1920SILENT FEATURE FILMS
MABEL NORMAND, HUGH THOMPSON, DORIS PAWN, TULLY MARSHALL, EUGENIE BESSERER, BUSTER TROW.
COMEDY. NORMAND AS A WHIMSICAL SHOPGIRL WHOSE LATE MOTHER WAS A SPANISH DANCER IN VAUDEVILLE. WHEN NORMAND VISITS A FORTUNE TELLER WHO CONS HER INTO BELIEVING THAT SHE IS THE REINCARNATION OF A CASTILIAN NOBLEWOMAN, THE GIRL PUTS ON HER MOTHER'S GOWN & ATTENDS A SHIPBOARD DANCE, WHERE SHE COMPLETELY CAPTIVATES A SOCIALLY PROMINENT DOCTOR, THOMPSON, WHOM SHE HAS LONG LOVED FROM A DISTANCE. WHEN A FIGHT BREAKS OUT, NORMAND SLIPS OUT OF HER COSTUME RATHER THAN HAVE HER TRUE IDENTITY REVEALED, JUMPS OVER THE SIDE OF THE BOAT & SWIMS HOME. THE DOCTOR BELIEVING HER DEAD, TAKES THE GOWN TO HIS OFFICE, WHERE IT'S DISPLAYED AS A REMINDER OF THE LOVE HE WAS NEVER ABLE TO FULFILL. MEANWHILE, NORMAND, DRESSED AS A BOY, GOES THROUGH A NUMBER OF COMIC ATTEMPTS TO KILL HERSELF, CULMINATING IN HER BEING HIT & KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS BY AN ITALIAN FRUIT PEDDLER'S CART. AFTER BEING TAKEN TO THE OFFICE OF HER BELOVED, NORMAND SPOTS HER GOWN & PUTS IN ON BEFORE THOMPSON RETURNS TO HIS EXAMINING ROOM. THE PHYSICIAN IS, NEEDLESS TO SAY, DELIGHTED TO FIND THE WOMAN OF HIS DREAMS ALIVE & WELL, & THE FILM ENDS WITH THE EXPECTED EMBRACE.
COMEDY. NORMAND AS A WHIMSICAL SHOPGIRL WHOSE LATE MOTHER WAS A SPANISH DANCER IN VAUDEVILLE. WHEN NORMAND VISITS A FORTUNE TELLER WHO CONS HER INTO BELIEVING THAT SHE IS THE REINCARNATION OF A CASTILIAN NOBLEWOMAN, THE GIRL PUTS ON HER MOTHER'S GOWN & ATTENDS A SHIPBOARD DANCE, WHERE SHE COMPLETELY CAPTIVATES A SOCIALLY PROMINENT DOCTOR, THOMPSON, WHOM SHE HAS LONG LOVED FROM A DISTANCE. WHEN A FIGHT BREAKS OUT, NORMAND SLIPS OUT OF HER COSTUME RATHER THAN HAVE HER TRUE IDENTITY REVEALED, JUMPS OVER THE SIDE OF THE BOAT & SWIMS HOME. THE DOCTOR BELIEVING HER DEAD, TAKES THE GOWN TO HIS OFFICE, WHERE IT'S DISPLAYED AS A REMINDER OF THE LOVE HE WAS NEVER ABLE TO FULFILL. MEANWHILE, NORMAND, DRESSED AS A BOY, GOES THROUGH A NUMBER OF COMIC ATTEMPTS TO KILL HERSELF, CULMINATING IN HER BEING HIT & KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS BY AN ITALIAN FRUIT PEDDLER'S CART. AFTER BEING TAKEN TO THE OFFICE OF HER BELOVED, NORMAND SPOTS HER GOWN & PUTS IN ON BEFORE THOMPSON RETURNS TO HIS EXAMINING ROOM. THE PHYSICIAN IS, NEEDLESS TO SAY, DELIGHTED TO FIND THE WOMAN OF HIS DREAMS ALIVE & WELL, & THE FILM ENDS WITH THE EXPECTED EMBRACE.
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BUSY RETAIL STORE, PEOPLE LOOKING FOR BARGAINS AT STORE SALE.
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WOMEN PUSHING, SHOVING, SALES RUSH AT RETAIL STORE TRYING TO BUY SILK STOCKINGS ON SALE. SHOPPERS FIGHTING FOR SALE ITEMS
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INTERIOR RETAIL STOCK ROOM, BOXES SWAYING BACK & FORTH. SALESGIRL WITH HER FEET UP ON BOXES CREATING SWAYING MOTION
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SALESGIRL ON HER BREAK IN STOCK ROOM LOOKING AT PHOTO OF DOCTOR IN MAGAZINE
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SALESGIRL'S MANAGER ENTERS STOCK ROOM, FRIGHTENS HER, SHE MOVES HER FEET, BOXES COME TUMBLING DOWN ALL OVER STOCK ROOM. RETAIL MISHAPS
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HECTIC SALES RUSH, SHOPPERS GOING WILD. SALESGIRL BRINGING OUT STOCK DROPS BOXES ALL OVER THE COUNTER WOMEN GRABBING AT BOXES OF STOCKINGS. HAGGARD SALES WOMAN WITH HAIR FALLING IN HER FACE
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CU TIRED, OVERWORKED SALESGIRL BLOWS TRESS OF HER HAIR OUT OF HER FACE
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FRANTIC SALES RUSH, WOMEN RIOTING AT BARGAIN SALE SHOPPERS FIGHT FOR SALE ITEMS, STOCKINGS
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CU MAN BRUSHING HIS MOUSTACHE WITH HIS PENCIL
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WOMAN TELLS SALES GIRL SHE'S A FAMOUS FORTUNE TELLER, FLOOR WALKER INTERRUPTS CONVERSATION TO YELL AT SALESGIRL FOR NOT WORKING. SALESGIRL BUSIES HERSELF GRABBING BOXES OF STOCKINGS. ON HER WAY OUT, FORTUNE TELLER TELLS GIRL TO COME FOR A READING
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HAGGARD SALESGIRL LOOKS AT BUSINESS CARD. CU CLAIRVOYANT BUSINESS CARD. STARES AT THE CARD WHILE SHE TAKES BOXES FROM SHELF. SALESGIRL RE-STOCKING
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YOUNG WOMAN WAITING TO SEE CLAIRVOYANT, HAVING HER CARDS READ BY PSYCHIC. PUTS CARD IN HER PURSE, NOTICES A MUMMY NEXT TO HER, SHE STARTS SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY FRIGHTENED BY THE MUMMY, GETS UP & THE MUMMY FALLS ON HER. PSYCHIC YELLS AT HER
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NIEVE WOMAN IN FORTUNE TELLER'S DARKENED ROOM FRIGHTENED. CU PSYCHIC RUBBING WOMAN'S HEAD, GIVING HER HEAD MASSAGE.
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CLAIRVOYANT CONVINCING CLIENT THAT SHE IS A REINCARNATION OF ROSA ALVARO, A SPANISH NOBLE WOMAN THROUGH TRICKERY.
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CU WOMAN WITH ROSE IN BETWEEN HER TEETH TAKING MONEY OUT OF HER POCKET, PAYING CLAIRVOYANT
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PASSENGERS PUSHING THEIR WAY FURTHER INTO TROLLEY CAR. TROLLEY POLICEMAN PUSHES THROUGH, GRABS FARE EVADER, SHE PUTS ON FAKE ACCENT, PUTS ROSE BETWEEN HER TEETH, FARE TAKER DOFFS HIS HAT &
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WOMAN REMINISCING, LOOKING AT FAMILY ALBUM PHOTOS FINDS A PHOTOGRAPH OF HER ACTRESS MOTHER WHO WAS A SPANISH DANCER. GOES THROUGH HER MOTHER'S TRUNK. HOLDING FABRIC UP TO HER. PLAYING DRESS UP, TRYING ON CLOTHES
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WOMAN SAYING GOODNIGHT TO HER DATE ON STOOP, GOES INSIDE
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WOMAN'S GIRL FRIEND CATCHES HER PLAYING DRESS UP DROPS HER PACKAGE ON THE FLOOR, SHOCKED AT THE TRANSFORMATION TO BEAUTIFUL SPANISH DANCER, RUNS OUT THE DOOR
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INTERIOR RETAIL STORE, SALESGIRL RE-STOCKING, PUTTING STOCKING OUT FOR SALE, CUSTOMERS SIFTING THROUGH MERCHANDISE
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EARLY 1920s CAR PULLS UP TO CURB, DOCTOR WHO'S PICTURE SALESGIRL WAS FAWNING OVER IN MAGAZINE WALKS INTO STORE. SITS NEXT TO SALESGIRL'S AREA, SHE APPEARS FROM UNDER TABLE, STRETCHES HER LEG OUT, ROLLS STOCKING UP HER LEG. DR. LOOKS UP FROM BOOK, SEES HER LEGS, PULLS HANDKERCHIEF OUT OF POCKET, WIPES SWEAT FROM HIS FACE. THE LEGS ARE ACTUALLY MANNEQUIN LEGS.
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SALESGIRL LOOKS UP, BUMBLES AROUND, NERVOUS AROUND GOOD LOOKING DOCTOR WHO IN TURN GETS NERVOUS AROUND HER. GIRL THINKS HE IS THE HANDSOME DARK YOUNG MAN PROMISED HER BY THE CLAIRVOYANT
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YOUNG WOMAN TELLS HER FRIEND SHE'S STAYING HOME SHE'S EXPECTING A GENTLEMAN. SHE SIGHS & WON'T TELL. FRIEND SPECULATES ON WHO THE MAN IS
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WOMAN FANTASIZING ABOUT MAN-OF-HER-DREAMS WHO APPEARS IN FRONT OF HER IN DREAM LIKE ABERRATION SHE REACHES OUT TO HUG HIM, FALLS ON THE FLOOR RUBS HER HEAD, WONDERS TO HERSELF IF SHE'S CRAZY
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1920s DOCTOR'S OFFICE, SECRETARY TYPING, NURSE WALKS IN, HANDS HER A NOTE. LEAVES OFFICE AS DR.
& TWO FRIENDS ENTER. TALKING ABOUT THE SHOP GIRL HE ENCOUNTERED THAT AFTERNOON & GOING TO SHIPBOARD DANCE |
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TWO WOMEN MAKING PLANS TO GO TO SHIPBOARD DANCE SAYING THEY SHOULD LEAVE FRIEND WHO'S BEEN ACTING WEIRD LATELY HOME
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FLOOR WALKER FLIRTING WITH SALESGIRL IN BACK ROOM
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FRIEND, CO-WORKER TRYING TO GET HER TIRED YAWNING FRIEND TO GO OUT TO SHIPBOARD DANCE WITH HER, CONVINCES HER TO GO
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COSTUME PARTY ON BOARD SHIP. SHIPBOARD DANCE CIRCA 1920.
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DR. WEARING COSTUME & MASK SEES SALESGIRL IN SPANISH COSTUME SASHAYING DOWN STAIRS, IMMEDIATELY BECOMES SMITTEN WITH HER
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MASKED MAN GETS HIT IN THE FACE WITH FLYING PARTY FAVOR, TAKES HIS MASK OFF FOR A MINUTE, MASKED SALESGIRL RECOGNIZES HIM. SHE BRUSHES OFF ANNOYING MAN & THROWS DR. A FLOWER. HE SWEEPS HER OFF HER FEET, SHE PRETENDS TO BE SPANISH
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SALESGIRL'S FRIEND RECOGNIZES HER, FAINTS AT THE SIGHT, IS CARRIED AWAY
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SALESGIRL & DR. SLIP AWAY. HER FRIENDS APPEAR, SHE PRETENDS NOT TO KNOW THEM, THEY WANT TO TAKE HER HOME, FIGHT BREAKS OUT BETWEEN DR. & FRIENDS PANDEMONIUM ENSUES, GIRL RUNS AWAY
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WOMAN TAKES OFF COSTUME, JUMPS OVERBOARD & SWIMS HOME
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DR. & GIRL'S FRIENDS GO OUT ON DECK, FIND GIRL'S DRESS, ASSUME SHE FELL OVERBOARD, JUMP INTO DINGHY, LOWER INTO WATER.
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WOMAN SWIMS TO DOCK, SITS, PULLS OUT FISH FROM HER SHIRT. MAKES CREEPED OUT FACE, THROWS FISH BACK IN WATER
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OVERWROUGHT WOMAN LED UPSTAIRS BY GENTLEMAN FRIEND
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WOMAN IN HER BEDROOM FANTASIZING ABOUT THE DR.
SHE FELL IN LOVE WITH. STUFFED PILLOW IN A COAT, WEIRD. |
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WOMAN HUGGING A PILLOW SHAPED LIKE A MAN HEARS SOMEONE COMING, TAKES IT APART, EMBARRASSED BY HER ACTIONS. GETS INTO BED, PRETENDS TO BE ASLEEP.
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SHE YELLS FOR FRIEND TO COME IN, PRETENDS TO HAVE BEEN IN BED ALL NIGHT. FRIEND HUGS HER, HAPPY SHE'S ALIVE. SHE THEN CONFESSES SHE WAS THERE, PUTS ON HER "ROSA" PERSONA
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MAN MOURNING A LOVE LOST, A LOVE NEVER REALIZED
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CU MASKED WOMAN IN SPANISH COSTUME
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NURSE BRINGING DR. NEWS OF SEARCH FOR WOMAN LOST AT SEA
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WOMAN GIDDY FROM NEW LOVE, PULLS OUT PHOTOGRAPH OF HER LOVE INTEREST. WOMAN BRUSHING OFF HER CLOTHING. GIDDY WOMAN BECOMES SAD, PUTS AWAY PHOTOGRAPH
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LOW ANGLE BOY WALKING ALONG EDGE OF BUILDING LIFTS HIS LEG, FLEDGING DAREDEVIL PRACTICING MOVES ON ROOFTOP
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WOMAN GETS AN IDEA, PUTS HER HAND IN HER MOUTH BITING HER KNUCKLES, CALLS TO THE BOY. HE THROWS A ROCK AT HER, SHE FALLS INTO WICKER BASKET ONTO THE GROUND. GESTURES WITH HER HAND FOR HIM TO "COME HERE". HE GOES TO THROW A BRICK AT HER, LOSES HIS BALANCE, FALL BACKWARDS, LIFTS HIMSELF BACK UP.
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WOMAN GESTURING A FIGHT, THREATENS BOY IF HE DOESN'T GIVE HER HIS CLOTHES. WOMAN JUMPING UP & DOWN THROWING HER FISTS AROUND ATTACKS BOY THEY WRESTLE TO THE GROUND, SHE FORCIBLY REMOVES HIS CLOTHES IN A BACK ALLEY
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COAL DELIVERY DUMP TRUCK BACKING UP TO STORAGE CELLAR, LIFTS BACK, UNLOADS COAL INTO CELLAR
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COAL DUMPING ONTO WRESTLING COUPLE, COVERED IN COAL
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DR. SENDING HIS NURSE OUT OF THE OFFICE, MAN ENTERS, THEY TALK, MAN PICKS UP TELEPHONE. TALKS
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WOMAN DISGUISED AS A BOY CRAWLS OUT OF COAL CELLAR COVERED IN BLACK COAL DUST. WOMAN IN DRAG
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POLICE BRING DR. CLOTHES BELONGING TO WOMAN LOST AT SEA. DISAPPOINTED, FRUSTRATED, SAD MAN HOLDS LOST LOVE'S DRESS
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WOMAN DISGUISED AS A BOY VISITS DR.'S OFFICE.
HIDES BEHIND COAT RACK WHEN POLICE COME OUT OF DR.'S OFFICE, COMES OUT WHEN THEY LEAVE SCARING THE NURSE WHO THROWS HIM / HER OUT. WOMAN IN DRAG |
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CITY STREET SCENES CIRCA 1920. PUSHCART VENDOR PUSHING HIS CART. WOMAN DRESSED AS A BOY FILTHY WITH COAL DUST WANDERING THE STREETS LEANS ON BRICK WALL
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CU MAN MOURNING THE LOSS OF A LOVE, HOLDING HER DRESS
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WOMAN IN DRAG, DRESSED AS A BOY GETS THE IDEA TO HURT HERSELF SO SHE CAN SEE THE DOCTOR. HITTING HER HEAD ON BRICK WALL
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WOMAN IN BOY'S CLOTHES TRYING TO HURT HERSELF RUNS IN FRONT OF CARS IN CITY TRAFFIC. WOMAN GETS RUN OVER BY PUSH CART, CURIOUS ONLOOKERS RUN OVER, PICK HIM / HER UP, RUSH HER TO THE DR. WHO THINKS SHE'S LOST AT SEA
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MEN CARRYING INJURED BOY INTO DR.'S OFFICE, BOY LYING ON DR.'S EXAMINING TABLE JUMPS UP, GESTURE HOW THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED, KICKS PUSH CART VENDOR IN THE REAR END GETS BACK ON EXAMINING TABLE. DR. SENDS EVERYONE OUT OF EXAMINING ROOM
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DR. EXAMINING FILTHY BOY COVERED IN COAL DUST
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WOMAN DRESSED IN DIRTY BOY'S CLOTHES, SPOTS HER DRESS IN DR.'S OFFICE, QUICKLY UNDRESSES, PUTS ON THE DRESS, WASHES HER FACE
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DR. RUSHES IN, SEES HIS LOST LOVE, PICKS HER UP, COUPLE HAPPY AS CAN BE. GIDDY GIRL FALLS BACKWARD OFF TABLE, FEET KICKING UP IN THE AIR
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TAPE ENDS
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