The Wizard Of Oz

FADE IN -- Title:

For nearly forty years this story has given faithful service to the Young

in Heart; and Time has been powerless to put its kindly philosophy out of

fashion.

To those of you who have been faithful to it in return

...and to the Young in Heart --- we dedicate this picture.

FADE OUT:

MS -- Dorothy stoops down to Toto -- speaks to him -- then runs down road

to b.g. -- Toto following --

DOROTHY:

She isn't coming yet, Toto. Did she hurt

you? She tried to, didn't she? Come on --

we'll go tell Uncle Henry and Auntie Em.

Come on, Toto.

LS -- Farm yard -- Dorothy enters left b.g. along road -- Toto following

her -- CAMERA PANS right -- she comes forward thru gate -- runs forward to

Aunt Em and Uncle Henry working at Incubator --

DOROTHY:

Aunt Em! Aunt Em!

MS -- Aunt Em and Uncle Henry working with baby chicks in incubator --

Dorothy runs in -- speaks to them -- Dorothy picks up baby chick -- CAMERA

TRUCKS back as Aunt Em and Dorothy come forward -- Aunt Em puts chick in

coop with hen -- then TRUCKS forward as they go to b.g. to incubator --

Dorothy reacts -- Uncle Henry looks at her -- CAMERA PANS her to left

across yard --

DOROTHY:

Aunt Em!

AUNT EM:

Fifty-seven, fifty-eight --

DOROTHY:

Just listen to what Miss Gulch did to Toto!

She --

AUNT EM:

Dorothy, please! We're trying to count!

Fifty-eight--

DOROTHY:

Oh, but Aunt Em, she hit him over the --

UNCLE HENRY:

Don't bother us now, honey -- this old

incubator's gone bad, and we're likely to

lose a lot of our chicks.

DOROTHY:

Oh -- oh, the poor little things. Oh, but

Aunt Em, Miss Gulch hit Toto right over the

back with a rake just because she says he

gets in her garden and chases her nasty old

cat every day.

AUNT EM:

Seventy -- Dorothy, please!

DOROTHY:

Oh, but he doesn't do it every day -- just

once or twice a week. And he can't catch

her old cat, anyway. And now she says she's

gonna get the sheriff, and --

AUNT EM:

Dorothy! Dorothy! We're busy!

DOROTHY:

Oh -- all right.

MCS - Aunt Em and Uncle Henry taking chicks out of incubator -

UNCLE HENRY:

Poor little orphan, and her Miss Gulch

troubles. Gosh all hemlock - you know, she

ought to have somebody to play with.

AUNT EM:

I know, but we all got to work out our own

problems, Henry.

UNCLE HENRY:

Yes.

AUNT EM:

Oh, I hope we got them in time.

UNCLE HENRY:

Yes.

MLS -- Zeke -- Hunk and Hickory working on wagon -- Hickory and Zeke

lowering bed of wagon into place --

ZEKE:

How's she coming?

HUNK:

Take it easy.

CS -- Hunk on ground -- gets finger caught under wagon bed -- reacts --

HUNK:

Ow! You got my finger!

CS -- Zeke and Hickory holding wagon bed --

ZEKE:

Well, why don't you get your finger out of

the way!

MLS -- Zeke and Hickory put wagon bed in place -- Hunk sitting on ground

by wagon -- Dorothy enters -- comes forward to Zeke -- CAMERA TRUCKS

forward on them -- they speak -- Zeke exits left f.g. -- Hunk enters --

speaks to Dorothy -- Hickory exits right -- PAN left as Hunk and Dorothy

go over by wagon -- they speak -- Dorothy exits right -- Hunk hits his

finger with hammer -- whirls around --

HICKORY:

Come on - come on - over this way.

ZEKE:

Okay.

HICKORY:

There you are.

HUNK:

Right on my finger!

ZEKE:

It's a lucky thing it wasn't your head.

DOROTHY:

Zeke, what am I going to do about Miss

Gulch? Just because Toto chases her old

cat --

ZEKE:

Listen, honey, I got them hogs to get in.

HUNK:

Now lookit, Dorothy, you ain't using your

head about Miss Gulch. Think you didn't

have any brains at all.

DOROTHY:

I have so got brains.

HUNK:

Well, why don't you use them? When you come

home, don't go by Miss Gulch's place. Then

Toto won't get in her garden, and you won't

get in no trouble. See?

DOROTHY:

Oh, Hunk, you just won't listen, that's all.

HUNK:

Well, your head ain't made of straw, you know.

MLS - Int. Barn - Hickory working on wind machine - straightens up -

reacts - Dorothy comes forward - CAMERA TRUCKS forward as Hickory goes to

her - he speaks to her - turns motor of wind machine on - they watch it -

oil spurts out into Hickory's face - he reacts - Dorothy exit left -

HICKORY:

Oh! Oh, it feels like my joints are rusted.

Listen, Dorothy, don't let Hunk kid you

about Miss Gulch. She's just a poor

sour-faced old maid that -- she ain't got

no heart left. You know, you should have a

little more heart yourself, and have pity

on her.

DOROTHY:

Well, gee, I try and have a heart.

HICKORY:

Now look, here's something that really has

a heart. This is the best invention I ever

invented.

DOROTHY:

This?

HICKORY:

Sure. It's to break up winds, so we don't

have no more dust storms. Can you imagine

what it'll mean to this section of the

country? I'll show you. It works perfectly

now. Here's the principle. You see that fan

-- that sends up air currents into the sky.

These air currents -- Oh, stop it!

DOROTHY:

Oh!

HICKORY:

Who did it? Now wait a minute.

DOROTHY:

Hickory!

HICKORY:

Now what happened? I'll bet Hunk did that.

MLS -- Zeke driving pigs into pen -- Dorothy enters in b.g. walks along

railing of pen -- Zeke goes to b.g. -- CAMERA TRUCKS forward -- Zeke pours

feed into trough --

ZEKE:

Say! Get in there before I make a dime bank

out of you! Listen, kid, are you going to

let that old Gulch heifer try and buffalo

you?

MCS -- Zeke poring feed into trough -- speaks --

ZEKE:

She ain't nothing to be afraid of. Have a

little courage, that's all.

MLS -- Dorothy walking along railing between pig pens --

DOROTHY:

I'm not afraid of her.

MCS -- Zeke picks up another bucket of feed -- pours it into trough --

ZEKE:

Then the next time she squawks, walk right

up to her and spit in her eye. That's what

I'd do!

MLS -- Dorothy on railing -- loses her balance -- falls into pig pen --

DOROTHY:

Oh!

MCS -- Zeke reacts -- CAMERA PANS left as he jumps into pen -- takes

Dorothy's foot out of wire -- then picks her up -- CAMERA PANS right as he

carries her out of pen -- puts her down with Hunk and Hickory -- Zeke

jumps out of pen -- sits down -- wipes his brow --

DOROTHY:

Oh! Oh, Zeke! Help! Help me, Zeke! Get

me out of here! Help!

HICKORY:

Are you all right, Dorothy?

DOROTHY:

Yes, I'm all right. Oh -- I fell in and --

and Zeke --

MCS -- Zeke -- Dorothy -- Hunk and Hickory -- they all look at Zeke --

they laugh -- Aunt Em enters with plate of crullers -- CAMERA TRUCKS

forward on Hunk -- Aunt Em and Hickory -- they speak -- Hunk and Hickory

each take cruller -- go to b.g. -- CAMERA PULLS back as Aunt Em comes

forward to Zeke and Dorothy -- she speaks to Zeke -- CAMERA TRUCKS forward

as Dorothy and Aunt Em walk to b.g. -- Dorothy takes cruller -- Aunt Em

runs to b.g. --

DOROTHY:

Why, Zeke, -- you're just as scared as I am!

HUNK:

What's the matter -- gonna let a little old

pig make a coward out of you?

HICKORY:

Look at you, Zeke -- you're just as white --

AUNT EM:

Here, here, what's all this jabber-wapping

when there's work to be done? I know three

shiftless farm hands that'll be out of a

job before they know it!

HICKORY:

Well, Dorothy was walking along the --

AUNT EM:

I saw you tinkering with that contraption,

Hickory. Now, you and Hunk get back to that

wagon!

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