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16mm. scenes by Ernest H. Kremer, ACL
cided to take numerous immediate sequences of our heiress in all the various roles she played. Then later (and it proved to be over two years later!), I would write a new script around these sequences, always trying to keep the following five points in mind:
1. Although the most important scenes to me would be shots of the baby, try to keep these scenes short enough so that even Mr. Bachelor will enjoy them.
2. Try to insert some mystery, it's always intriguing.
3. Try to inject some humor, but don't make it slapstick.
4. End on a light or humorous note.
5. Keep it short throughout.
As stated earlier, I had already decided to call the picture The Unexpected — for obvious reasons. Since this title could easilv fit a mystery drama, I then decided to begin the picture in this tone and to build up an air of mystery which would temporarily mislead the audience. The following is a brief outline of the story.
The husband arrives home from business to find a note from his wife. She has gone to the city and has left his food in the refrigerator. So the husband — not without humorous difficulties — scrambles some eggs, eats his sparse supper, washes and dries the dishes and retires to the living room dejectedly. All of these scenes are kept short and are tied together with quick dissolves. For they are important only to advance the introduction.
In the living room, the husband drops wearily into a comfortable chair and reaches for a mystery book and a box of chocolates. He samples the candy and starts to read. A time lapse of a few hours is suggested by dissolving from the full box of candy to two remaining pieces. Our hero is now nervously reaching the climax of the mystery story. As he picks up the last piece of candy, his eyes widen in fright as he sees the door knob slowly turning. He leaps up to hide. But, instead of a murderer, it is simply his wife returning. Puzzled at first as she sees her husband peeking from behind a door, she soon bursts into laughter — and the tension is broken.
With the film now going on in a lighter mood, the wife joins her husband on the sofa and hands him a wrapped package which he opens. It is a book. A stunned look comes over the man's [Continued on page 30]
MYSTERY SEQUENCE, reading down first column, climaxes introduction devised for three year old family footage. Early baby scenes were then linked by staged scenes of Dad at chores.