10.

26. (CONT'D.)

## SOUND
(THE HORSE WHINNIES)

DOC GIBBS
(pats horse)
Hello, Bessie!
(turns to Howie)
How old is she, Howie?

HOWIE
Goin' on seventeen.

CAMERA TRUCKS with Howie and Doc Gibbs as they move
along the street, followed by the horse.

HOWIE
(continuing)
Bessie's all mixed up about
the route ever since the
Lockharts stopped takin' their
quart of milk every day. She
wants to leave 'em a quart
just the same -- keeps scolding
me the hull trip.

Doc Gibbs laughs.

## 27. INT. GIBBS KITCHEN (MORNING)
MEDIUM SHOT

CAMERA ANGLE TAKES IN the stairs leading to second
floor and also the kitchen doorway, through which
can be seen KITCHEN PORCH and PORTION OF REAR YARD.
On the stove are a pot of coffee and a skillet of
bacon and eggs. Mrs. Gibbs, at cupboard, cuts
several slices of bread, then cuts a pie.

MRS. GIBBS
(calling upstairs)
Children! Children, time to
get up! George! Rebecca!

After a moment over scene is heard:

## SOUND
(FOOTSTEPS AND RATTLE OF
MILK BOTTLES IN HAND-RACK O.S.)

Mrs. Gibbs looks up at the sound, and crosses to
kitchen doorway, as Doc Gibbs appears at rear of
house, followed by Howie Newsome. Doc Gibbs comes
up on porch to join his wife at doorway, while
Howie sets his hand-rack on porch steps and starts
to remove two bottles of milk.

MRS. GIBBS
(relieved)
Everything all right, Frank?

(CONT'D.)

13.

29. (CONTD.)

M-m-m...

George!

DOC GIBBS
MRS. GIBBS

George, look sharp!

GEORGE'S VOICE
(from upstairs)
Yes, Pa!

Mrs. Gibbs turns eggs.

DOC GIBBS
(calling upstairs)
Don't you hear your mother
calling you?
(crossing to stairs)
Guess I'll go upstairs and
take forty winks.

He exits upstairs.

30. INT. WEBB KITCHEN (MORNING)

MED. CLOSE SHOT

Mrs. Webb has paused in her preparations for breakfast
to call upstairs:

MRS. WEBB
Walleee! You'll be late for
school! Walleee! You wash
yourself good or I'll come up
and do it myself.

She crosses to table to serve two dishes of oatmeal,
which she places on table.

31. INT. GIBBS KITCHEN (MORNING)

MED. CLOSE SHOT

Mrs. Gibbs is crossing to cupboard for two plates.

REBECCA'S VOICE
(from upstairs)
Ma! What dress shall I wear?

MRS. GIBBS
(crossing to stove)
Don't make a noise. Your father's
been out all night and needs his
sleep. I washed and ironed the
blue gingham for you special.
(serves one plate and
sets it on table for
George)

REBECCA'S VOICE
Oh, Ma, I hate that dress.

(CONTD.)

14.-15.16.-17.

Revised 10/2/39.

31. (CONTD.)

MRS. GIBBS
Oh, hush-up-with-you!

REBECCA'S VOICE
Every day I go to school dressed
like -- like a sick turkey.

MRS. GIBBS
(serves second plate)
Now, Rebecca, you always look
very nice.

REBECCA'S VOICE
(shrilly)
Mama, George's throwin' soap at me!

MRS. GIBBS
(crossing to set
plate for Rebecca)
I'll come up an' slap the both
of you, that's what I'll do!
(crosses to cupboard
for plate)

32. **DELETED.**

33. INT. WEBB KITCHEN (MORNING)
MEDIUM SHOT

CAMERA IS SHOOTING PAST Mrs. Webb, who is puttering
at stove, and CENTERING on the stairs.

MRS. WEBB
(turns to call)
Hurry up, children! It's after
seven o'clock. Now I don't
want to call you again.

She turns to pare potatoes at table near stove. A
moment later, EMILY, 14, and WALLY, 11, carrying
school-books, rush down the stairs, cross quickly
to sit at table. Wally hangs his book bag on his
chair back. Emily places her books carefully at her
side. Wally opens a book and at once starts to
read while both begin to eat ravenously.

34. **DELETED.**

35. INT. GIBBS KITCHEN (MORNING)
MEDIUM SHOT

SHOOTING PAST Mrs. Gibbs, who is busy at stove, and CENTERING on stairs. REBECCA, 11, and GEORGE, about 16, rush downstairs, drop their strapped books on the steps and sit at table. At once he starts eating sleepily, she to eat languidly, staring vaguely off. During this action Mrs. Gibbs sets plate on table, crosses to stove for coffee pot, crosses to pour it for George, replaces pot on stove, crosses to cupboard to pour glass of milk, crosses to place it for Rebecca.

9/26/39.

30.

57. INT. DOC GIBBS' OFFICE (AFTERNOON)
MEDIUM SHOT

Doc Gibbs, tapping chest of Woman Patient, pantomimes
for her to say "Ah" during following dialogue.

MR. MORGAN'S VOICE
Doc Gibbs is in his office, tappin'
people and makin' 'em say --

MR. MORGAN'S VOICE & PATIENT
(simultaneously)
Ahhh ---

DISSOLVE TO:

58. EXT. SCHOOL (AFTERNOON)
LONG SHOT

About thirty children of various ages, including
George, Rebecca, Emily, Wally and Joe Crowell, are
filing out of school in orderly manner. MISS YOSTR,
the teacher, standing on steps, is supervising their
departure.

MR. MORGAN'S VOICE
The afternoon session at school
is over.

The children are on their good behavior until they
reach bottom of steps, when they make a concerted
dash for the street, laughing and shouting gleefully.
Several women parents who have come for small
children, take charge of their sons and daughters.

59. MEDIUM SHOT

CENTERING on George, who is throwing a baseball high
up in the air and running forward to catch it.
CAMERA PANS with him as he rushes forward to catch
an unusually high one, and bumps into MRS. FORREST,
one of the women parents, who is tidying up her small
daughter.

MRS. FORREST
 irrately)
You go out and play in the fields,
young man. You got no right to play
baseball on Main Street.

GEORGE
Awfully sorry, Mrs. Forrest.

George turns away, catches sight of Emily as she
approaches.

GEORGE
(bashfully)
Hello, Emily.

EMILY
(shyly)
H'lo.

George, seeking baseball into hand, falls into step
beside Emily.

9/27/39.

81.

134. (CONT'D.)

MR. MORGAN
(speaking to audience)
Well, now we'll get on to the
wedding.

### FADE OUT.

### FADE IN:

135. CLOSE SHOT - CHURCH BELLS RINGING

### SOUND
(CHURCH BELLS)

### DISSOLVE TO:

136. EXT. CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH (AFTERNOON)
FULL SHOT

Townspeople, attired in their "Sunday best" for the
wedding, are approaching and entering church. They
are entering scene from various directions, some
FROM BEHIND CAMERA, but all are moving AWAY FROM
CAMERA towards church.

137. MEDIUM SHOT

on a group of townspeople approaching church. Among
them are seen Mr. Morgan; Howie Newsome; MRS. NEWSOME,
a plain-looking, motherly woman; Joe Crowell,
accompanied by his PARENTS; Miss Corcoran, the
school teacher, and a few other characters previously
established. They are all chatting as they move
towards church, but we do not distinguish their
dialogue. CAMERA PANS some distance away to disclose
George and BEST MAN approaching church, followed by
group of BASEBALL PLAYERS.

138. TRUCKING SHOT

on George and Best Man, followed by Baseball Players.
George is trying hard to appear dignified, and is
pretending to be unaware of the Baseball Players as
they eat-call and make rude gestures.

FIRST BASEBALL PLAYER
Oh, George! George! Hast-yaow!

SECOND BASEBALL PLAYER
Yao-o-o-o!

FIRST BASEBALL PLAYER
Look at him, fellas. He's scared
to death!

(CONT'D.)

9/28/39.

88.

### FADE IN:

153. INT. MR. MORGAN'S DRUGSTORE (1913) - (DAY)
C.U. UPPER PORTION OF DOOR & BELL

A bell is connected with upper portion of door, so that when door is opened, bell will ring. The door, which is closed, now starts to open. Bell rings.

### SOUND
(OF BELL)

154. CLOSE FULL FIGURE SHOT - AT DOOR

Mr. Morgan (as he appears in 1913), BACK TO CAMERA, is opening the door. He opens it fully, steps through doorway, turns to FACE CAMERA as he closes door behind him.

155. EXT. MR. MORGAN'S DRUGSTORE (1913) - (DAY)
MEDIUM SHOT

Mr. Morgan turns away from drugstore and starts to walk slowly, as though meditating, down the street.

156. EXT. MAIN STREET (1913) - (DAY)
LONG SHOT

on Mr. Morgan, walking slowly down street, AWAY FROM CAMERA.

### DISSOLVE TO:

157. EXT. COUNTRYSIDE (DAY)
LONG SHOT

Mr. Morgan is walking slowly and meditatively through the countryside toward a hill in distant b.g.

### DISSOLVE TO:

158. EXT. CEMETERY ON HILLTOP (AFTERNOON)
PROCESS SHOT - B.G. OF MOUNTAINS, ETC.

Mr. Morgan, smoking pipe, is leaning against stone wall of cemetery. He wears a serious, thoughtful expression.

### MR. MORGAN
(after a moment, to audience)

This time nine years have gone by, friends - a summer, 1915. Summers and winters have cracked the mountains a little bit more and the rains have brought down some of the dirt.

(CONTD.)

9/28/39.

95.

180. EFFECT SHOT

CAMERA IS SHOOTING DOWN on a few feet of old-fashioned patchwork quilt at foot of Emily's bed. No portion of Emily's body under quilt is visible. CAMERA LOWERS TO FULL SCREEN C.U. of section of patchwork quilt, which DISSOLVES BACK AND FORTH between a prospect of fields and the rise and fall of hills, which resemble pattern and contour of quilt. With the last view of scenery in this alternation we see that among the geographical features is the hill on which cemetery is located.

DISSOLVE TO:

181. EXT. ROAD LEADING TO CEMETERY (LATE AFTERNOON)
LONG SHOT

It is raining. A funeral procession, lead by Minister and four bare-headed men carrying a coffin on their shoulders, is moving slowly toward cemetery in b.g. Some twenty-five people follow after the Minister and pallbearers, in groups and singly, all under umbrellas. They are singing softly and slowly "Blessed Be The Tie That Binds".

182. CLOSER SHOT

In the procession we see George, Doc Gibbs, Mr. and Mrs. Webb, and other characters established earlier. They walk with bowed heads.

DISSOLVE TO:

183. EXT. CEMETERY ON HILLTOP (LATE AFTERNOON)
FULL SHOT

The funeral cortege is stopping at an open grave. Pallbearers remove coffin from shoulders, set it over grave (on boards across grave). The others group themselves around grave, close-packed, under their umbrellas. Men remove their hats.

MINISTER
(BEGINS FUNERAL SERVICE)

DISSOLVE TO:

184. EXT. CEMETERY ON HILLTOP (LATE AFTERNOON)
FULL SHOT

on funeral group around grave. The Minister is finishing the funeral service.

MINISTER
(FINISHES FUNERAL SERVICE)

The coffin is lowered into grave. The funeral group breaks up, exits slowly. Mr. and Mrs. Webb place their arms consolingly around George, lead him off. Doc Gibbs kneels, takes some flowers from edge of grave, rises, crosses to place flowers reverently on the grave of Mrs. Gibbs. He stands there a moment with head bowed, then exits slowly after George and the Webbs.

Revised 10/4/39.

99.

DISSOLVE TO:

186. EXT. MAIN STREET GROVER'S CORNERS (1899) - (DAWN)
LONG SHOT

Showing row of stores, hitching posts and horse-blocks, etc. There is snow in the street, on the roofs, etc.

EMILY'S VOICE

(with a cry of amazement)

There's Main Street! Why, that's Mr. Morgan's drugstore before he changed it! And there's the livery stable! Yes, it's fourteen years ago. Oh, that's the town I knew as a little girl! And look -- !

DISSOLVE TO:

187. EXT. WEBB HOUSE (1899) - (DAWN)
LONG SHOT

There is snow in yard and on roof of house. The white fence around house is prominent in f.g.

EMILY'S VOICE

(warmly)

-- there's the old white fence
that used to be around our house.
Oh, I'd forgotten that! I love
it so!

DISSOLVE TO:

Revised 10/2/39.

101.

188-A. (CONTD.)

CONSTABLE WARREN
Been rescuin' a party; darn near
froze to death, down by Polish
Town thar. Got drunk and lay out
in the snowdrifts.
(they laugh)
Thought he was in bed when I
shook'm.

Joe Crowell (as he would have appeared 14 years earlier), throwing newspapers, enters along street to Howie and Constable Warren.

EMILY
(delighted)
There's Joe Crowell!

JOE CROWELL
Good mornin', Mr. Warren.
'Mornin', Howie.

CONSTABLE & HOWIE
'Mornin', Joe.

MRS. WEBB'S VOICE
(calling)
Children! Wally! Emily!
Time to get up!

188-B. INT. WEBB KITCHEN (MORNING) FULL SHOT

Mrs. Webb, who has turned to call upstairs, now turns back to stove and adds coals to fire. Emily has turned excitedly from window on hearing her mother's voice, and now hurries to her side.

EMILY
(in ecstasy)
Mama, I'm here!
(gently)
Oh, how young Mama looks!
I didn't know Mama was ever
that young --

Mrs. Webb, *without hearing or seeing* Emily, crosses
to stairs.

MRS. WEBB
(calling upstairs)
You can come and dress by the
kitchen fire, if you like, but
hurry.

188-C. MEDIUM SHOT

SHOOTING PAST the bewildered Emily in f.g. to take
in KITCHEN DOORWAY, through which can be seen WEBB
KITCHEN PORCH and PORTION OF REAR YARD. Howie Newsome
is coming up porch steps with hand-rack containing
milk bottles. Mrs. Webb, turning from stairs, sees
Howie, and hurries through doorway onto porch to meet him.

(CONT'D.)

Revised 10/2/39.

102.

188-C. (CONT'D.)

MRS. WEBB
Good mornin', Mr. Newsome.

HOWIE
'Mornin', Mis' Webb.
(hands her two
bottles of milk)

MRS. WEBB
(clutching sweater
at neck)
Whhh -- it's cold.

HOWIE
(starting off)
Yes. Ten below by my barn,
Mis' Webb.

MRS. WEBB
(calling after him)
Think of it! Keep yourself
wrapped up.

Mrs. Webb is about to turn back into kitchen with milk when she notices a photograph album on porch. She picks it up, comes back into kitchen.

188-D. MEDIUM SHOT - ANOTHER ANGLE

Emily reaches out her arms to her mother as the latter passes, as though craving to embrace her. Mrs. Webb, passing Emily with unseeing eyes, drops album on table with other gifts, crosses to cupboard with milk, then to stove to continue breakfast preparations.

HOWIE NEWSOME'S VOICE
(calling o.s.)
Come on, Bessie, gid-ap!

Emily turns to her mother with outstretched arms, as though pleading for her mother to recognize her.

EMILY'S VOICE
(as a girl of 12 --
calling from upstairs)
Mama, I can't find my blue hair-ribbon anywhere.

MRS. WEBB
(turning at stove
to call upstairs)
Just open your eyes, dear, that's all. I laid it out for you special on the dresser, there. If it were a snake, it'd bite you. (turns to putter at stove)

EMILY
(remembering - smiling
agreement)
Yes -- yes --