Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Page #42

CEDAR:

(concerned)

What was that you said he was?

JANE:

Pixilated.

AMY:

Uh-huh.

CEDAR:

(patiently)

Now, that's a rather strange word

to use, Miss Jane. Can you tell

the court exactly what it means?

While the two ladies go into a huddle:

293. CLOSE SHOT - PSYCHIATRISTS

As one of them speaks up.

PSYCHIATRIST:

Perhaps I can explain, Your Honor.

The word pixilated is an early

American expression - derived from

the word 'pixies,' meaning elves.

They would say, 'The pixies had

got him,' as we nowadays would say

a man is 'balmy.'

294. MEDIUM SHOT

The Judge nods his understanding. The Falkner sisters nod

in pleasant agreement. Cedar sighs victoriously.

CEDAR:

Is that correct?

JANE:

Uh-huh.

AMY:

Uh-huh.

JUDGE:

Now tell me, why does everyone

think he's - uh - pixilated? Does

he do peculiar things?

295. MED. SHOT TOWARD WITNESS STAND

JANE:

(after conferring

with Amy)

He walks in the rain, without his

hat, and talks to himself.

AMY:

Sometimes he whistles.

JANE:

And sings.

CEDAR:

Anything else?

JANE:

Recently he gave Chuck Dillon a

thumping.

AMY:

Blacked his eye.

CEDAR:

And why?

JANE:

For no reason, I guess. He always

does it. We always run into the

house when we see him coming.

AMY:

Never can tell what he's going to

do.

JANE:

He sure is pixilated.

AMY:

Oh, yes - he's pixilated all right.

CEDAR:

Thank you, ladies. That's all.

Cedar beams. The old ladies leave to resume their seats.

DISSOLVE TO:

296. CLOSE SHOT IN WITNESS STAND

A policeman in uniform.

POLICEMAN:

They kept hollering: "Back to

Nature! Back to Nature!" I thought

they looked harmless enough so I

took them home. I never thought he

was cracked.

WIPE OFF TO:

297. CLOSE SHOT IN WITNESS STAND

The waiter at "Tullio's."

WAITER:

I'm a waiter. He kept pressing me

to point out the celebrities, and

so help me Hannah I'm coming out

of the kitchen a coupla minutes

later and there he is moppin' up

the floors with them. I never

figured he was a guy looking for

trouble.

WIPE OFF TO:

298. CLOSE SHOT IN WITNESS STAND

Mme. Pomponi.

MME. POMPONI

(expostulating)

He threw us out bodily! But bodily!

WIPE OFF TO:

299. MED. CLOSE SHOT IN WITNESS STAND

Of one of the bodyguards on witness stand.

BODYGUARD:

We was hired as his bodyguard,

see? Well, the first crack out of

the box, he throws us in a room

and locks the door, see? Now, if a

thing like that gets around in our

profession, we'd get the bird -

see? So I says to my partner, "Let's

quit this guy, he's nuts!"

WIPE OFF TO:

300. CLOSE SHOT IN WITNESS STAND

A Cockney cabman.

CABMAN:

I'm very fond of Clara, sir. She's

a nice 'orse. And when this bloke

'ere started feedin' 'er doughnuts,

I yelled down to him, "Mind what

you're doin' down there! Mind what

you're doing'!" Of course I wouldn't

mind, sir, but Clara won't eat

nothin' but doughnuts, now.

WIPE OFF TO:

301. WIDE SHOT[13]

Of one of the photographers (Bob) and enlarged photographs

of Longfellow's antics.

BAILIFF'S VOICE

Come to order.

CEDAR:

Your Honor, I wish to call your

attention to these exhibits. Mr.

Davis, do you recognize these

reproductions?

BOB:

Sure, they're good enlargements.

Where'd you have them made?

CEDAR:

Did you make the originals of them?

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