Rear Window Page #12

Miss Torso sees that the cocktail glass of the third man is

empty. She takes it over to the window, and starts to fill

it. The man in the tuxedo follows her over, with a casual

glance toward the other two. He stands beside her as she

makes the drink. He looks at his watch with some impatience,

and makes a side comment to her as to the lateness of the

time. She turns, gives him a light kiss on his cheek, as if

she's telling him to be patient. Instead of pacifying him,

it makes him more amorous, and he puts an arm around her

shoulder an plants a heavy kiss on her cheek. She turns to

face him, they look into each other's eyes a moment, and she

allows herself to be kissed on the lips -- but only long

enough so as to attract the attention of the other two men.

With a little admonishing look, she moves away from him, and

makes him rejoin the other two.

INT. JEFF'S APARTMENT - NIGHT - SEMI-CLOSEUP

Jeff turns and looks up to Lisa with a grin.

JEFF:

Well, she picked the most prosperous

looking one.

LISA:

She's not in love with him -- or any

of them.

JEFF:

How can you tell that -- from here?

LISA:

You said it resembled my apartment,

didn't you?

She moves away with a significant look to him. THE CAMERA

MOVES IN until Jeff is in semi-closeup, alone.

He ponders over her last remark, then changes his look to

another direction.

EXT. NEIGHBORHOOD - NIGHT - MEDIUM SHOT

The newlyweds's apartment has the shades still drawn.

Although there's a light burning inside.

INT. JEFF'S APARTMENT - NIGHT - SEMI-CLOSEUP

There is a slight, but warm, smile on Jeff's face as he looks

at the drawn shade. His eyes move away from the newlyweds'

apartment, and slowly explore the neighborhood to his right.

He finds something of interest, and stops to stare at it.

His face sobers at what he sees.

EXT. NEIGHBORHOOD - NIGHT - SEMI-LONG SHOT

The salesman's apartment. We see both the living room and

the bedroom. The salesman has prepared a dinner tray, and is

carrying it from the kitchen, through the lining room, into

the bedroom. He places it on the lap of his wife, sitting up

in bed. He puts a couple of pillows behind her back to make

her more comfortable.

She doesn't bother to thank him, but is busy examining the

content of the tray. Her attitude shows her dissatisfaction.

Nothing is right. It's not what she wanted, and it's badly

prepared. She begins criticizing him. He starts to answer

her back, but decides better of it, and instead, leaves the

room. He goes to the kitchen reaches up to a wall cabinet,

takes down a bottle and pours himself a drink. Then he returns

to the lining room, listens a moment. The wife is grudging

beginning to eat the dinner. The husband quietly lifts a

phone from the cradle, and dials a number.

INT. JEFF'S APARTMENT - NIGHT - CLOSEUP

Jeff becomes completely absorbed with he sees. He leans

forward a little.

EXT. NEIGHBORHOOD - NIGHT - MEDIUM SHOT

We get a better view of the salesman waiting while his

connection is being made. Whoever he has called answers. And

instantly there is a marked change in his attitude. He

relaxes, smiles, is warm. He talks softly, perhaps guardedly,

with an occasional glance at the bedroom door. In the bedroom,

his wife has become aware of the call.

Quietly she moves the tray, gets out of bed, and goes to the

bedroom door to listen. The wall hides her from our view.

Then suddenly, she apparently opens the door, because the

living room, we see her arm suddenly appear, pointing at the

man and the telephone. He speaks quickly into the phone, and

hangs up. His face is flushed and angry as he goes toward

the bedroom. In the bedroom his wife appears walking back to

the bed, followed by the husband. She is laughing, and he is

answering her in angry tones. She climbs in bed laughing.

The more she laughs, the more angry he gets, and the harder

she laughs. Finally, he leaves the room, goes into the living

room, back into the kitchen and has another drink. He stands

there, controlling an outburst of emotion, and seems almost

to be crushing the shot glass in his clenched fist.

INT. JEFF'S APARTMENT - NIGHT - SEMI-CLOSEUP

While Jeff has been engaged in watching this little drama,

the SOUND of a piano has started. He now diverts his attention

from the salesman's apartment to the source of the piano

music. He turns his eyes in the direction of the composer's

apartment.

EXT. NEIGHBORHOOD - NIGHT - SEMI-LONG SHOT

Through the studio window of the song-writer's apartment we

see the man at work again on his original melody, and he is

farther along the line of the melody than before.

It is beginning to take some shape, and give promise of its

full beauty.

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