The script for the film baby doll (1956)

Record Details:

Title:
The script for the film baby doll
Date:
1956
Publisher:
New York : The New American Library
Volume:
The script for the film baby doll
Leaf #:
000106
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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Hear me? Hear my descending footsteps on the stairs.. Vacarro straddles the long spiraled banister and slides all the way down to the landing at the bottom with a leap that starts another minor cascade. Baby Doll utters a little cry and comes out of the attic door. Silence. Putt-putt-putt-putt of the gin. She leans over stair well and loo\s straight down into the grinning face of Vacarro. He gives her a quic\, grinning nod or salute. silva: Okay, you're "Home free"! And so am I! Bye-bye! baby doll: Where are you going?? silva: Back to my little gray Quonset home in the West! For a peaceful siesta. . • . baby doll: Wait, please! — I want to She starts to come running down the stairs, her hair wild, panting, sweating, smeared with attic dust. Then halfway down she stops. . . . baby doll: (Now stealing towards him) I want to But she can't remember what she "wants to." He waits quizzically with his cocky grin for her to complete her sentence but she doesn't. Instead she loo\s up and down him and her eyelids flutter as if the image could not be quietly contained. He nods as if in agreement to something stated. He chuctyes and then turns on his heels and starts briskly for the porch. She calls after him . . • baby doll: Was that all you wanted • . • ? Page 96