1937SOUND COMEDY SHORTS
AUGUST 7, 1937. LESLIE GOODWINS. EDGAR KENNEDY. VIVIAN OAKLAND. BILLY FRANEY. BILL BENEDICT. LLOYD INGRAHAM. ED DANN. ED "ADOPTS" A TROUBLESOME YOUNG BOY. ARCHITECTS OFFICE. MEAN LEAVE. OLD TRAMP ASKS FOR MONEY. POSH MAN PUTS ON GLOVES, TIPS HAT. FREIGHT YARD. MAN YELLS AT TRAIN TRAMP. KICKS MAN. MAN CHASES KID. KENNEDY INTERVENES. MAN YELLING. INSULTING. PUTS ARM AROUND BOY. BOY STICKS OUT TONGUE. THROWS HORSESHOE. HITS MAN'S WINDSHIELD. PAYS MAN FOR BROKEN WINDSHIELD. BOY IN SUIT COMES INTO HOUSE. WOMAN COOKING AT STOVE. VERY DOMESTIC. COOKS TURKEY IN OVEN. SITS ON STOVE AND BURNS BUTT. BOY SHAKES BOX. FEET ON TABLE. SHAKES HANDS WITH WOMAN. WHISTLES AT PRETTY WIFE. WOMAN MAKES ANGRY FACE. FIXES BOY'S TIE. WOMAN PUTS ON APRON. EDGAR WALKS INTO WALL. BOY'S CHEEKS FILLED WITH CHOCOLATE. BOX OF HALF EATEN CHOCOLATES. OLD MAN CLEANS UP HIS FACE. RINGS DOORBELL. LADY SHUTS DOOR ON HIM, HE PUTS HIS FOOT IN THE DOOR. SHAKES HAND. MAN WRITES CRYPTIC SIGN ON FENCE POST, ARROW POINTS. DOORBELL RINGS. HOMELESS PEOPLE COME TO THE DOOR. WOMAN SETS FANCY TABLE. PUTS FOOD OUT. BLIND MAN KNOCKS AT DOOR WITH CANE. HITS EDGAR ON THE HEAD. MEN RUN INTO KITCHEN. SIT DOWN & EAT. MAKE THEMSELVES AT HOME. HIT BY KITCHEN DOOR. KNOCKED OVER. STANDING ON TABLE. WIFE AT DOOR WITH SUITCASE. SHE LEAVES. SLAMS DOOR. GETS INTO CAB, DRIVES AWAY. EDGAR RUNS DOWN FRONT WALK. COMES INTO HOUSE VERY ANGRY, HITS TRAMPS WITH BOARD. HOUSE IS A MESS. PICTURE SPINS BOY HAS PUNCH BOWL. THROWS FOOD AT ELEGANT PEOPLE. KENNEDY GRABS KID. PUNCHES KENNEDY IN STOMACH. CARS AT TRAIN CROSSING. LAUGHING.
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"TRAMP TROUBLE"
STARRING EDGAR KENNEDY. DIRECTED BY LESLIE GOODWIN |
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SIGN: MARKHAM CO. ARCHITECTS. PAN TO DOORWAY. MEN LEAVE, INCLUDING EDGAR. HE IS STOPPED BY A VAGRANT.
EDGAR GIVES THE MAN SOME MONEY. EDGAR'S BOSS MR. MARKHAM CLASPS HIM ON THE BACK AND THEY TALK. MARKHAM LEAVES. THE VAGRANT TAKES A DOLLAR BILL FROM EDGAR'S HANDS. EDGAR SHRUGS HIS SHOULDERS |
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SIGN: FREIGHT YARD, INTERSTATE RAILROAD. A MAN & A VAGRANT STRUGGLE BY A PASSING TRAIN. THE VAGRANT KICKS THE MAN IN THE SHIN AND RUNS. MAN CHASES THE VAGRANT (A BOY) AROUND EDGAR'S CAR, STOPPED AT THE RAILROAD CROSSING
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THEY STOP AT EDGAR'S WINDOW, STRUGGLING. EDGAR GETS OUT OF THE CAR
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EDGAR TALKS TO THE MAN, CALMLY. MAN IS ANGRY. EDGAR GETS ANGRY. LS OF EDGAR, MAN, AND BOY. EDGAR PLACES ARM AROUND BOY. MAN WALKS AWAY LAUGHING. THE BOY PICKS UP A FALLEN HORSESHOE & PREPARES TO THROW IT, EDGAR STOPS HIM. BOY SPITS ON HORSESHOE & THROWS IT OVER HIS SHOULDER
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THE HORSESHOE SHATTERS THE OTHER MAN'S WINDSHIELD.
EDGAR STARTS TO WHISTLE. OTHER MAN LANDS EDGAR HORSESHOE. EDGAR HANDS HIM MONEY. BOY TAKES HORSE SHOE FROM EDGAR, TOSSES IT OVER HIS SHOULDER. A CRASH IS HEARD, EDGAR AND BOY SCRAMBLE INTO CAR. BLACKOUT |
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EDGAR & BOY ENTER EDGAR'S LIVING ROOM. BOY HAS NEW SUIT ON. EDGAR STRAIGHTENS BOY'S TIE & BRUSHES HIS HAIR
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VIVIAN COOKING AT STOVE. EDGAR WALKS IN KISSES HIS WIFE. SHE SHOWS HIM TURKEY IN OVEN. EDGAR SITS ON STOVE, JUMPS UP QUICKLY
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BOY ON COUCH SHAKING BOX, OPENS IT. EDGAR BRINGS VIVIAN OUT FROM KITCHEN TO BOY. THE BOY EATS CHOCOLATES WITH HIS FEET UP. BOY WHISTLES, SHAKES VIVIAN'S HAND. CU OF VIVIAN, SMILING.
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BOY TURNS TO EDGAR. BOTH SMILE. BOY PLACES FOOT ON END TABLE. CU VIVIAN LOOKING DOWN AT HIS FOOT. SHE'S UPSET. INSTANT DISLIKE BETWEEN BOY & VIVIAN. EDGAR CONTINUES BEING FRIENDLY. VIVIAN LEAVES ROOM, EDGAR FOLLOWS AFTER STRAIGHTENING UP BOY AGAIN
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KITCHEN SHOT. EDGAR & VIVIAN TALK. EDGAR WALKS INTO WALL
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EDGAR JOINS BOY IN LIVING ROOM. CU OF BOY WITH PUFFED CHEEKS FROM CANDY. EDGAR STARES INTO BOX. CU OF BOX WITH EMPTY CANDY WRAPPERS. EDGAR MOTIONS BOY TO LEAVE AND PLACES THE BOY'S HAT ON HIS HEAD, WHILE HE PUTS THE BOX DOWN, DROPS HAT ON COUCH
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OUTSIDE DOOR, VAGRANT ENTERS. CLEANS HIMSELF OFF, RINGS DOORBELL. VIVIAN IN KITCHEN, OPENS DOOR, TRIES TO KEEP VAGRANT OUT, BUT HE PUSHES IN. BOY ENTERS.
VIVIAN PUSHES VAGRANT OUT. BOY BRUSHES PAST HER & LETS VAGRANT IN. THEY SHAKE HANDS. EDGAR JOINS THEM AND IS IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZED. VIVIAN IS UPSET. EDGAR IS ANNOYED. VIVIAN & EDGAR LEAVE |
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EDGAR & VIVIAN IN KITCHEN. VAGRANT DRAWS AN ARROW ON FENCE POST. VIVIAN & EDGAR ARGUE. EDGAR LEAVES KITCHEN. EDGAR OPENS DOOR, ANOTHER VAGRANT IS THERE.
FIRST VAGRANT LETS HIM IN. MORE VAGRANTS FOLLOWS. VIVIAN ENTERS FROM KITCHEN IN SHACK |
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CU OF EDGAR WATCHING VAGRANTS ENTER HIS HOME, FUMING WITH ANGER. VIVIAN STORMS INTO BEDROOM. LS OF VAGRANT MAKING THEMSELVES AT HOME. EDGAR OPENS DOOR & IS HIT ON THE HEAD BY A BLIND MAN'S CANE. FIRST VAGRANT LETS BLIND MAN IN, ALTHOUGH HE'S NOT REALLY BLIND
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CU OF EDGAR, HAND OVER HIS FACE IN FRUSTRATION. EDGAR RUNS AFTER THE VAGRANT WHO STORMS INTO THE KITCHEN.
AS EDGAR REACHES THE DOOR, IT SLAMS INTO HIM, THE VAGRANT COMING BACK WITH TURKEY ON THEIR PLATES, SITTING AT THE TABLE. EDGAR SITS NEXT TO KITCHEN DOOR, COVERED IN FLOWERS. HE STANDS AND IS HIT BY DOOR FROM FIRST VAGRANT. EDGAR COMES TO TABLE, TRYING TO STOP VAGRANTS |
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VIVIAN STANDS AT FRONT DOOR WITH PACKED BUS. SHE LEAVES, SLAMMING DOOR. EDGAR CHASES HER, BUT SHE LEAVES IN A CAB. EDGAR WALKS BACK INTO HOUSE, MAD.
HE TEARS A PLANK FROM THE WALL, CARRIES IT TO THE TABLE & STARTS TO SLAM IT DOWN. THE VAGRANT'S SCATTER |
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THE FILM SPINS IN A BLUR. EDGAR SLAMS THE PLANK DOWN ON THE TABLE. ONLY THE BOY REMAINS, HIDING BENEATH IT. EDGAR TRIES TO STRANGLE HIM. BOY STOPS HIM &
PICKS UP A BOWL. THEY WALK TO FRONT DOOR. DOOR OPENS & EDGAR'S BOSS & WIFE WALK IN. BOY TOSSES BOWL TOWARDS HIM |
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CU OF BOSS & WIFE, COVERED IN DAIRY DESSERT. CU OF EDGAR, LOOKING EMBARRASSED. EDGAR GRABS BOY, THEY STRUGGLE
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SIGN: FREIGHT YARD, INTERSTATE RAILROAD. MOVING TRAIN. EDGAR CARRYING BOY, HE PUTS BOY DOWN. BOY KICKS AND HITS EDGAR. EDGAR CHASES HIM AROUND CAR STOPPED AT RAILROAD TRACK. DRIVER GETS OUT
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DRIVER PROTECTS BOY FROM EDGAR. DRIVER TALKS TO BOY, PLACES ARM AROUND HIM
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CU OF EDGAR SMILING. DRIVER SCOLDS EDGAR. EDGAR STARTS LAUGHING
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EDGAR LEANS ON HIS CAR, LAUGHING. A HORSESHOE SHATTERS HIS WINDSHIELD. HE PICKS IT UP & WIPES HIS HAND ACROSS HIS FACE. BLACKOUT. THE END
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