The Jazz Singer Page #3

He snaps shut the watch and glares at Sara.

60.MED. SHOT BOTH

Sara makes some excuse for the boy. Maybe he doesn't know what time it

is. He starts pacing up and down again. Sara finishes the placing of

food on the table and starts arranging the chairs.

61.CLOSE-UP CANTOR

He scowls as he pauses in his pacing and says:

TITLE 19:
"If he don't come now in a minute, he starts

his Yom Kippur fasting without supper."

62.FULL SHOT ROOM

As the cantor resumes his pacing, Sara hears someone at the door and

goes to it, only to admit, instead of the expected Jakie, an excited

Yudelson. The cantor turns around in surprise. Yudelson rushes up to him

and starts telling him about seeing Jakie singing n*gger songs in

Muller's. The cantor throws up his hands in horror. Yudelson nods grimly

but in a satisfied manner.

63.CLOSE-UP YUDELSON

He says in a self-righteous manner:

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"Of course it ain't any of mine business, but I

say to myself it's my duty, I--"

He looks around surprised.

64.FULL SHOT ROOM

The cantor has grabbed his hat and is on his way out of the door as

Yudelson stands open-mouthed. Sara starts wringing her hands.

65. CLOSE SHOT YUDELSON AND SARA

As they see the cantor disappear, Sara looks at Yudelson with marked

disapproval. He decides that it is time to go and turns as Sara starts

to reprove him for his tattling. She tells him he would be better off

attending to his own business. With a hurried excuse Yudelson turns.

66.FULL SHOT ROOM

Yudelson quickly disappears out of the front door and Sara drops into a

chair heavily. She knows that there will be an unpleasant scene before

long and she dreads it.

67.INT. BEER HALL FULL SHOT

Jakie is just finishing a song and those at the tables start applauding.

Some of them throw coins to Jakie.

68.CLOSE-UP JAKIE

His singing manners have gone. Now he is just business as he starts to

pick up the scattered coins. He picks up the last one and pockets it.

Then he turns to the piano player.

69.CLOSE SHOT BOTH

They discuss what Jakie is to sing next. Then the piano player starts a

ragtime piece and Jakie starts to sing in the most approved darkey

manner.

70.FULL SHOT GARDEN

The people at the tables are showing new interest in the singer.

71.CLOSE SHOT FAMILY ENTRANCE

The door opens suddenly and the figure of the irate cantor appears. He

pauses and takes one look, then strides in with great determination.

72.MED. SHOT JAKIE FROM FRONT

He is putting everything he has into his song. He is rolling his eyes

and calling on "his baby." His eyes drop and he looks forward just in

time to see his father coming toward him. His voice breaks as the old

man comes into the scene. A determined arm reaches up and grabs him, and

the song ends abruptly.

73.FULL SHOT ROOM

With the boy in a viselike grip, the cantor starts toward the door with

the squirming figure of his young son. The people at the table are

laughing heartily at the unexpected entertainment. Father and son exit.

74.CLOSE-UP PIANO PLAYER

Getting the humor of the situation, he starts playing something

appropriate, like "Stay in Your Own Backyard" or perhaps something more

modern and more to the point.

75.RABINOWITZ LIVING ROOM

Sara is sitting in the rocking chair, rocking slowly back and forth,

occasionally dabbing at her eyes with a handkerchief. She gets up and

goes to the table. She feels one of the dishes and, seeing that it is

cold, she starts with it to the kitchen. As she returns she looks toward

the front door, then rushes hurriedly in that direction.

76.MED. SHOT FRONT DOOR

The cantor comes in breathlessly, pushing the boy ahead of him, just as

Sara comes up to them. The boy tries to go to her but the irate cantor

holds him tightly and motions Sara not to interfere.

77.CLOSE SHOT GROUP

The cantor glares down at the boy who starts squirming. He tightens his

grip on him as he repeats over and over: "Singing n*gger songs in a beer

garden! You bummer! You no good lowlife!" As Sara tries to intercede,

the cantor silences her almost roughly. As he half pushes her away he

says:

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"I will teach him he shall never again use his

voice for such low things."

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