONT DOOR THEN LIVING ROOM; MAN
OPENS DOOR TO REVEAL NEW COOK; COOK BARGES INTO
HOUSE & TAKES OFF COAT & PROMPTLY SITS ON LIVING
ROOM TABLE

WOMAN (PLAYED BY A MAN), TOSSES HAT, GRABS BAG &
LEAVES LIVING ROOM

MAN & WOMAN SIT AT TABLE IN DINING ROOM; COOK
WOMAN / MAN ENTERS ROOM WITH STACK OF DISHES &
SMOKES A CIGAR

ONE BY ONE PLATES JUMP ONTO SHELVES NAILED TO
WALL

ONE BY ONE 3 PLATES JUMP ONTO SHELVES NAILED TO
WALL

MAN STANDS NEAR SHELVES WITH DISHES, PRETENDS TO
THROW PLATE ON TO THE SHELVES, THEN PLACES THE
PLATE ON ONE OF THEM

PLATE LANDS ON FLOOR UNSHATTERED IN FRONT OF
MAN'S FEET

CS OF POCKET WATCH RESTING IN A MAN'S HAND AS THE
WATCH'S HANDS SPIN CLOCKWISE OUT OF CONTROL

MAN & WOMAN GIVE A BEFUDDLED CONFUSED, AMAZED,
BEWILDERED LOOK INTO MAN'S HAND HOLDING BROKEN
POCKET WATCH

MAN INTRODUCES WOMAN TO MAN WITH CANE; THE TWO
SHAKE

MAN TAKES WOMAN'S HAND FROM MAN & BEGINS TO SHAKE
HIS HAND. SECOND MAN REPLACES HAT ON HEAD

MAN & WOMAN DANCE; THEY STOP WHEN WOMAN TAKES
HEAD FROM LEANING AGAINST MAN'S HEAD; THEY START
AGAIN WHEN HE REPLACES HER HEAD

COOK WOMAN/MAN ENTERS DINING, SMOKING A CIGAR
FROM SIDES & EXITS THRU THE OTHER LEAVING A TRAIL
OF SMOKE

COOK WOMAN/MAN ON WALL TELEPHONE, BECOMES EXCITED

MAN STANDS IN DINING ROOM WITH LARGE STICK, LONG
PIPE, HE HIDES STICK, LONG PIPE, IN SUIT JACK

COOK WOMAN/MAN FLIPS MEAT CLEAVER FROM BOARD OVER
HER HEAD WHICH LANDS ON WALL JUST OVER MAN'S HEAD
AS HE STANDS NEAR KITCHEN DOOR

MAN STANDS WORRIED BENEATH CLEAVER STUCK IN WALL;
DARK SUBSTANCE (BLOOD ?) SLOWLY MAN RAISES HAND
TO TOUCH FACE; TOUCHES CLEAVER & THEN SUBSTANCE
ON FACE; HE GIVES A LOOK OF SURPRISE

MAN ENTERS ROOM, WHERE ANOTHER MAN & WOMAN ARE
STANDING, CLUTCHING HIS HEAD; HE SHOWS WOMAN
WHERE HE BELIEVES HE HAS BEEN INJURED; STANDS
STRAIGHT & FAINTS ON THE COUCH

DOG JUMPS FROM WINDOW ON TO LAWN WITH MAN IN TOW;
DOG DRAGS MAN DOWN STREET; MAN GRABS SMALL TREE
SHRUB & BEGINS TO DRAG IT

MAN ENTERS HOUSE WITH PACKAGES & BAGS; MAN KISSES
WOMAN STANDING IN LIVING ROOM

WOMAN WITH WORRIED LOOK; MAN INTRODUCES WOMAN
(FROM OUTSIDE OF HOUSE) TO WOMAN (INSIDE) WOMAN
#1 GREETS WOMAN #2 WITH A KISS ON THE MOUTH (NOT
COMPLETELY VISIBLE)

WOMAN BEGINS TO REMOVE SHOES FROM MAN; NOW
SITTING, AS ANOTHER MAN ENTERS THE ROOM & OTHER
WOMAN STANDS OBSERVING WITH COAT & HAT IN HAND.

MAN & WOMAN SIT AT TABLE PLAYING CARDS WHILE
ANOTHER MAN & WOMAN ARE SEATED ON THE COUCH & IN
A CHAIR, RESPECTIVELY. LIGHTNING FLASHES IN THE
BACKGROUND THRU THE WINDOWS OF THE LIVING ROOM.

MAN LEANS OVER FROM COUCH TO WOMAN IN CHAIR &
PUTS HAND OVER HIS MOUTH TO GESTURE HE IS
TELLING HER SOMETHING IN QUIET; SHE RESPONDS WITH
A NOD & HE RESPONDS TO THAT WITH A DOUBLE RAISING
OF HIS EYEBROW; LIGHTNING FLASHES IN THE WINDOW
BEHIND THEM

TWO MEN & TWO WOMEN SITTING IN LIVING ROOM.
LIGHTS GO OUT. LIGHTNING FLASHES THRU WINDOW

CS ON GLASS DOOR BEING BROKEN FROM OUTSIDE BY
SHADOW LIGHTNING FLASHES SOME MORE; A MS OF MAN'S
LEGS ENTERING THRU DOOR FROM OUTSIDE

MAN & WOMAN SIT AT TABLE WITH PIANO IN BACKGROUND;
WOMAN READS MAN'S PALM

MAN IN ROBE ENTERING DARK DINING ROOM, LIGHTNING
FLASHES IN THE WINDOW

MAN STANDS SILHOUETTED IN DOORWAY AT BACK OF
DARK KITCHEN

MAN FILLS GLASS WITH WATER FROM TAP OF SINK &
THEN TURNS TO NOTICE A MAN'S FEET AT THE BOTTOM
OF A COAT RACK; MS AS MAN HOLDING GLASS OF WATER
WITH SHOCKED EXPRESSION AS LIGHTNING FLASHES IN
WINDOW

MAN STEPS FORWARD & BENDS DOWN TO LOOK BENEATH
THE COAT ON THE COAT RACK; MAN STEPS FORWARD
AGAIN & BENDS AGAIN; MAN MOVES CLOSER TO RACK &
RAISES BOTTOM OF COAT SLIGHTLY, TOUCHES COAT &
LOOKS INTO BACK DOORWAY OF KITCHEN WHERE
LIGHTNING FLASHES; HE WALKS TO DOORWAY & PEERS
IN

MS OF WOMAN SCREAMING

MAN'S ARM ENTERS SCENE TO TURN OF ELECTRICITY
VIA ELECTRIC SWITCH (OLD-FASHIONED) ON THE WALL;
ANOTHER MAN IS STARTLED WHEN LIGHTS GO OUT; MAN
& WOMAN ARE STARTLED IN THE DARK; WOMAN LOOKS TO
WINDOW WITH LIGHTNING FLASHING IN IT; WITH A
JUMP, MAN AND WOMAN RUN FROM ROOM AS LIGHTNING
FLASHES AGAIN

MAN TURNS AROUND TO SEE TALL BEARDED MAN DRESSED
IN BLACK STANDING BEHIND HIM; MAN TURNS FORWARD
AGAIN IN PANIC; MAN WALKS SLOWLY FROM BEARDED MAN
& WALKS DOWN THE STAIRS

GOLF BALL BOUNCES DOWN STAIRS; MAN FREEZES ON
STAIRS AT BOTTOM, MAN LOOKS TO HIS RIGHT, PUTS HIS
FINGER TO HIS LIPS & POINTS UPSTAIRS; WOMAN ENTERS
SCENE BEHIND MAN, GOES TO HIM & THEY EMBRACE.
LIGHTNING FLASHES & ANOTHER MAN ENTERS SCENE

CS ON MAN'S TREMBLING HAND HOLDING GUN AS CHAMBER
FALLS OUT

MAN HELPS WOMAN SIT UP ON SMALL BENCH; WOMAN
EMBRACES MAN; ANOTHER MAN & WOMAN ENTER THE
BEDROOM; MS OF ANGERED WOMAN; SECOND COUPLE EXITS

WOMAN POINTS OFF-SCREEN WITH LOOK OF HORROR & MAN
LOOKS IN DIRECTION OF HER POINTING; SHE GRABS HIM
& HOLDS HIM TIGHTLY; HE STRUGGLES TO BREAK FREE &
SHE STRUGGLES TO HOLD HIM

MAN'S HAND OPENING DOOR SLIGHTLY; OTHER HAND
APPEARS HOLDING KNIFE WITH PAPER ON IT; HAND
TOSSES KNIFE INTO ROOM; KNIFE STABS FLOOR; MAN &
WOMAN LOOK AT IT CURIOUSLY

LIGHTNING FLASHES IN GLASS DOOR. SILHOUETTED SHAPE
OF A MAN APPEARS IN THE WINDOW. MAN IN ROOM READS
LETTER. LIGHTNING FLASHES AGAIN & MAN ENTERS ROOM
THRU GLASS DOOR; MAN FROM OUTSIDE ENTERS & READS
LETTER OVER OTHER MAN'S SHOULDER. ONE MAN EXITS
ROOM

INSERT: A LETTER READING "YOUR WIFE IS ABOUT TO
LEAVE THE HOUSE WITH A DANGEROUS CRIMINAL. THE
TALL DARK MAN"

MAN & WOMAN STAND IN FRONT OF DOOR PREPARING TO
LEAVE; HARRY SEES THEM LEAVING, AIMS THE BRICK &
THROWS IT AT THE OTHER MAN'S HEAD; MAN PASSES OUT

ONE WOMAN, COOK, PULLS OUT A WHITE PIECE OF PAPER
DIVULGING THAT THE MAN ON THE FLOOR IS A CRIMINAL

MAN STANDS BETWEEN TWO WOMEN WITH A SHOCKED
EXPRESSION

PEOPLE IN THEATRE FACING SCREEN. PIANIST SITS
AT PIANO BELOW SCREEN. ON SCREEN SUPER: HAL ROACH
IN AND OUT OF THE 20S

FEATHER ALARM CLOCK TICKLING BOTTOM OF MAN'S FEET;
MAN AWAKES & PULLS A CORD ABOVE HIS HEAD; CU OF
KNIFE MOVING VIA PULLEY SYSTEM; KNIFE CUTS FEATHER
TO TURN OFF ALARM CLOCK; MAN PULLS ANOTHER CORD

A CHICKEN CACKLES AND AN EGG IS RELEASED
DOWN A CHUTE & INTO POT. MAN HOLDS UP TWO FINGERS;
CHICKEN CACKLES AGAIN & RELEASES ANOTHER EGG; MAN
PULLS ANOTHER CORD & MECHANICAL TRAY MANEUVERS TO
REST ON HIS LAP; MAN PULLS TAIL ON COW SHAPED MILK
PITCHER & RELEASES MILK INTO HIS CUP

MAILMAN ENTERS SCENE IN FRONT OF HOUSE; MAILMAN
ATTACHES LETTER TO ELASTIC STRING & THROWS IT THRU
SECOND STOREY WINDOW OF HOUSE; MAN IN BED OPENS
LETTER & READS IT; EXCITED MAN PULLS CHORD TO MOVE
BED TRAY; MAN PULLS ANOTHER CHORD TO REMOVE
BLANKETS FROM BED, WHICH BECOME CURTAINS ON
WINDOWS

MAN WALKS TO GARBAGE CAN AND PULLS OUT A TINY
BULLET-SHAPE, UNMOTORIZED CAR & A LARGE MAGNET;
MAN JUMPS IN ONE-SEATER CAR & WAITS FOR A CAR TO
COME ALONG WHEREUPON HE POINTS THE MAGNET TO THE
CAR & IS PROPELLED-PULLED FORWARD

MAN IN BULLET CAR CRASHES INTO LARGER, REGULAR
CAR; ANOTHER MAN AND A WOMAN GET INTO CAR; MAN
TURNS ON CAR; MAN POINTS MAGNET AT CAR; BOTTOM OF
CAR MOVES FORWARD WHILE TOP REMAINS STATIONARY;
MAN POINTS MAGNET IN DIRECTION OF ANOTHER AND IS
PROPELLED FORWARD IN THE CAR'S DIRECTION

5 PEOPLE FRANTICALLY WATCH AT LAKESIDE AS MAN
STRUGGLES BESIDE HIS CAPSIZED BOAT. CROWD GATHERS
AS MAN IN BULLET CAR GLIDES ONTO SCREEN

MAN FROM BULLET CAR GRABS PACKAGE FROM BAG & RUNS
TO LAKE; POLICEMAN LARGE SHOES; STRUGGLING MAN IN
WATER SINKS BENEATH SURFACE; POLICEMAN ATTEMPTS TO
WALK ON WATER, BUT PLUMMETS BENEATH SURFACE

MAID WITH BABY CARRIAGE TALKING TO POLICEMAN;
MAN DRIVES ALONG IN BULLET CAR; POLICEMAN TAKES
WOMAN'S HAND AS HE SITS ON A METAL TRASH CAN; MAN
IN BULLET CAR POINTS MAGNET TO TRASH CAN; THE CAN
FALLS FROM UNDER POLICEMAN; POLICEMAN CHASES MAN
IN BULLET CAR; MAN RELEASES TRASH CAN FROM
MAGNETIC HOLD; TRASH CAN FALLS BACK & HITS POLICE
OFFICER; POLICEMAN GIVES CHASE AGAIN; MAN IN
BULLET CAR POINTS MAGNET TO MANHOLE & THE METAL
OBJECT GIVES WAY; THE POLICEMAN BUSILY RUNNING
DROPS INTO THE UNCOVERED MANHOLE

THE MEN GATHER NEAR A GROUP OF VARIOUS MODEL
CARS; MAN FROM CAR GIVES OUT EYE-DROPPERS TO
OTHER MEN & THEN PULLS OUT ONE TEST TUBE FROM
WHICH EACH OF THE FIVE MEN TAKES A DROP

ELS OF MAN LOOKING ABOUT; ELS OF STREET ON WHICH
CARS CONTINUE TO ZIG ZAG

MEN WITH TORN SUITS HANG FROM THE LEDGE OF A
VERANDA AND OF A BUILDING; MAN FROM BULLET CAR
COVERS HIS FACE AND DISAPPEARS BEYOND BRICK
PILLAR; MAN STANDING IN CAR REACHES FOR HIS
MAGNET & POINTS IT AT A CAR & DRIVES AWAY AGAIN.

(STUART ERWIN & EDGAR KENNEDY FILM)
A CIRCLE OPENS TO FADE IN TO REVEAL TWO COUPLES
(MAN & WOMAN EACH) DRIVING IN A CAR; CAR STOPS IN
FRONT OF ICE CREAM PARLOR; WOMAN IN FRONT SEAT
TURNS AROUND IN EXCITEMENT TO SPEAK WITH MAN IN
BACKSEAT; HE PRESENTS MONEY FROM HIS POCKET TO
HER

CLOSED DOORS OF ICE CREAM PARLOR SHOOT OPEN AS A
RESULT OF A KICK FROM WOMAN EXITING THE PARLOR
CARRYING FOUR CONES; DOORS SWING OPEN & THEN BACK
AT WHICH TURN THE WOMAN JUMPS BEYOND THE DOORS TO
THE OUTSIDE; BUT THE DOORS SWING FORWARD AGAIN TO
HIT HER ON THE REAR END CAUSING HER TO DROP HER
CONES; MAN IN THE BACKSIDE LOOKS ON DISAPPOINTED
AS HIS GIRLFRIEND LOOKS ON AMUSED; MS OF DRIVER
ALSO DISAPPOINTED

A DOG EATS FROM A BOWL OUTSIDE OF THE ICE CREAM
PARLOR AS THE WOMAN EXITS WITH CONES IN HAND; THE
DOG BEGINS TO JUMP & BARK, ATTEMPTING TO GET THE
WOMAN'S ICE CREAM; SHE TRIES TO KEEP THEM AWAY
FROM THE DOG

DRIVER NOTICES COP APPROACHING & DRIVES HASTILY
AWAY; POLICEMAN RUNS OUT INTO MIDDLE OF ROAD JUST
MISSING THE CAR; AS HE STANDS LOOKING AFTER THE
CAR, ANOTHER CAR PASSES FROM BEHIND & BEEPS ITS
HORN AS IT PASSES - THE COP IS STARTLED; COP
POINTS AFTER THE CAR IN ANNOYANCE

DOG JUMPING ON WOMAN'S LEG, EIGHT EMPTY CONES LIE
ON THE GROUND; THE WOMAN'S GARTER FALLS TO HER
ANKLE, THE DOG PULLS IT OFF; WOMAN LOOKS TO HER
FEET ANNOYED; DOG RUNS AWAY WITH IT

LS OF ICE CREAM CONES ON CAR SEAT AS WOMAN'S
REAR END SITS ON THEM; WOMAN LOOKS BEWILDERED &
BEFUDDLED HER FRIEND BUSIES HERSELF STARTING THE
CAR

CAR PULLS FROM CURB AS CAR TRAVELS DOWN STREET; 2
CARS COLLIDE; THE SINGLE DRIVER STEPS OUT OF CAR &
ARGUES WITH MAN IN THE REAR SEAT, THE WOMAN WITH
ICE CREAM CONES ENTERS THE SCENE; 2 MEN ARGUE
UNTIL THE DRIVER SEES THE ICE CREAM; HE TAKES THE
FOUR CONES & DUMPS THEM ON THE HEAD OF THE OTHER
MAN; HE SITS IN CAR WITH HIS MELTING CROWN AS HIS
GIRLFRIEND LAUGHS & THE OTHER WOMAN GROWS ANGRY;
SYMPATHETIC DRIVER HANDS HER ANOTHER COIN &
DEPARTS THE SCENE; HAPPY, THE WOMAN DOES LIKEWISE

YOUNGSTER (TEENAGER) EXITS THE PARLOR LICKING HIS
ICE CREAM CONE; WOMAN WITH FOUR CONES SWINGS DOOR
HITTING BOY IN BACK, HIS ICE CREAM FALLS OUT OF
HIS HAND, ANNOYED HE THROWS HIS CONE TO THE
GROUND AND IN TURN, SLAPS THE FOUR CONES FROM THE
WOMAN'S HANDS THE WOMAN REENTERS THE PARLOR, KID
YELLS UP TO HIS FATHER IN THE WINDOW ABOVE THE
PARLOR, WHO THROWS HIM A COIN

POLICEMAN APPEARS FROM BEHIND A PARKED CAR; HE
TRIES TO SNEAK UP TO THE CAR; A DRIVER IN A
PARKED CAR MOTIONS THE THREE FRIENDS TO MOVE
THEIR CAR; THE CAR REVERSES AND ROLLS OVER THE
POLICEMAN, THE POLICEMAN APPEARS FROM IN FRONT OF
THE CAR; THE COP RETRIEVES HIS HAT & LEANS AGAINST
A PARKED CAR TO WRITE A TICKET (SUMMONS); THE
PARKED CAR PULLS AWAY & THE POLICEMAN FALLS TO
THE GROUND; ANNOYED POLICEMAN, THE CAR WITH THREE
PEOPLE DRIVES OFF

KID TURNS TO WOMAN SLAPS HER CONE FROM BENEATH IT,
CAUSING THE ICE CREAM TO FLY INTO THE AIR; THE
WOMAN CATCHED THE ICE CREAM WITH THE CONE; ANGRY
WOMAN; KID SLAPS CONE AGAIN; WOMAN CATCHES ICE
CREAM AGAIN (THIS HAPPENS TWICE) ANGRY WOMAN;
KID KICKS WOMAN IN REAR END; ICE CREAM FALLS FROM
CONES; MS OF VERY ANGRY WOMAN

KID CONTINUES TO PULL WOMAN AROUND BY ONE LEG;
THE OTHER WOMAN ENTERS SCENE & GRABS KID BY THE
HAIR; HE LETS GO OF THE WOMAN'S LEG, THAT WOMAN
KICKS THE KID IN THE REAR; THE OTHER WOMAN GRABS
HIM & TOSSES HIM, THE TWO WOMEN STAND ANGERED; CU
OF REAR PASSENGER; SECOND WOMAN ENTERS PARLOR

KID APPEARS AT WINDOW DECORATED WITH SIX POTTED
PLANTS & YELLS DOWN; WOMAN STANDING IN FRONT OF
PARLOR DOORS LOOKS UP TO SEE KID GRAB POTTED
PLANT & MOTION TO THROW DOWN; THE WOMAN FROM HER
SPOT AS HER FRIEND EXITS THE PARLOR DOORS & IS
KNOCKED IN THE HEAD WITH THE POTTED PLANT,
DROPPING THE ICE CREAM; SHE IS DIZZY

DRIVER LOOKS BEHIND HIM TO THE REAR OF CAR;
STARTLED HE DRIVES OFF, COP ENTERS THE SCENE JUST
AS THE CAR EXITS IT AND THEN RUNS AFTER CAR

SECOND WOMAN LOSES HER ICE CREAM CONES AGAIN;
EVERY ONE FIGHTS ON THE GROUND

POLICEMAN COMES SKATING AROUND CORNER OF BUILDING
& THEN RUNS FORWARD TO THE CAMERA. THE TWO WOMEN
& THE ONE MAN BOARD THE CAR QUICKLY, THE DRIVER
TAKES OFF JUST BEFORE THE POLICEMAN ENTERS THE
SCENE FAILING TO GRAB THE BACK OF THE CAR

PEOPLE IN THEATRE WITH PIANO PLAYER TO THE FRONT
FACING BLACK SCREEN WITH WHITE SUPER: THE GREAT
STONE FACE. BUSTER KEATON

MAN STANDS HOLDING THE BARS OF A LARGE GATE FOR AN
ESTATE; WOMAN WALKS AWAY FROM THE GATE

GENTLEMAN FALLS AS HE TRIES TO MOUNT TAXI; KEATON
ATTEMPTS TO HELP HIM, BUT FAILS; MAN ENTERS CAB,
TAXI PULLS AWAY; KEATON INSPECTS THE WALLET HE
HAS STOLEN, EMPTIES IT OF IT'S MONEY

TAXI TURNS AROUND; TAXI SWINGS BY KEATON AS HE
LOOKS INTO WALLET; PASSENGER HAND OUT OF WINDOW
& GRABS WALLET. MAN DISCOVERS WALLET IS EMPTY

MAN FIXES HIS SLEEVES TO FIGHT, SHOCKED TO
FIND KEATON GONE; SHOT OF CAR DRIVING AWAY; CUT
BACK TO GUY TALKING TO HIMSELF; BLACK SCREEN

HORSE, BUGGY & DRIVER PASSING PICK UP TRUCK, WHICH
HAS A DOG ON THE FLATBED. KEATON SIGNALS TO MAKE
LEFT TURN; DOG HARASSES HIS HAND WHILE HE PASSES;
KEATON PUTS BOXING GLOVE ON HAND; SIGNALS AGAIN &
CONTINUES WITH THE BUGGY

TRAFFIC COP DIRECTING TRAFFIC; KEATON KNOCKS DOWN
COP WITH MECHANICAL ARM, SIGNALLING TO TURN LEFT;
KEATON MANEUVERING HORSE & BUGGY; AGAIN,
MECHANICAL ARM KNOCKS DOWN COP; MS OF KEATON
PULLING ON REINS & COP SITS UP ON STREET GROUND
DAZED

PARADE OF POLICE OFFICERS (AERIAL VIEW); MAYOR &
HIS DAUGHTER (BUSTER'S GIRLFRIEND); MAN & WOMAN
ENTER SCENE IN FRONT OF SEATED CROWD & SIT DOWN;
POLICE MARCH BY IN FRONT OF PAVILION WITH SEATED
CROWD; AERIAL SHOT OF MARCHING POLICE OFFICERS;
HORSE & BUGGY ENTER SCENE & JOIN PARADE; MARCHING
POLICE PASS PAVILION; MS OF PAVILION, SHOCKED
WOMAN, POINTS TO HER RIGHT; MARCHING POLICE
OFFICERS WITH KEATON PULLING UP THE REAR;
AGITATED MEMBERS OF CROWD IN PAVILION

MAN ON A ROOF APPROACHES ITS EDGE WITH A BOMB;
KEATON TAKES OUT A PACK OF CIGARETTES AND PULLS
ONE FROM THE PACK; KEATON LOOKS FOR A LIGHT; MAN
ON ROOF LIGHTS THE FUSE ON THE BOMB & THROWS IT
OVER THE SIDE; KEATON, STILL SEARCHING FOR A
LIGHT, PICKS UP THE BOMB WHICH HAS LANDED ON HIS
BUGGY SEAT AND LIGHTS HIS CIGARETTE. PAVILION
CROWD, SHOCKED WOMAN POINTS TO HER RIGHT AGAIN;
CROWD BECOMES EXCITED AND WORRIED; KEATON HOLDING
THE BOMB; MS OF CROWD; KEATON HOLDING BOMB AS
PEOPLE FLEE IN THE BACKGROUND; KEATON ON BUGGY
HOLDING BOMB, WHILE POLICE OFFICERS MARCH IN PLACE
TO THE REAR OF BUGGY; KEATON THROWS THE BOMB
BEHIND HIMN, WHICH EXPLODES; KEATON DRIVES AWAY

AERIAL SHOT OF POLICE OFFICERS GIVING CHASE
(RUNNING FORWARD) IN PARADE FORMATION; KEATON
DRIVES BUGGY PAST BANDSTAND & BREAKS WATER MAIN,
CAUSING CROWD TO DISPERSE; POLICE RUN BY; KEATON
DRIVING BUGGY PAST LOOKERS-ON; HORSE CONTINUES AS
BUGGY TILTS OVER, CRASHING TO THE GROUND;
DISPERSING CROWD FROM PAVILION WITH WATER
SPRAYING INTO SEATS COPS GATHERING AROUND CRASH
BUGGY SEARCHING FOR KEATON

2 MEN, MAYOR & POLICE CHIEF, ARGUE AS PEOPLE WALK
SWIFTLY BY IN THE FOREGROUND & BACKGROUND; KEATON
APPEARS FROM AN APARTMENT BUILDING & JOINS THE
PASSERS-BY ON THE STREET; SUDDENLY, HE RUNS OFF AS
A NUMBER OF COPS CHASE HIM; CONGREGATION OF POLICE
OFFICERS SEARCHING FOR KEATON; THE CROWD DISPERSES

KEATON RUNS TO A BUILDING SURROUNDED ON EITHER
SIDE BY POLICE OFFICERS; KEATON ENTERS BUILDING &
POLICE RUN BY EACH OTHER IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS;
KEATON EXITS BUILDING

MS OF KEATON IN A CAR WEARING A FALSE MOUSTACHE
IT IS A REMOVEABLE NECKTIE; KEATON GETS OUT OF
CAR & WALKS DOWN THE LANE BETWEEN TWO ROWS OF
CARS; A GROUP OF POLICE OFFICERS WALK BEHIND
KEATON; A POLICE OFFICER JUMPS IN FRONT OF
KEATON, WHO TURNS AROUND, AND ESCAPES TO THE SIDE
THRU THE CARS; THE POLICE CHASE HIM

LONG SHOT OF A WIDE STREET, A TROLLEY PASSES BY,
COP CHASES KEATON DOWN THE STREET, LARGE NUMBER OF
COPS FOLLOW IN PURSUIT; KEATON ESCAPES TO AN ALLEY
WAY, STEPS INTO THE STREET, GRABS HOLD OF A CAR AS
IT PASSES; POLICEMEN FLOOD THRU THE ALLEY WAY.

KEATON RUNS TO A VERY TALL LADDER, CLIMBS HALF OF
ITS HEIGHT, FLIPS ON THE LADDER, CAUSING IT TO
FLIP TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL, KEATON BEGINS
HIS DESCENT JUST AFTER THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
LADDER KNOCKS DOWN A PAINTER ON THE STREET, POLICE
MAN ENTERS AN ALLEY; KEATON CLIMBS THE LADDER
AGAIN & FLIPS TO THE OTHER SIDE; HE FLIPS AGAIN,
BUT A POLICEMAN GRABS ONE SIDE OF THE LADDER;
KEATON MOVES FROM HIM UNTIL HE REACHES THE OTHER
END OF THE LADDER; A POLICEMAN APPROACHES ON THE
OTHER SIDE; LS OF LADDER OVER FENCE LIKE A SEE
SAW; POLICEMAN ON EITHER END PULL LADDER IN SEE
SAW FASHION; KEATON SLIDES BACK & FORTH ON THE
MOVING LADDER

KEATON HELPS THE COP TO A SEATED POSITION; SEEING
WHERE KEATON HAS LANDED A LARGE NUMBER OF COPS
TAKE PURSUIT OF HIM; HE FLEES FROM THE FALLEN COP,
WHO WAVES HIS HAND ANGRILY AT KEATON; SURPRISED
COP; KEATON RUNNING DOWN A WIDE, EMPTY STREET FROM
MOB OF COPS IN PURSUIT; A SINGLE COP APPROACHES
HIM FROM IN FRONT; KEATON SLIPS THRU HIS LEGS TO
ESCAPE HUNDREDS OF COPS NOW RUNNING THRU THE ONCE
EMPTY STREET

PEOPLE IN THEATRE WITH PIANO PLAYER IN FRONT;
SUPER ON BLACK SCREEN ABOVE PIANIST, THE WACKY
WORLD OF MACK SENNETT

OPENING SHOT OF A DOG SLED TEAM RUNNING. CAMERA
PANS TEAM OF DOGS INCLUDING ONE SUSPENDED IN THE
AIR BY THE OTHERS

WS OF DOWN HILL SLOPE. DOGS RUNNING DPWM. BEN
PULLS HIMSELF ONTO THE SLED

CU OF BEN'S HEAD MOVING SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE
SKUNK, HIS NOSE IS WRINKLED IN DISGUST

CU OF BEN & SIGN. HE IS DAZED

2 WOMEN EMERGE FROM ONE IGLOO MARKED BATHHOUSE.
THEY ARE DRESSED LIKE SANTA'S ELVES
CU OF BEN WAKING UP. ANOTHER WOMAN EMERGES FROM
THE IGLOO AND IS BOMBARDED WITH SNOWBALLS. LS OF
GROUP OF WOMEN THROWING SNOWBALLS. BEN WALKS AMONG
THEM, BEWILDERED

CU OF GIRL RESURFACING IN HOLE, SMILING. SHE GRABS
BEN AND PULLS HIM IN THE WATER. BEN PANICS. THE
OTHER WOMAN HELPS HIM OUT, AND RUBS SNOW ON HIM

AN ANIMATED BEAR TRIPS OVER A WIRE & CONTINUES
CHASING BEN

FIRST CAR SPINS OUT BEFORE A CLIFF, SENDING SECOND
CAR OVER THE CLIFF. THE SECOND CAR HANGS FROM THE
NECK OF THE FIRST DRIVER. CU OF FIRST DRIVER
CHOKING, BEING DRAGGED FROM HIS CAR. CU OF TIRE
SPINNING IN DIRT. THE FIRST CAR TRIES TO PULL
SECOND CAR UP THE CLIFF

FIRST DRIVER DRAGGED OUT OF CAR, ONTO THE GROUND.
SECOND CAR PULLING

ANOTHER MAN COMES OUT OF A STORE, OBVIOUSLY
LOOKING FOR HIS CAR. REAR SHOT OF THE FIRST MAN
PUSHING

SILHOUETTE OF KEYHOLE AROUND A WOMAN TAKING A
BATH. CU OF MAN LOOKING PUZZLED, THEN HE CONTINUES
PEEPING. SILHOUETTE KEYHOLE AGAIN, WOMAN PICKS UP
MIRROR & LOOKS AT HERSELF

TOP HAT PEEKING THRU KEYHOLE FROM INSIDE OF HOUSE.
PLACES TOP HAT OVER DOOR KNOB, BLOCKING KEYHOLE.
CU OF FIRST MAN, SCRATCHING HEAD, LOOKING PUZZLED.
2ND MAN WALKS OVER TO WOMAN, WHO ISN'T IN A BATH,
BUT SITTING ON A COUCH. SHE HANDS HIM A BACK
SCRATCHER, & HE STARTS TO RUB HER BACK. CU OF
FIRST MAN TRYING THE DOOR, KNOCKING THE TOP HAT
OFF THE KNOB. KEYHOLE SILHOUETTE, 2ND MAN
APPARENTLY STANDING IN "BATH," SCRUBBING WOMAN'S
BACK. FIRST MAN IS GETTING UPSET, HE PEEKS AGAIN

CU OF 2ND MAN STANDING. LS 2ND MAN OPENS DOOR.
FIRST MAN TUMBLES IN, DOING A HEAD ROLL & FIRES.
FAT WOMAN IN NEXT ROOM WITH PIN ROLLERS IS SHOT
IN THE BUTT. SHE JUMPS AROUND

CU OF PHONE HINGE BEING PULLED FROM WALL. THE MAN
FALLS, LANDING ON AN AWNING. HE SITS FOR A MOMENT,
THEN FALLS THRU IT. HE GRABS ONTO A FIRE HOSE,
WHICH UNRAVELS AS HE LOWERS HIMSELF TO THE STREET.
HE LANDS ON TOP OF A WOMAN

NEW SEGMENT. SNUB POLLARD, WEARING CHEF'S OUTFIT.
A WOMAN HANDS HIM A PIECE OF PAPER. BOTH ARE
CLEARLY PANICKED. THE VILLAIN RUNS IN, CHASING
THEM AROUND THE CAFETERIA. THEY RUN OUTSIDE,
KNOCKING DOOR A WOMAN & UP THE STAIRS. THE
VILLAIN FOLLOWS

TOP HALF OF THE CAR IS RAISED TO THE WINDOW. SNUB
MOTIONS FOR HER TO GET IN. THE VILLAIN BREAKS DOWN
THE DOOR, LANDING FLAT ON HIS FACE. LS OF VILLAIN
WATCHING SNUB LOWER CAR. THE VILLAIN JUMPS OUT
THE WINDOW, OVERSHOOTING THE CAR, & LANDING IN
THE STREET, SNUB & THE WOMAN DRIVE AWAY. THE
VILLAIN GETS TO HIS FEET. CU OF SNUB & THE WOMAN
IN THE CAR.

POLICE STATION. A VAGRANT RUNS UP TO TWO COPS,
GESTURING FRANTICALLY. THE COPS ALL PILE INTO A
PADDY WAGON. THE WAGON DRIVER OFF, THE VAGRANT
RUNNING BEHIND, HOLDING ONTO THE SUSPENDERS OF ONE
OF THE COPS. CU OF MEN IN THE WAGON ALL CLUTCHING
ONE ANOTHER, DRAGGING ONE ANOTHER OUT THE BACK.
SEVERAL POLICE HAVE BEEN DRAGGED OUT OF WAGON &
ARE NOW ALL RUNNING BEHIND IT HOLDING ON TO ONE
ANOTHER. PADDY WAGON TURNS A CORNER,
SCATTERING DUST, THE POLICEMEN STILL RUNNING
BEHIND. THE MEN FALL, BEING DRAGGED BEHIND,
CLUTCHING EACH OTHER. CU OF THE VAGRANT, LAST ON
THE LINE. THE PADDY WAGON CONTINUES IT'S JOURNEY,
THE POLICEMEN ARE SLIDING BACK & FORTH. THE WAGON
TURNS A CORNER, AND THE DRAGGING MEN KNOCK DOWN A
GROUP OF STANDING MEN

LS OF THE WAGON. IT CAN'T MOVE, BECAUSE ONE MAN
STILL HOLDS ONTO IT. CU OF ONE COP HOLDING THE
STRETCHING LEG OF ANOTHER COP IN THE WAGON. CU
THE WAGON'S DRIVER. LS OF THE GROUP PULLED FREE
FROM THE POLICE AND DRAGGED ALONG

CU VILLAIN, HIS HAT SMASHED ON HIS HEAD & THE
STEERING WHEEL CAUGHT IN HIS ARM. HE STRUGGLES TO
PULL HIS HAT OFF; THEN LOOKS AT THE WHEEL IN HIS
HANDS. THE CAR WITH SNUB & THE WOMAN SPINS OUT ON
A NEW STREET BETWEEN THE TWO TROLLEY CARS

LS OF STAGE, AUDIENCE & SCREEN: THE FIDDLE & THE
BOW APPEARS ON THE SCREEN