Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Page #47

CLOSE SHOT - MAC

As he bursts forth.

MAC:

Nice work, toots!

The crowd echoes him with shouts and laughter.

CLOSE SHOT - JUDGE

He glares off scene at Mac, reprimandingly.

CLOSE SHOT - BABE

She is amused at the embarassment Longfellow has caused

them all.

340. CLOSE SHOT - CEDAR AND HIS CLIENTS

They squirm uncomfortably.

341. MED. CLOSE SHOT AT WITNESS STAND

Longfellow in chair - Judge at bench, b.g.

JUDGE:

Mr. Deeds, do you recall forcibly

ejecting people from your home?

LONGFELLOW:

Oh, yes. Yes. About my throwing

those people out of my house. Mrs.

Pomponi told the truth. I did throw

them out because I didn't want the

party in the first place. I didn't

invite anybody. Mrs. Pomponi did

all that. They just came to see

what kind of a freak the "Cinderella

Man" was. I don't know how people

like that are supposed to act,

Your Honor, but if that Pomponi

woman is an example, I'll stick to

simple folks. She just came in,

talked my ear off, and took charge

of everything. If I were a friend

of hers, I'd have her examined.

MED. SHOT OF COURTROOM

Featuring Longfellow. Cedar, who cannot stand it any longer,

jumps to his feet.

CEDAR:

Your Honor, this is becoming

farcical. I demand that Mr. Deeds

dispense with side remarks and

confine himself to facts! Let him

explain his wanderings around the

streets in underclothes, his feeding

doughnuts to horses!

JUDGE'S VOICE

Proceed.

LONGFELLOW:

Mr. Cedar's right. Those things do

look kind of bad, don't they? But

to tell the truth, Your Honor, I

don't remember them. I guess they

happened, all right, because I

don't think a policeman would lie

about a thing like that, but I was

drunk. It was the first time I was

ever drunk in my life. It's probably

happened to you, some time. I mean,

when you were younger, of course.

The Judge clears his throat in embarrassment. Several women

giggle. The Judge sternly pounds his gavel.

CLOSE SHOT - LONGFELLOW

LONGFELLOW:

It's likely to happen to anybody.

Just the other morning I read in

the paper about Mr. Cedar's own

son - about how he got drunk and

insisted on driving a taxi-cab,

while the driver sat inside. Isn't

that so, Mr. Cedar? Isn't that so

, Mr. Cedar?

MED. SHOT OF COURTROOM

All eyes have turned to Cedar.

CLOSE SHOT - CEDAR

His eyes are beginning to blaze angrily.

CEDAR:

Your Honor, I object.

JUDGE:

Proceed.

346. MEDIUM SHOT

LONGFELLOW:

Now about the Falkner sisters.

That's kind of funny. I mean about

Mr. Cedar going all the way to

Mandrake Falls to bring them here.

Do you mind if I talk to them?

JUDGE:

Not at all.

Longfellow turns. Everybody stretches to get a better look

at them.

LONGFELLOW:

Jane, who owns the house you live

in?

CLOSE SHOT - THE SISTERS

The girls consult with each other.

JANE:

Why, you own it, Longfellow.

AMY:

Yes, you own it.

LONGFELLOW'S VOICE

Do you pay any rent?

JANE:

(after conferring

with Amy)

No, we don't pay any rent.

AMY:

Good heavens, no! We never pay

rent.

348. WIDER ANGLE

As Longfellow continues questioning:

LONGFELLOW:

Are you happy there?

JANE:

Oh, yes.

AMY:

Yes, indeed.

LONGFELLOW:

Now, Jane, a little while ago you

said I was pixilated. Do you still

think so?

JANE:

(after the usual

conference)

Why, you've always been pixilated,

Longfellow.

AMY:

Always.

LONGFELLOW:

(smiling)

That's fine. I guess maybe I am.

(seriously)

Now tell me something, Jane. Who

else in Mandrake Falls is pixilated?

Jane turns to her sister and this time they go into a

prolonged huddle. It is apparently a difficult thing to

figure out. Finally they come out of it.

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