The script for the film baby doll (1956)

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at Vacarro, who seizes the nozzle and wd\s directly towards and into the flames. Now men try to stop him. Vacarro turns the hose on them, driving them bac\ and then goes into the flames. He disappears from sight. All we hear is his shouts in a foreign tongue. A wall collapses. The hose suddenly leaps about as if it has been freed. The crowd. Horrified. Then they see something. . . . Vacarro comes out. He holds aloft a small, gallon-size \erosene can. He strides at his trouser bottoms, which are hot. He is on the point of collapse. Men rush to him and drag him to a safe distance. He clutches the can. They lay him out, and crouch around him. He is smudged and singed. His eyes open, loo\ around. His viewpoint. From this distorted angle, lit by the victorious flames are a circle of faces which are either indifferent or downright unfriendly. Some cannot control a faint smile. Vacarro clutches the can, closes his eyes. Another wall collapses. DISSOLVE. 31] EXTERIOR. ARCHIE LEE'S HOUSE/NIGHT. Archie Lee's car turns into the drive. He descends noiselessly as a thief. Camera follows him, and it and he discover Baby Doll on the porch swing. There are several suitcases, pac\ed and ready to go. In a chair near the porch swing, sleeping as mildly as a baby, is Aunt Rose Comfort. archie: What are you doin* out here at one o'clock in the morning? Page ji