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TITLE CARD E.W. HAMMONS (?) PRESENTS THE RIGHT BED
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01:31:46 66 |
WS WOMAN ENTERS DOOR CARRYING SUITCASE WS WOMAN PRIMPS SELF IN MIRROR LOOKING PLEASED WITH WHAT SHE SEES WS WOMAN PULLS DOWN BED COVERS AND FLUFFS PILLOWS.
ARRANGES LINGERIE ON BED AND UNDRESSES AFTER CLOSING DOORS |
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WS MAN ENTERS HALLWAY TURNS ON LIGHTS AND CARRYING THERMOS ENTERS WOMAN'S BEDROOM AND PLACES THERMOS ON NIGHTSTAND WS MAN LOOKS STARTLED AND AMAZED SHEN HE SEES WHO IS SLEEPING IN BED WS MAN PHONES POLICE STATION OTHER MAN ENTERS
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WS MAN ON PHONE HANGS UP AND LOOKS DISTRAUGHT AS OTHER MAN TALKS ABOUT HIS EVENING. VALET (MAN ON PHONE) TRIES TO DELAY MAN FROM GOING IN ROOM. TELLS MAN THERE IS A WOMAN IN HIS BED. POSSIBLY A DEAD ONE
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WS THE TWO MEN APPROACH THE BEDROOM DOOR TO INVESTIGATE LOOKING SOMEWHAT NERVOUS. WS A WOMAN LIES IN BED LISTENING TO THE TWO MEN DISCUSS WHO SHE COULD POSSIBLY BE AND WHY SHE IS THERE. THE TWO MEN ENTER AND LOOK INCREDULOUSLY AT THE "DEAD WOMAN" THE MEN LOOK ALARMED
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WS THE TWO MEN APPROACH THE BED TO INVESTIGATE THE "BODY" THE WOMAN PRETENDS TO BE ASLEEP OR DEAD. THE TWO MEN DISCUSS WHO SHE COULD BE AND WHETHER SHE IS BREATHING OR NOT. BOTH ARE TOO NERVOUS TO MOVE HER ONE MAN DECIDES TO GET A SAXOPHONE TO SEE IF HE CAN ROUSE HER
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WS THE WOMAN LAYS THERE. NO RESPONSE. THE 2 MEN EXIT TO DISCUSS COMICALLY WHO SHE IS HOW LONG SHE'S BEEN THERE. THEY CONTINUE TO DISCUSS THE PREDICAMENT IN AN INANE MANNER. THE ONE MAN HAS THE OTHER (HIS VALET) CALL A TELEPHONE NUMBER. THEN HAS A DISJOINTED (FUNNY) CONVERSATION WITH HIS SISTER FINALLY ASKING HIS SISTER TO COME AND HELP INVESTIGATE THE SUPPOSED "DEAD" WOMAN IN HIS BED.
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WS THE MAN TELLS HIS VALET TO GO IN AND JAB THE WOMAN IN BED WITH A PIN. THE VALET LOOKS SHOCKED.
HE'S TREMBLING. THE MAN ACCUSES HIM OF POSSIBLY BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEAD WOMAN IN HIS BED. THE VALET INSTRUCTS THE MAN HOW HE SHOULD HANDLE THE DIFFICULT AND STRANGE SITUATION WHEN HIS SISTER ARRIVES. THE TWO MEN ARE DISTRAUGHT AND VISIBLY SHAKEN AND JUMP WHEN THE DOORBELL RINGS |
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WS WOMAN ARRIVES AND THE MAN TRIES TO EMBRACE HIS SISTER WHO IS VISIBLY ANGRY AND PUSHES HIM AWAY. THE TWO MEN AND THE WOMAN HAVE ANOTHER DISJOINTED CONVERSATION (HILARIOUS) ABOUT THE WOMAN IN THE BED THE WOMAN SUSPICIOUS THAT BOTH MEN MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH HER. THE 2 MEN AND THE WOMAN ENTER THE BEDROOM ONCE AGAIN TO INVESTIGATE FURTHER.
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WS THE WOMAN TELLS THE MEN THAT SHE MAY BE AN AMNESIA VICTIM AND AGAIN MAKES INNUENDOS THAT HER BROTHER MIGHT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WOMAN BEING IN BED. (WHILE THE CAMERA MOVES TO THE WOMAN IN BED WHO IS NOW SLIGHTLY OPENING HER EYES AND SMILING SHEEPISHLY!) THE WOMAN TRIES TO ROUSE THE OTHER WOMAN IN BED. THE SISTER TELLS THE VALET TO GET A MOUSE FROM THE MOUSETRAP IN THE KITCHEN. THE CAMERA SHOWS THE WOMAN IN BED VISIBLY ALARMED AT WHAT SHE HEARS VALET RETURNS WITH THE MOUSETRAP AND THE MAN PROCEEDS TO RELEASE THE MOUSE UNDER THE COVERS. THE WOMAN JUMPS UP FROM THE BED AND PULLS OFF A BLONDE WIG.
CLUTCHING THE MAN AND ASKING HIM TO SAVE HER. THE WOMAN TURNS OUT TO BE THE MAN'S WIFE WHO IS TESTING HIS FIDELITY. AFTER A BRIEF TIFF WITH THE SISTER, THE COUPLE EMBRACES AND THE CAMERA FADES TO BLACK |
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THE END
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