1935FEATURE FILMS
MELODRAMA.
CLARENCE BROOKS, LAURA BOWMAN, DOROTHY VAN ENGLE, ANDREW BISHOP, ALEC LOVEJOY. DIRECTED BY OSCAR MICHEAUX.
A BLACK NIGHT WATCHMAN IN A CHEMICAL FACTORY FINDS THE BODY OF A YOUNG WHITE WOMAN IN THE BASEMENT. BLAMED FOR THE MURDER, THE MAN IS TRIED BUT DURING THE TRIAL THE REAL KILLER IS UNMASKED.
BLACK CAST FILM. RACE FILM. HARLEM.
CLARENCE BROOKS, LAURA BOWMAN, DOROTHY VAN ENGLE, ANDREW BISHOP, ALEC LOVEJOY. DIRECTED BY OSCAR MICHEAUX.
A BLACK NIGHT WATCHMAN IN A CHEMICAL FACTORY FINDS THE BODY OF A YOUNG WHITE WOMAN IN THE BASEMENT. BLAMED FOR THE MURDER, THE MAN IS TRIED BUT DURING THE TRIAL THE REAL KILLER IS UNMASKED.
BLACK CAST FILM. RACE FILM. HARLEM.
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CU ON BRICK FACTORY OR WAREHOUSE BUILDING WITH BARS ON WINDOWS.
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| 01:00:15 15.39 |
CU ON SIGN: "NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORIES, INC. PLANT NO. 9"
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| 01:00:20 20.07 |
MAN ASLEEP (LORENZO MCCLANE) AT DESK WAKES UP AT THE SOUND OF BELLS RINGING, YAWNS AND STRETCHES. PAN IN TO CU REVEALS HE'S A BLACK AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN
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| 01:00:45 45.09 |
BIG FACTORY CLOCK ON WALL, IT'S 12.
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| 01:01:35 95.27 |
NIGHT WATCHMAN (LORENZO MCCLANE) STANDS UP AND WITH FLASHLIGHT IN HAND CAUTIOUSLY GOES DOWN STAIRCASE.
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| 01:01:55 115.27 |
YOUNG WHITE WOMAN'S LIFELESS BODY LYING ON THE GROUND.
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| 01:02:07 127.29 |
NIGHT WATCHMAN DISCOVERS BODY OF WOMAN AND APPROACHES, SHINING FLASHLIGHT ON HER FACE.
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| 01:02:12 132.13 |
CU ON BLACK MAN'S STARTLED SHOCKED FACE, AND HE TURNS AND RUNS QUICKLY UP STAIRS.
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| 01:02:30 150.19 |
NIGHT WATCHMAN MAKES PHONE CALL FROM DESK IN HIS OFFICE.
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| 01:02:40 160.16 |
WS 1930'S MALE OPERATOR CONNECTS PHONE CALL.
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| 01:03:48 228.99 |
NIGHT WATCHMAN AND TWO OTHER MEN (DETECTIVES) GOING DOWN STEPS TO BASEMENT. THEY STAND OVER THE WOMAN'S DEAD BODY AND READ A NOTE TAKEN FROM THE BODY.
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| 01:05:10 310.07 |
POLICE OFFICER BEHIND HIGH DESK TALKING WITH NIGHTWATCHMAN AND DETECTIVE. DETECTIVE LEADS NIGHTWATCHMAN OFF TO JAIL .
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| 01:06:06 366.09 |
TEXT FRAME. "BEHIND EVERY STRANGE AND MYSTERIOUS MURDER THERE IS INVARIABLY ALWAYS A STORY. TO UNDERSTAND THIS, LET US GO BACK - THREE YEARS." FADE OUT.
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| 01:06:19 379.6 |
FADE IN. MS BLACK AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN MAID IN APRON DUSTING FURNITURE. SHE ANSWERS KNOCK ON DOOR.
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| 01:06:59 419.7 |
MEDIUM CU AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE MAID AND BLACK GENTLEMAN ARE TALKING. THE BLACK MAN PRESENTS THE MAID WITH A TEXT BOOK. HE TAKES OUT A NOTEPAD. SHE WALKS HIM ACROSS THE ROOM AND THEY LOOK OUT THE WINDOW. THEY SHAKE HANDS AND HE LEAVES.
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| 01:08:41 521.76 |
BLACK AFRICAN AMERICAN COUPLE KISS AS THEY ENTER ROOM. THEY APPEAR TO BE SLIGHTLY INEBRIATED. WOMAN LAUGHINGLY PUSHES MAN AWAY AND CLOSES DOOR.
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| 01:09:18 558.23 |
LS OF EMPTY VESTIBULE, DOORWAY FRAMED BY CHAIR AND PODIUM.
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| 01:09:23 563.89 |
AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE ENTERS VESTIBULE. CUT AWAY TO TWO AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN, MOTHER AND YOUNG PRETTY DAUGHTER, CHATTING AT DOORWAY.
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| 01:09:51 591.65 |
BLACK MAN AND PRETTY YOUNG WOMAN CHATTING. MAN GIVES A BOOK TO THE YOUNG WOMAN. MAN TAKES OUT NOTEPAD AND PEN.
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| 01:11:15 675.23 |
BLACK SCREEN.
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| 01:11:17 677.93 |
BLACK MAN TAKES MONEY FROM SMILING BLACK WOMAN IN EXCHANGE FOR HARDCOVER BOOK. THEY CHAT FOR AWHILE.
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| 01:12:29 749.73 |
SAME MAN KNOCKS ON DOOR WITH BOOK UNDER ARM. PRETTY YOUNG WOMAN ANSWERS AND INVITES HIM INTO APARTMENT. ANOTHER OLDER WOMAN ENTERS ROOM. THEY LOOK AT BOOK TURNING PAGES. THEY SIT AND CHAT FOR AWHILE.
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| 01:17:56 1076.02 |
BLACK AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN ANSWERS DOOR AND INVITES BLACK MAN INTO APARTMENT. THEY SIT CLOSE AND DISCUSS BOOK. VAR. CU'S OF BOTH OF THE TWO.
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| 01:19:56 1196.39 |
FADE OUT.
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| 01:20:03 1203.24 |
TWO MEN IN SUITS AND HATS MEET IN FOYER AND HAVE QUICK DISCUSSION. ONE MAN LOOKS AROUND, UP, AND DOWN. THEY AGREE TO MEET LATER.
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| 01:20:38 1238.31 |
FADE OUT
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| 01:20:43 1243.36 |
FADE IN. BLACK WOMAN SMOKING CIGARETTE AND MAN.
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| 01:20:59 1260.04 |
WOMAN ENTERS APARTMENT QUIETLY AND FINDS YOUNG WOMAN SITTING ALONE & LOOKING FORLORN ON SOFA. CU ON FACE OF YOUNG AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN. THEY SIT AND CHAT. YOUNG GIRL CRIES AND WOMAN (MOM) CONSOLES HER.
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| 01:23:15 1395.84 |
MAN SNEAKS UP FROM BEHIND AND KNOCKS OUT ANOTHER MAN, HE FALLS TO GROUND IN VESTIBULE OF APARTMENT.
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| 01:23:42 1422.74 |
MAN AND WOMAN GAZE AT UNCONSCIOUS BLACK MAN AND TAKE MONEY OUT OF HIS POCKET.
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| 01:24:13 1453.13 |
YOUNG WOMAN AND MOTHER PRESSING THEIR EARS AGAINST DOOR AND LISTENING.
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| 01:24:22 1462.5 |
MAN AND WOMAN ARE SEEN CARRYING BODY OUT OF VESTIBULE, CLOSING THE DOOR BEHIND THEM. MOTHER AND DAUGHTER LISTENING FROM INSIDE APARTMENT OPEN DOOR AND SEE BODY BEING CARRIED OFF.
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| 01:25:41 1541.31 |
TEXT FRAME. YEARS FLASHING BY , 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935.
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| 01:25:48 1548.4 |
SIGN READING "HENRY W. GLORY ATTORNEY AT LAW"
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| 01:26:16 1576.21 |
HENRY GLORY, AFRICAN AMERICAN ATTORNEY, (CLARENCE BROOKS) TURNS ON LIGHTS AND ENTERS FANCY OFFICE, SITS DOWN AT DESK AND READS NEWSPAPER.
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| 01:26:35 1595.37 |
NEWSPAPER HEADLINE: STRANGE MURDER AT CHEMICAL LABORATORY. BODY OF YOUNG GIRL, MYSTERIOUSLY MURDERED...….
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| 01:26:57 1617.96 |
SAME BLACK GENTLEMAN IS NOW TURNING PAGES OF A HANDWRITTEN BOOK. HE STOPS ON PAGE READING: "A FOOL'S ERRAND" CHAPTER 4 A FOUL BLOW AND A ROBBERY"......
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| 01:27:37 1657.13 |
SAME GUY NOW ANSWERS DOOR AND WOMAN, GLORIA, (DOROTHY VAN ENGLE) WALKS IN AS HE CLOSES DOOR BEHIND HER AND PULLS UP A CHAIR FOR HER TO SIT. THEY CHAT.
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| 01:30:14 1814.14 |
FADE OUT.
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| 01:30:16 1817 |
MS JAIL CELL. NIGHTWATCHMAN, ARTHUR, FROM FIRST SCENE IS SEEN SITTING ON BENCH IN CELL AND TALKING WITH MAN WHO IS TAKING NOTES AND WOMAN LISTENING.
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| 01:31:14 1874.34 |
CUT TO OFFICE OF MR. BRISBANE (ANDREW BISHOP) PACING AND GREETS ARTHUR, THE NIGHTWATCHMAN - LORENZO MCCLANE
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| 01:31:55 1915.85 |
FADE BACK IN TO JAIL CELL. SAME THREE ON BENCH TALKING ABOUT THE MURDER IN THE FACTORY.
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| 01:32:27 1947.68 |
FADE OUT.
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| 01:32:30 1950.4 |
MS A MALE LAWYER QUESTIONING BRISBANE IN COURT.
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| 01:32:44 1964.25 |
YOUNG WOMAN APPROACHES MAN SITTING IN OFFICE ALONE AT HIS DESK WORKING (ANDREW BISHOP). WOMAN ASKS FOR PAY AND MAN REACHES IN DESK, HANDS IT TO HER. SHE LEAVES OFFICE CLOSING DOOR BEHIND HER.
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| 01:33:33 2013.6 |
ARTHUR (LORENZO MCCLANE) ENTERS SAME OFFICE, MAN IS WORKING LOOKS UP AND IS SURPRISED TO SEE ARTHUR. HE LEAVES THE OFFICE. MAN LOOKS PUZZLED. FADE OUT.
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| 01:34:05 2045.85 |
FADE IN TO LAWYER QUESTIONING WITNESS.
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| 01:34:58 2098.33 |
MAN IS SEEN SMOKING CIGAR THOUGHTFULLY PACING NEAR HIS BIG WOOD DESK. FADE OUT.
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| 01:35:27 2127.24 |
FADE IN. SCENE IN COURTROOM AS SPECTATORS TAKE THEIR SEATS.. WHITE FEMALE WITNESS HOLDING HANDKERCHIEF IS ASKED QUESTIONS BY AFRICAN AMERICAN ATTORNEY.
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| 01:36:32 2192.64 |
MOM AND DAUGHTER WITH YOUNG MAN HAVING DISCUSSION. WOMEN LEAVE AND YOUNG MAN IS LOOKING AT MAGAZINE PICTURES OF 30'S WOMEN IN SWIMSUITS.
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| 01:37:32 2252.25 |
FEMALE WITNESS IN COUIRTROOM WITNESS CHAIR CRYING AS SHE GIVES TESTIMONY.
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| 01:37:37 2257.84 |
COURTROOM SPECTATORS.
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| 01:37:42 2262.24 |
FEMALE WITNESS CRYING IN COURT, ATTORNEY CONSOLES HER.
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| 01:37:48 2268.31 |
FADE OUT. BLANK
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| 01:37:50 2270.97 |
BEAUTIFULLY DRESSED AFRICAN AMERICAN 30'S WOMAN HAVING DISCUSSION WITH BLACK MAN IN OFFICE. WOMAN ACCUSES BRISBANE OF THE CRIME.
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| 01:38:23 2303.4 |
NEWSPAPER CLIPPING INSERT - DESCRIBING MURDERED GIRL'S INJURIES AND DEATH DUE TO STRANGULATION.
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| 01:39:24 2364.36 |
FADE OUT AND IN. SCENE AT COURTROOM. AFRICAN AMERICAN ATTORNEY DISMISSES WHITE MALE (BRISBANE) WITNESS IN WITNESS CHAIR. COURTROOM SPECTATORS STAND AND LEAVE THE ROOM
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| 01:40:18 2418.34 |
CU WELL DRESSED AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN STARING AT BRISBANE AND LISTENING TO HIM SPEAKING WITH A BLACK MAN.
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| 01:40:51 2451.45 |
FLIRTATIOUS AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN SMOKING CIGARETTE INVITES BLACK MAN TO HER SHOW.
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| 01:41:48 2508.48 |
CU SAXOPHONE. JAZZ CLUB. NIGHTCLUB. COUPLES DANCING TO LIVE JAZZ BAND. PARTY HATS. APPLAUDING. 1930'S
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| 01:44:48 2688.66 |
FANCY DRESSED BLACK MAN, HAWKINS (ALEC LOVEJOY) SMOKING CIGARETTE, LAUGHING. HOT DIGGITY DAWG.
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| 01:45:01 2701.24 |
AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE TAP DANCER DRESSED IN SHINY JUMPSUIT PUTTING ON A GREAT SHOW, TAPPING, JUMPING SPINNING.. JAZZ BAND PLAYING IN BG.
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| 01:46:26 2786.01 |
HAWKINS (ALEC LOVEJOY) WITH PRETTY AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN SITTING AT CHECKERED TABLECLOTH TABLE FLIRTING AND CHATTING AT NIGHTCLUB.
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| 01:48:43 2923.78 |
COUPLES DANCE AT 30'S NIGHTCLUB.
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| 01:50:04 3004 |
SLIGHT ALTERCATION AT ENTRANCE TO NIGHTCLUB. DOORMAN IN TUXEDO GIVES MAN NOT DRESSED PROPERLY A HARD TIME, THEY ARGUE. DOORMAN TRIES TO TAKE MAN'S HAT OFF HIS HEAD.
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| 01:50:24 3024.5 |
CU STILL. MARTINI GLASS NEXT TO BOTTLE OF LA FAYETTE DISTILLED DRY GIN BOTTLE.
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| 01:52:22 3142.36 |
FEMALE AFRICAN AMERICAN SINGING IN FRONT OF JAZZ BAND. SHE SUDDENLY WHIPS OFF HER SKIRT TO REVEAL BIKINI BOTTOM AND STARTS TAP DANCING IN A FRENZY, LEGS KICKING, TWISTING AND TURNING. AUDIENCE APPLAUSE.
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| 01:56:00 3360.63 |
COUPLES DANCING AT NIGHTCLUB
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| 01:56:16 3376.02 |
MACHINES TURNING AND CHURNING AT NEWSPAPER PRESS FACTORY.
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| 01:56:22 3382.7 |
NEWSPAPER HEADLINES AND ARTICLE.
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| 01:57:10 3430.25 |
HAWKINS (ALEC LOVEJOY) IN WITNESS STAND IS GRILLED TO SUBMISSION BY ATTORNEY, HENRY GLORY (CLARENCE BROOKS)
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| 01:57:38 3458.18 |
COURTROOM SPECTATORS LAUGHING.
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| 01:57:41 3461.72 |
PRINTING PRESSES
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| 01:57:46 3466.1 |
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES C/U'S
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| 01:58:23 3503.78 |
HAWKINS ON WITNESS STAND CONFESSES.
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| 01:58:42 3522.61 |
CUT TO MR. BRISBANE IN OVERALLS AND HAWKINS MEETING OUTSIDE FACTORY. BRISBANE GIVES HAWKINS A COIN AND ENTERS BUILDING
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| 01:59:24 3564.57 |
AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE (HAWKINS) IN OVERALLS DOES A LITTLE SOFT SHOE OUTSIDE FACTORY BUILDING.
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| 01:59:52 3592.84 |
WOMAN WALKING UP STAIRCASE AS HAWKINS FOLLOWS QUIETLY AFTER HER LOOKING AROUND.
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| 02:00:25 3625.71 |
BRISBANE IN OFFICE WITH YOUNG FEMALE TAKES HER HAND. SHE LEAVES OFFICE AND HE FOLLOWS. SHE TURNS AND ITS HIM BEHIND HER, SHE LOOKS FRIGHTENED.
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| 02:01:28 3688.64 |
HAWKINS TIPTOES BACK AND FOURTH THROUGH OFFICE, SITS AT DOOR AND LISTENS. HE LOOKS OUT WINDOW AND SEES A WOMAN ENTERING BUILDING. HE QUICKLY RUNS OFF DOWN THE STAIRS AND TAKES HIS SEAT.
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| 02:02:55 3775.94 |
NEWSPAPER CLIPPING IMPOSED OVER SCENE OF WOMAN GOING UP STAIRS AS AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN, HAWKINS WATCHES.
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| 02:03:17 3797.46 |
C/U FACTORY STYLE WALL CLOCK.
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| 02:03:47 3827.52 |
MALE (BRISBANE) HOVERING OVER UNCONSCIOUS BODY OF WOMAN.
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| 02:04:11 3851.38 |
WHITE MALE (BRISBANE) GESTURING QUIETLY FOR BLACK MAN (HAWKINS) TO FOLLOW HIM.
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| 02:05:47 3947.74 |
HAWKINS DISCOVERS UNCONSCIOUS WOMAN'S BODY LYING ON THE FLOOR. FEELS HER FOREHEAD, LOOKS SHOCKED. TAKES OFF HAT AND RUNS OUT.
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| 02:06:24 3984.66 |
HAWKINS AND BRISBANE ARE SEEN ARGUING AND WRESTLING IN OFFICE. HAWKINS IS IN A STATE OF PANIC.
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| 02:06:36 3996.1 |
FADE IN TO COURTROOM. HAWKINS ON WITNESS STAND IN COURT TELLING HIS SIDE OF STORY TO ATTORNEY.
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| 02:07:11 4031.25 |
A DISSHELVED BRISBANE (ANDREW BISHOP) AT HIS DESK WITH A FRIGHTENED HAWKINS. BRISBANE INSTRUCTING HAWKINS WHAT TO WRITE ON NOTEPAPER, WHICH IS BASICALLY A CONFESSION. BRISBANE HANDS MONEY TO HAWKINS. A BRIBE.
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| 02:11:08 4268.82 |
NIGHT WATCHMAN, HAWKINS, TALKING STRAIGHT IN TO THE CAMERA, TELLS THE AUDIENCE EXACTLY WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO NEXT.
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| 02:13:01 4381.38 |
FURTHER CONVERSATION IN OFFICE BETWEEN BRISBANE AND HAWKINS
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| 02:16:52 4612.66 |
HAWKINS AT BAR HAVING A DRINK AND TALKING WITH BARTENDER. HE WALKS OUT OF THE BAR VERY TIPSY.
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| 02:18:16 4696.03 |
FADE IN. ALARM CLOCK C/U
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| 02:18:33 4713.85 |
SLEEPING, SNORING.
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| 02:18:37 4717.42 |
CU HAWKINS ON THE STAND CONTINUING TO TELL HIS STORY.
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| 02:18:48 4728.68 |
FADE IN. BRISBANE AT HIS DESK. TALKS ON PHONE. FEMALE TYPISTS. HAWKINS SWEEPING. BRISBANE WHISPERING IN HAWKINS' EAR.
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| 02:20:50 4850.67 |
BRISBANE COUNTING OUT MONEY HANDS IT TO HAWKINS. STAY SOBER, KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT.
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| 02:22:14 4934.86 |
YOUNG WHITE BOY, TALKING WITH HENRY (CLARENCE BROOKS) AND AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN (DOROTHY VAN ENGLE) ABOUT A MURDER
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| 02:23:01 4981.52 |
OLD BLACK WOMAN LEANING TOWARD DOOR AND LOOKING FRIGHTENED LETS BLACK MAN AND WOMAN ENTER APARTMENT. THEY TALK ABOUT A MURDER .
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| 02:25:55 5155.39 |
YOUNG WHITE FEMALE AND WHITE MAN ARE SEEN ARGUING OUTSIDE FACTORY. MAN IS CLUTCHING WOMAN'S ARM.
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| 02:26:43 5203.93 |
WHITE MALE STANDING OUTSIDE WAITING WALKS UP FACTORY FIRE ESCAPE STEPS AND WITNESSES WHITE MAN, BRISBANE, KISSING AND EMBRACING THE YOUNG FEMALE.
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| 02:27:24 5244.42 |
CUT BACK TO OLD BLACK WOMAN TELLING HER STORY TO HENRY, THE AFRICAN AMERICAN ATTORNEY (CLARENCE BROOKS)
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| 02:28:23 5303.95 |
MAN IS SEEN HOVERING OVER DEAD GIRL'S BODY. HE IS NEXT SEEN WITH A CORD IN HIS HANDS AND EXITING THE ROOM.
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| 02:29:20 5360.45 |
BACK TO THE APARTMENT WITH OLD WOMAN, ATTORNEY AND MRS. VANCE. A MAN OUTSIDE IS SEEN THROWING A ROCK THAT GOES THROUGH THE APARTMENT WINDOW. HE IS THEN SEEN RUNNING AWAY..
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| 02:29:59 5399.24 |
NEWSPAPER HEADLINE. EXTRA! EXTRA! HIGHLIGHTED NEWSPAPER CLIPPING.
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| 02:30:34 5434.03 |
HIGHLIGHTED CLIPPING FROM BOOK. A FOOL'S ERRAND, BY HENRY GLORY...
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| 02:30:52 5452.28 |
YOUNG WOMAN ON SOFA READING BOOK. HIGHLIGHTED SECTION OF THE BOOK, A FOOL'S ERRAND" IS SHOWN. GIRL LOOKS UP AND SHAKES HER HEAD, CLOSES BOOK AND GOES TO DESK AND IS SEEN WRITING A LETTER.
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| 02:32:05 5525.76 |
MR. HENRY GLORY OPENS LETTER. C/U OF HANDWRITTEN LETTER.
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| 02:32:16 5536.35 |
BLACK WOMAN OPENS DOOR AND LETS IN MR. GLORY, TAKES HIS HAT AND THEY TALK.
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| 02:33:07 5587.62 |
WOMAN THROWS OBJECT AT BLACK MAN
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| 02:33:27 5607.57 |
CUT BACK TO HENRY GLORY - HE EMBRACES WOMAN, THEY KISS.
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| 02:33:49 5629.23 |
MAN IS SEEN IN VESTIBLE HITTING WOMAN. WOMAN FALLS TO THE GROUND AND GETS UP. THEY FIGHT EACH OTHER.
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| 02:34:23 5663.51 |
MR. GLORY AND GIRLFRIEND HUG AND KISS AND LOOK STRAIGHT INTO CAMERA.
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REEL END.
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