Island of Lost Souls Page #3

- Not at all.

I'm only too happy

to have been of service to you.

Yes, but I do appreciate

what you're doing for -

Oh! Oh, this is most distressing.

I - I don't know what to say about it.

I can't account for it.

Unless, of course, the natives.

They were a bit out of hand last night.

- ... good time!

- You said it, mate!

- Come on, you guys.

- Hello! Welcome home!

- Hello, darlin'! How you been?

- Hello, baby!

- Did you miss me?

- Did I miss ya?

Pardon me. Excuse me, please.

Didn't you have a Mr. Parker on board?

- Parker?

- Yes.

Oh. You better talk to the skipper.

Let's go.

Now, men, stay sober.

Any drinking to be done,

I'll do it myself.

Okay, Captain!

And if you get in a fight,

send for me.

- Oh, Captain.

- Hello there, baby.

Captain, didn't you have

a Mr. Parker on board?

- Parker?

- Yes.

No.

But won't I do?

Didn't you rescue him

from the Lady Vain?

He sent me a wireless from your ship.

Oh, yes. He got off

at my first port of call.

At what port?

That's my business.

Maybe the American consul

will make it his business.

Well, give the consul my regards.

You knew this man wanted

to come to Apia, didn't you?

Well, I rescued him at sea

and dropped him off at my first port of call.

- That's all that's required of me, sir.

- What port?

- Well, it was an island, sir.

- What island?

Latitude 15 degrees south

and longitude 170 west, sir.

1-5 south, 1-7-0 west.

It's very small, sir.

You won't find it on the charts.

Then it isn't a port.

Well, it's an island, sir.

I dropped some cargo there.

Oh, I see.

That'll be all for the present.

Yes, sir.

If I find any irregularity in this,

I'll have your license revoked.

Yes, sir.

You wouldn't like that, would you?

- No, sir.

- I didn't think you would.

Yes, sir.

- Yes, sir!

- How are you, Captain?

Miss Thomas, this is Captain Donahue.

- How do you do?

- How do you do, miss?

- When will you be ready to sail?

- I'm ready now, sir.

You'll find Donahue's boat perfectly safe,

but not very comfortable.

I've worked it all over.

Are you clear on the position?

Yes - 15 south and 170 west.

Okay.

- Well, good luck.

- Thank you.

- Thank you so much.

- Not at all.

Very glad to be of service to you.

Lota.

You startled me.

You're a strange child.

Talk to me.

Not now.

Talk to me.

Lota, do you know what this is?

- Book.

- Yes. Book.

From Dr. Moreau's library.

About electricity -

wireless telegraphy, radio...

how to build a shortwave transmitter.

Of course, you haven't the faintest idea

what I'm talking about, have you?

Talk to me more.

All right.

I'll tell you something

you will understand.

Lota, I must get away from this island.

Book... take you away?

Maybe book take me away.

Lota!

Why did you do that?

Book take you away.

Lota.

I'm in love with someone else.

I should've told you.

Love?

Lota.

- Moreau, you don't deserve to live!

- I beg your pardon?

Those creatures out there in the jungle

were horrible enough.

But to have created a thing

as tragic as that girl.

Lota?

Yes. Lota.

An animal with a woman's emotions -

a woman's heartbreak, a woman's suffering.

Oh, it's criminal!

Hmm. You're an amazingly

unscientific young man.

I could've overlooked those others.

I could've shown you

that much consideration.

But not now.

Now I'll expose you to the world

for what you really are, Moreau.

When are you leaving?

I think you'd better sit down

and make yourself comfortable.

- Would you care for a cup of tea?

- No, thank you.

Well, we may as well discuss this frankly

now that you know the facts.

Lota is my most nearly perfect creation.

I was thinking of taking her with me

as Exhibit "A"...

on a triumphal return to London.

I wanted to prove

how completely she was a woman -

whether she was capable of loving,

mating and having children.

She was afraid of Montgomery and myself.

Then you came.

Well, she was very much

attracted to you.

You can see, of course, the possibilities

that presented themselves.

I'll tell you this, Moreau!

You'll make arrangements for me

to leave this island somehow...

and as quickly as possible.

Or this great scientific work

you've been doing will stop.

How did he find out?

What did you say to him?

What did you do to let him know?

What is it, Moreau?

The stubborn beast flesh creeping back.

Well, it's no use, Montgomery.

I may as well quit.

Day by day, it creeps back.

It creeps back.

You see this?

The first of them all to shed tears.

She is human!

I'm not beaten!

Get everything ready.

For what?

This time, I'll burn out

all the animal in her!

No!

I'll make her completely human.

No, no.

No. No!

I'll keep Parker here.

He's already attracted.

Time and monotony will do the rest.

Gola! Gola!

- Huh?

- Boat come!

Man. One not man.

- One not man?

- One like Lota.

Hello in there!

I guess it's all right.

- You afraid?

- No. Of course not.

All right.

I just asked out of politeness.

Look!

You see some funny sights

in these islands.

That jungle don't look any too inviting.

We must go on.

We've got to find him.

All right.

But I'd just as soon leave it

for somebody else to do...

if there was anybody else here to do it.

You know, there's a bird in these jungles -

kind of a parrot, laughs like a man.

They call 'im a Laughing Jackass.

Funny name for a bird.

I don't know, when you figure out

he laughs like a man...

that's not such a funny name after all.

You're taking a very long time,

Montgomery.

There's a short circuit here somewhere.

M'ling!

- They come on boat!

- Who?

- People.

- People?

Two. One like Lota.

Dr. Moreau!

Dr. Moreau! Doctor!

Dr. Moreau!

- Boat come. People.

- People?

- Man and one like Lota.

- What?

Parker sent a wireless to Apia

from Davies's ship.

Hello there.

Ouran.

We're looking for a man named Parker -

Edward Parker.

Oh, won't you come in?

Yeah. Thanks.

I'm Dr. Moreau.

This is my house. You're very welcome.

Oh, thank you, Doctor.

I'm Ruth Thomas.

- And this is Captain Donahue.

- How are ya, Doc?

- How do you do? Go right in.

- Thank you.

Nice little place you got here, Doc.

It serves its purpose.

Ruth!

Oh.

Ouran.

All right, Ouran.

I may not need Parker.

This is Captain Donahue.

He was good enough to bring me here.

- How do you do, Captain?

- Fine, thanks. How are you?

So you found him.

You know, I - I'd imagined Edward

in some terrible place.

But this is charming.

I'll get my things,

and we'll be on our way.

It's getting late.

- You'll pardon me, Doctor?

- Not at all.

- Won't you come in and wait?

- Thank you.

What kind of a place

did you say this was, Doc?

- I didn't say.

- Oh.

It's an experimental station, of a sort,

for bio-anthropological research.

Oh, I see.

Lota.

House of Pain.

No.

No House of Pain.

I promise that.

There's no twilight in the tropics.

Night falls like a curtain.

Thank you, M'ling.

- Would you care for a highball, Miss Thomas?

Rate this script:5.0 / 1 vote