The Wizard Of Oz Page #17

LAP DISSOLVE TO:

LS - Dorothy - Scarecrow - Tin Man and Lion walking forward thru Haunted

Forest - Lion yells -

MCU - Lion growling - Jitterbug on his nose - he looks down at it - speaks

- CAMERA TRUCKS back - Tin Man slaps the bug away -

LION:

What's that? What's that? Take it away -

take it away - Take it away!

(cries)

TIN MAN:

Hold still - hold still --

MLS - Scarecrow - Dorothy - Tin Man and Lion - Dorothy jumps as Jitterbug

bites her leg - Tin Man speaks - all start forward - Tin Man yells -

Dorothy takes bug off his neck - Bug bites Scarecrow - he jumps in the air

- falls to ground - jumps up again - CAMERA PANS the Four to right - they

react to quivering trees and noise - CAMERA TRUCKS back - Dorothy and

others tremble and move about as they sing -

DOROTHY:

Oh! Something bit me, too!

TIN MAN:

Now come on - you're acting silly --

(yells)

SCARECROW:

Oh, come on now - everybody --

(yells)

DOROTHY:

(sings)

Did you just hear what I just heard?

LION:

(sings)

That noise don't come from no ordinary bird.

DOROTHY:

It may be just a cricket

Or a critter in the trees.

TIN MAN:

It's giving me the jitters

In the joints around my knees.

CS - Scarecrow and Tin Man - CAMERA PANS to right to Lion and Dorothy -

each sing -

SCARECROW:

Oh, I think I see a jijik

And he's fuzzy and he's furry

I haven't got a brain

But I think I ought to worry!

TIN MAN:

I haven't got a heart

But I got a palpitation.

LION:

As Monarch of the Forest

I don't like the situation.

DOROTHY:

Are you gonna stand around

And let 'em fill us full of horror?

LION:

I'd like to roar 'em down --

But I think I lost my roarer.

LS - Dorothy - Lion - Scarecrow and Tin Man running around - the tree

quivering -

MS - Scarecrow - Tin Man - Lion and Dorothy huddled together - looking

o.s. -

TIN MAN:

It's a whozis.

SCARECROW:

It's a whozis?

LION:

It's a whatzis.

TIN MAN:

It's a whatzis?

LION:

Whozat?

TIN MAN:

Whozat?

SCARECROW:

Whozat?

MCS - Scarecrow - Tin Man - Lion and Dorothy - Dorothy steps forward -

sings - CAMERA PANS right as she dances back near Lion -

DOROTHY:

Whozat?

Who's that hiding

In the tree top?

It's that rascal

The Jitter Bug.

Should you catch him

Buzzin' round you

Keep away from

The Jitter Bug!

Oh, the bats....

MS - Scarecrow - Tin Man - Lion and Dorothy - Dorothy singing - CAMERA

PANS - TRUCKS back as all dance -

DOROTHY:

...and the bees

And the breeze in the trees

Have a terrible, horrible buzz.

But the bats and the bees

And the breeze in the trees

Couldn't do what the Jitter Bug does.

So be careful

Of that rascal

Keep away from --

SCARECROW - TIN MAN AND LION

-- The Jitter Bug!

Oh, The Jitter -

Oh, the Bug

Oh, the Jitter -

ALL:

Bug-bug-a-bug-bug-bug-bug-bug-a-boo!

MS - Lion runs over by tree - tree catches hold of Lion's tail - Scarecrow

runs in - releases Lion - tree grabs Scarecrow - he finally gets free -

CAMERA PANS left as Scarecrow runs over to Dorothy held by another tree -

Tin Man starts to chop at tree - Limb of tree hits him over the head - Tin

Man staggers - throws axe o.s. - Lion enters - CAMERA TRUCKS as the four

dance -

ALL:

In a twitter

In the throes

SCARECROW:

Oh, the critter's

Got me dancin' on a thousand toes.

TIN MAN:

Thar she blows!

LS - Dorothy and Group dancing - Trees of the forest moving in rhythm -

MS - Lion and Tin Man dancing -

CS - Lion and Tin Man dancing -

LS - Tin Man - Lion - Dorothy and Scarecrow dancing -

MLS - The Four dancing -

ELS - The army of Winged Monkeys flying over Haunted Forest -

MLS - Dorothy and Group dancing - look up o.s. - react -

ELS -- The army of Winged Monkeys flying over Haunted Forest --

MLS -- Dorothy and Group react -- run to b.g.--

LS -- The Winged Monkeys fly down into forest -- CAMERA PANS RIGHT as they

fly down near Dorothy and group running to b.g. --

LS -- The Winged Monkeys landing -- run out at right --

ELS -- Shooting down as the Winged Monkeys land -- Dorothy and group exit

far b.g. --

LS -- The Winged Monkeys capturing the group -- Dorothy runs out right --

MLS -- The Winged Monkeys running after Dorothy -- CAMERA PANS right --

LS -- Dorothy runs forward -- two Winged Monkeys after her -- they exit

right f.g. --

MLS -- Tin Man swinging axe at the Winged monkeys --

TIN MAN:

Go away now!

MLS -- Winged Monkeys tromping on the Scarecrow --

SCARECROW:

Help! Help!

MS - Lion in center of group of monkeys - he doubles his fists - speaks

- Monkey in tree hits him over the head with axe -

LION:

Why, I'll -- Foul! Foul!

LS -- Two Winged Monkeys running to b.g. with Dorothy - they swoop up into

the air -- exit upper b.g. --

MCS -- Toto runs forward -- looks up o.s. -- barks --

ELS -- Two Winged Monkeys carrying Dorothy -- Flying to right over haunted

forest --

MCS -- Toto barking -- Winged Monkey picks him up -- CAMERA PANS right as

he flies out with Toto --

ELS -- Army of Winged Monkeys flying to right over the Haunted Forest --

MLS -- The Winged Monkeys tearing Scarecrow apart -- Scarecrow yells --

the Winged Monkeys exit right -- Tin Man and Lion enter -- CAMERA TRUCKS

forward on them as Lion and Tin Man try to put Scarecrow together --

SCARECROW:

Help! Help! Help! Help! Help!

TIN MAN:

Oh! Well, what happened to you?

SCARECROW:

They tore my legs off, and they threw them

over there! Then they took my chest out,

and they threw it over there!

TIN MAN:

Well, that's you all over.

LION:

They sure knocked the stuffings out of you,

didn't they?

SCARECROW:

Don't stand there talking! Put me together!

We've got to find Dorothy!

TIN MAN:

Now, let' s see -- this goes -- Oh, I wish

I were better at puzzles.

LION:

Wait a minute. This is the left one. He

walks bad enough already.

TIN MAN:

Oh, poor Dorothy. We may never see her

again.

SCARECROW:

Who do you suppose they were? And where did

they take her? A fine thing - to go to

pieces at a time like this!

TIN MAN:

Now, now, don't fret.

SCARECROW:

Oh, dear, dear.

TIN MAN:

We'll get you together!

LAP DISSOLVE TO:

CS -- Toto in Witch's lap -- CAMERA TRUCKS back -- Witch rises -- Nikko

standing at right -- Witch puts Toto in basket -- Dorothy at left f.g.

crying -- Witch turns to Dorothy -- speaks to her -- Nikko carries Toto to

b.g. -- Dorothy goes over to Nikko --

WITCH:

What a nice little dog! And you, my dear.

What an unexpected pleasure! It's so kind

of you to visit me in my loneliness.

MCS -- Dorothy reacts -- turns -- speaks to Witch -- CAMERA TRUCKS forward

on them -- CAMERA PANS left as Witch crosses to Nikko -- speaks to him --

DOROTHY:

What are you going to do with my dog? Give

him back to me!

WITCH:

All in good time, my little pretty -- all

in good time.

DOROTHY:

Oh, please give me back my dog!

WITCH:

Certainly -- certainly -- when you give me

those slippers.

DOROTHY:

But the Good Witch of the North told me not

to.

WITCH:

Very well! Throw that basket in the river

and drown him!

MLS -- Dorothy crying -- speaks to Witch -- then steps up on step -- Witch

looks down at slippers on Dorothy's feet --

DOROTHY:

No! No -- no! Here -- you can have your

old slippers -- but give me back Toto.

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