Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Page #18

He exits from the scene. CAMERA FOLLOWING HIM.

MORROW:

(to the world in

general)

Oh, Tempora! Oh, Moeraes! Oh,

Bacchus![8] He bumps into a woman,

who glares at him.

WOMAN:

Oh, you're drunk.

MORROW:

(unmindful)

Oh, you're right.

105. CLOSEUP - BABE AND LONGFELLOW

LONGFELLOW:

(to Babe)

I guess if we go with him, we'll

see things, huh?

She looks up at his face, amazed at his innocence.

BABE:

Yes, I guess we will.

FADE OUT:

INT. MAC'S OFFICE

106. MED. SHOT

Mac is reading the story, eyes sparkling. Babe is sprawled

in a chair, doing tricks with a coin.

MAC:

(reads)

"'I play the tuba to help me think.'

This is one of the many startling

statements made by Longfellow Deeds -

New York's new Cinderella Man -

who went out last night to prove

that his uncle, the late M.W. Semple -

from whom he inherited $20,000,000 -

was a rank amateur in the art of

'standing the town on its

cauliflower ear' . . . "

He looks up.

MAC:

Cinderella Man! That's sensational,

Babe! Sensational!

BABE:

It took some high-powered acting,

believe me.

MAC:

Did it?

BABE:

I was the world's sweetest ingenue.

MAC:

Is he really that big a sap?

CLOSE SHOT - THE TWO

Favoring Babe.

BABE:

He's the original. There are no

carbon copies of that one.

MAC:

Cinderella Man! Babe, you stuck a

tag on that hick that'll stick to

him the rest of his life. Can you

imagine Cobb's face when he reads

this?

BABE:

If we could sell tickets, we'd

make a fortune.

She covers the coin with palm of other hand, and the coin

disappears. But Mac is too excited to pay any attention.

MAC:

How'd you get the picture?

BABE:

Had the boys follow us.

MAC:

Marvelous!

(reads again)

"At two o'clock this morning, Mr.

Deeds tied up traffic while he fed

a bagful of doughnuts to a horse.

When asked why he was doing it, he

replied:
'I just wanted to see how

many doughnuts this horse would

eat before he'd ask for a cup of

coffee.'"

(laughs)

Beautiful! What happened after

that?

BABE:

I don't know. I had to duck to get

the story out. He was so far along

he never even missed me.

MAC:

When're you going to see him again?

BABE:

Tonight, maybe.

(looks at her watch)

I'll phone him at noon.

(explaining)

Oh, my lunch hour. I'm a

stenographer, you know. Mary Dawson.

MED. SHOT - THE TWO

Favoring Mac.

MAC:

(laughing)

You're a genius, Babe - a genius!

BABE:

I even moved into Mabel Dawson's

apartment - in case old snoopy

Cobb might start looking around.

MAC:

(all excited)

Good! Good! Stay there. Don't

show your face down here. I'll

tell everybody you're on your

vacation. They'll never know where

the stories are coming from. Stick

close to him, Babe - you can get

an exclusive story out of him every

day for a month. We'll have the

other papers crazy.

(starts for her)

Babe, I could kiss you!

109. WIDER ANGLE

BABE:

(sidestepping)

Oh, no. No. Our deal was for a

month's vacation - with pay.

MAC:

Sure.

BABE:

With pay! She is out the door.

MAC:

(yelling after her)

You'll get it, Babe. You'll get

it.

DISSOLVE TO:

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes