The Wizard Of Oz Page #3

Let Him In His

Read Your PAST - PRESENT and FUTURE Crystal

Also Juggling and Sleight of Hand

Dorothy enters in f.g. -- reads sign -- reacts to Professor humming o.s. --

MLS -- Professor steps down out of wagon -- sees Dorothy -- speaks to her

as he crosses to fire at left -- Dorothy comes forward --

PROFESSOR:

Well, well, well -- house guests, huh? And

who might you be? No, no -- now don't tell

me.

MCS -- Professor sits by fire -- Dorothy comes forward -- they speak --

PROFESSOR:

Let's see -- you're -- you're travelling in

disguise. No, that's not right. I -- you're

-- you're going on a visit. No, I'm wrong.

That's...You're -- running away.

DOROTHY:

How did you guess?

PROFESSOR:

Professor Marvel never guesses -- he knows!

Now, why are you running away?

DOROTHY:

Why --

PROFESSOR:

No, no -- now don't tell me. They -- they

don't understand you at home. They don't

appreciate you. You want to see other lands

-- big cities -- big mountains -- big

oceans --

DOROTHY:

Why, it's just like you could read what was

inside of me.

MLS -- Professor and Dorothy by fire -- Professor roasting wiener on

stick --

PROFESSOR:

Yes --

DOROTHY:

Please, Professor, why can't we go along

with you?

CS -- Toto enters -- bites wiener off stick --

PROFESSOR o.s.

Well, we -- uh --

DOROTHY o.s.

Oh, Toto, that's not....

MCS -- Professor and Dorothy -- Dorothy scolds Toto o.s.

DOROTHY:

...polite! We haven't been asked yet.

MLS -- Professor and Dorothy -- Toto in front of them eating wiener --

Professor laughs and speaks -- puts another wiener on stick --

PROFESSOR:

He's perfectly welcome. As one dog to

another, huh? Here now -- let's see where

were we?

MCS -- Professor and Dorothy speak -- Professor puts stick down at left --

PROFESSOR:

Oh, yes - you - you wanted to go home, huh?

DOROTHY:

Oh, no, I wanted to go along with you.

PROFESSOR:

Oh --

DOROTHY:

Nobody cares about me at home. They wouldn't

even miss me.

PROFESSOR:

Aw, come, come, come --

DOROTHY:

No, they won't - honestly.

PROFESSOR:

Oh --

DOROTHY:

Auntie Em was even going to let them kill

Toto yesterday for biting Miss Gulch. Oh,

please, Professor, why can't we go with you

and see all the Crowned Heads of Europe?

PROFESSOR:

Do you know any? Oh, you mean the thing

-- Yes, well, I -- I never do anything

without consulting my crystal first.

Let's....

MLS -- Professor rises -- CAMERA PANS as he and Dorothy cross to right to

wagon --

PROFESSOR:

...go inside here -- we'll -- Just come

along. I'll show you. There you are - right

in there.

MLS -- Int. Wagon -- Dorothy and Professor come in -- CAMERA TRUCKS

forward -- Professor moves chair up for Dorothy -- then lights candles --

sits down -- puts on turban -- speaks to Dorothy -- she closes her eyes --

he takes her basket -- looks thru it -- takes out a photograph --

PROFESSOR:

That's right. Here -- sit right down here.

That's it. Ha ha! This -- this is the same

genuine, magic, authentic crystal used by

the Priests of Isis and Osiris in the days

of the Pharaohs of Egypt -- in which

Cleopatra first saw the approach of Julius

Caesar and Marc Anthony, and -- and so on

-- and so on. Now, you -- you'd better

close your eyes, my child, for a moment --

in order to be better in tune with the

infinite. We -- we can't do these things

without....

INSERT -- CU -- photograph of Dorothy and Aunt Em --

PROFESSOR o.s.

...reaching out into the....

MCU -- Professor looks at photograph --

PROFESSOR:

...infinite. Yes.

MCS -- Dorothy and Professor -- he puts photograph on chair -- Dorothy

opens her eyes -- CAMERA TRUCKS forward as Professor looks into the

crystal --

PROFESSOR:

That's -- that's all right. Now you can

open them. We'll gaze into the crystal.

Ahh -- what's this I see? A house -- with a

picket fence....

CU -- Dorothy -- Camera shooting past Professor at right f.g. -- Dorothy

reacts --

PROFESSOR:

...and a barn -- with a weather vane and a

-- of a -- of a running horse.

MCU - Professor - Camera shooting past Professor at left f.g. - he looks

into crystal - speaks -

PROFESSOR:

No - it's - it's - a crowing rooster.

CU -- Dorothy -- Camera shooting past Professor --

DOROTHY:

That's our farm!

PROFESSOR:

Oh -- yes.

MCS -- Dorothy and Professor -- He looks into crystal -- then looks down

at photograph --

PROFESSOR:

Yes, there's -- there's a woman -- she's....

INSERT -- CU of the photograph --

MCS -- Dorothy and Professor -- he puts the photograph away again -- looks

into crystal --

PROFESSOR:

...she's wearing a polka-dot dress....

MCU -- Professor -- Camera shooting past Dorothy --

PROFESSOR:

...her face is careworn.

DOROTHY:

Yes...That's Aunt Em.

PROFESSOR:

Her -- her name is Emily.

CU -- Dorothy -- Camera shooting past Professor -- Dorothy reacts --

DOROTHY:

That's right. What's she doing?

PROFESSOR:

Well, I -- I can't quite see. Why, she's crying.

DOROTHY:

Oh --

PROFESSOR:

Someone has hurt her -- someone has just

about broken her heart.

DOROTHY:

Me?

MCU -- Professor -- camera shooting past Dorothy --

PROFESSOR:

Well, it's -- it's someone she loves very

much. Someone she's been very kind to.

Someone she's taken care of in sickness.

CU -- Dorothy reacts -- speaks -- Camera shooting past Professor --

DOROTHY:

I had the measles once -- and she stayed

right by me every minute.

PROFESSOR:

Uh-huh.

DOROTHY:

What's she doing now?

MCU - Professor looks into crystal - Camera shooting past Dorothy -

PROFESSOR:

Well, she's - she's going into a little bed....

CU - Dorothy - Camera shooting past Professor -

PROFESSOR:

...room --

DOROTHY:

Has it poppies on the wall....

MCU - Professor - Camera shooting past Dorothy

DOROTHY:

...paper?

PROFESSOR:

I said it had poppies on the wall paper! Eh

-- she's -- What's this? Why, she's --

she's putting her hand on her heart -- she's

-- she's dropping down on the....

CU -- Dorothy reacts -- Camera shooting Professor -- he speaks -- exits

right --

PROFESSOR:

...bed.

DOROTHY:

Oh, no -- no!

PROFESSOR:

That's all -- the Crystal's gone dark.

DOROTHY:

Oh, you....

MCS -- Dorothy and Professor -- Dorothy jumps up -- picks up her basket --

goes to b.g. --

DOROTHY:

...you don't suppose she could really be

sick, do you? Oh -- Oh, I've got to go home

right away!

PROFESSOR:

But -- what's this? I thought you were

going along with me.

DOROTHY:

Oh, no, no, I have to get to her right....

MCS -- Dorothy picks up Toto -- CAMERA PANS as she comes forward down

steps -- she speaks to Toto -- reacts -- CAMERA PANS left as she runs to

b.g. -- picks up suitcase -- puts Toto to ground -- both run up hill in

b.g. -- wind blowing leaves around --

DOROTHY:

...away! Come on, Toto! Oh, what'll I do?

If we go home, they'll send you to the

Sheriff. And if we don't, Aunt Em may --

well, she may die! I know what I'll do -

I'll give you to Hunk. He'll watch out for

you. But we've got to hurry. Goodbye,

Professor Marvel -- and thanks a lot!

MLS -- Professor comes out of wagon -- CAMERA PANS him left to horse --

wind blowing -- Professor looks around -- starts out left with horse --

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