Part 2 — RED HOT ROMANCE (continued 2)

He laughs again at Tom and Roland. Roland looks at Tom in alarm then asks the station master if he is sure. Station master says of course he's sure. Roland steps out of back door. Tom starts an altercation with the station master, telling him he is too fresh, etc.

170. EXTERIOR BACK OF STATION. Roland comes out and looks around in desperation. Sees native riding by on an old bony horse, runs to him and tries to hire horse.

171. INTERIOR R. R. STATION. Tom and station master's argument is getting warmer. They are threatening each other violently.

172. EXTERIOR FRONT R. R. STATION. Two soldiers (officers with revolvers) ride up on hand car, get off and run into station.

173. INTERIOR R. R. STATION. Tom is pounding station master's head on counter as two officers enter. They see him, draw their revolvers and shout, "Throw up your hands." Tom stops thumping station master and throws up his hands. They make him turn toward front door and while one covers him the other talks excitedly to station master.

174. EXTERIOR BACK OF R. R. STATION. Roland trying to bribe native to give him horse, but native refuses and rides off. Roland turns and looks toward station and sees—

175. INTERIOR R. R. STATION. One of officers covering Tom whose hands are up, the other talking to station master.

176. EXTERIOR BACK OF R. R. STATION. Roland, alarmed, runs to station.

177. INTERIOR R. R. STATION. Officer finishes his talk with station master, covers Tom also and they start to march him toward front door. Roland rushes in and fairly catapults himself on the two officers, knocking them down. Then he and Tom rush out front door jumping over officers.

178. EXTERIOR FRONT OF R. R. STATION. Tom and Roland rush out of station and start down road.

179. INTERIOR R. R. STATION. Two officers scramble to their feet and rush out front door, followed by station master.

180. EXTERIOR FRONT OF R. R. STATION. Roland and Tom running down road. Two officers rush out, see them and both fire at them. Roland falls and Tom stops to help him. The two officers run up to them followed by station master. They stick Tom up again and jerk Roland to his feet. Roland loses his hat and puts his hand to his head. He has only a scalp wound. Two common soldiers run in from opposite direction—attracted by shots. One of the officers says to them:

SP: "TAKE THEM TO THE PALACE DUNGEON AND LOCK THEM UP."

The two soldiers start off with Roland and Tom. The officer says, "wait a minute"—they stop. He speaks to the other officer who nods his head. The first officer then says to Tom:

SP: "YOU COME WITH US."

He tells the two soldiers to take Roland off, which they do. The two officers then march Tom off to the hand car, followed by station master. Arrived at the hand car one of them says to Tom:

SP: "GET ON THERE AND PUMP THAT CAR."

Tom and two officers get on hand car. Officers cover Tom with their revolvers. The station master says:

SP: "WHERE ARE YOU GOING?"

One of the officers turns to him and says:

SP: "TO PORTO PUNKO."

At this Tom's face lights up and he begins to pump like mad and the hand car goes down the track in opposite direction to one of train in scene. Station master waves his hand to them and exits to station. (Fade out.)

NEXT MORNING.

THE FATAL HOUR APPROACHES.

181. PLAZA—FRONT OF PALACE. Soldiers are lined up in front of palace. Populace in native costumes are running about talking excitedly and reading placards which are posted all about.

INSERT—PLACARD (in fake language).

PROKLAMATIONIZ BINGUS DE SPOLIO KAYITZ! ETC.

DISSOLVE INTO ENGLISH WHICH READS:

PROCLAMATION EX REX CARAMBA AND HIS COUNCIL HAVE DESERTED THEIR PEOPLE. ENRICO DE CASTANET HAS BEEN PROCLAIMED DICTATOR BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THE ARMY. CARAMBA AND HIS COUNCIL WILL BE SHOT AT TEN. ALL TAXES WILL BE RAISED TWENTY PER CENT AT TEN-THIRTY.

The people are frightened at this and call others to read.

182. COURTYARD BACK OF PALACE. Officer enters from palace with sixteen soldiers. He picks out ten for a firing squad. He goes to the wall and paces off a distance, then lines up his firing squad. He then takes the other six and goes back into the palace.

183. COUNCIL ROOM. Enrico enters with Magistrate carrying a book. Enrico leads him across the room and says:

SP: "THE WEDDING TAKES PLACE HERE!"

The Magistrate says "all right" and gets ready.

184. DUNGEONS UNDER PALACE. Conwell and guards with guns enter and open the door of cell and drag Roland out leaving old Colonel in. They lock the door. Roland reaches through the bars and grasps Bird's hand, saying "Good-by." They take out Roland, who has a handkerchief tied around his head. March out. Roland then straightens up and marches out like a Sidney Carton.

185. COUNCIL ROOM. Enrico and Magistrate are waiting (no guns on anybody in this scene). Countess enters with Rosalie who is terrified and completely cowed. Enrico goes to her, pinches her cheek and says:

SP: "WELL, HAVE YOU MADE UP YOUR MIND TO MARRY CONWELL?"

She weakly shakes her head and says she doesn't know what to do. Enrico smiles and says:

SP: "SO YOU'D RATHER SEE YOUR FATHER KILLED, WOULD YOU?"

She miserably shakes her head and says "No." Enrico pats her on the shoulder and says: "That's a sensible little girl."

186. HALL OF PALACE. Roland, with two guards and Conwell, comes up the stairs and they march to the door of council room and stop. Conwell smiles at Roland and says:

SP: "I DID YOU A GOOD TURN, NOW YOU ARE GOING TO DO ME ONE."

Roland looks at him suspiciously and Conwell still smiling, says:

SP: "YOU'RE GOING TO BE BEST MAN AT MY WEDDING."

He then throws the door wide open and indicates the wedding party on the opposite side of the room, with a flourish. Roland looks in astounded and horrified.

187. COUNCIL ROOM. Enrico, Magistrate, Countess and Rosalie standing opposite door. They all look at doorway and see Conwell and Roland. Rosalie stands transfixed with her eyes wide open.

188. HALL IN PALACE. Roland stands transfixed, looking at Rosalie. Conwell invites him in with a sinister smile and enters first, followed by Roland, who is followed by the two guards.

189. COUNCIL ROOM. Conwell enters, followed by Roland and two guards. Conwell crosses to Rosalie but Roland stops near door, with guards back of him almost in doorway. Conwell takes Rosalie's hand, tells her Roland is to be their best man and, looking tauntingly at Roland, he leans over and kisses her. This infuriates Roland so he cannot contain himself. He suddenly whirls, pushes the two guards in the face. They fall through the door out into the hall. Roland quickly closes the door.

190. HALL IN PALACE. The two guards fall through the doorway, sprawling on the floor.

191. COUNCIL ROOM. Roland closes the door and locks it, turns and rushes upon the astonished Conwell. Then follows a general mixup. Roland having to fight Conwell, Enrico and possibly the Magistrate—or the Magistrate might be an old guy who beats it out the window as soon as the fight begins. Rosalie tries to help by picking up a vase or some such object and hitting Conwell or Enrico, but the Countess stops her and Rosalie keeps the Countess busy by struggling with all her might. Conwell must be put out completely and Roland conquers Enrico and the Magistrate and would be a complete winner but for the Countess. While she is struggling with Rosalie and the fight is going on, the guards in the hall struggle to their feet and begin banging on the door. The Countess hears this and her object is to get the door open. She is prevented for some time by Rosalie but just as Roland has finished off Conwell and the Magistrate and has Enrico down and practically out, the Countess manages to get the door open and let in the two guards. They cover Roland and he rises and surrenders. Conwell and Enrico are pretty far gone but they manage to get up and Enrico says to the guards:

SP: "TAKE HIM TO THE COURTYARD AND SHOOT HIM!"

The guards rush Roland out—Rosalie collapses.

During this fight we see a long shot of Tom with an American flag and the marines coming down the street.

A man running to a group of the populace and saying: "The Americans are coming!" The whole of this group then run out toward the palace. This group runs to the crowd in front of the palace and yell: "The Americans are coming!" The crowd falls back to the other side of the Plaza and the soldiers guarding the palace look anxiously up and down.

Tom with his marines rushes into the plaza. The crowd falls back and the soldier guards beat it hot foot. Part of the marines rush into the palace, led by Tom. The man with the flag and the rest of them stop outside and guard the palace.

Also, during this fight the officer and his guard of six men take the King and Councilors out of their cells and lead them off toward the courtyard, line them up against the wall, tie their hands behind them, blindfold each one and are just about to give the order to shoot when Tom rushes into the courtyard with his marines, who chase the soldiers off and Tom picks up the King and carries him and shoos them all before him into the palace, having jerked off their blindfolds.

192. HALLWAY OF PALACE. Just as the two guards bring Roland out of the Council Room into the hall and start toward the stairs, Tom runs in at front with his marines. The guards, seeing them, drop Roland and beat it out the back window. Roland greets Tom ecstatically, looks at his watch, sees that it is one-half minute to ten and says:

SP: "TRY AND SAVE THE KING AND COUNCIL!"

Tom wants to know where they are and Roland points down stairs and back. Roland tells twenty of the marines to come with him and the rest run down stairs with Tom. Roland leads his little bunch into the council room.

193. COUNCIL ROOM. Countess is holding up Rosalie, Conwell leaning against the wall side of her. Magistrate is starting marriage service. Enrico is sitting on the table holding his head and watching the ceremony. The door bursts open and in rushes Roland with six marines. He rushes over and grasps Rosalie and tells the marines to cover all the others, which they do.

194. COURTYARD OF PALACE. Officers just finishing blindfolding King and Councilors. They are all lined up to be shot. Firing squad is all ready—sixteen in all, now. Officer leaves King and Councilors and takes place at end of firing squad. He is just about to raise his sword when Tom runs in from the Palace, lets out a yell, and followed by his twenty marines rushes in. The soldiers seeing them, run like mad, chased by the marines. Tom quickly jerks off blindfolds and shoos the whole bunch—King and Councilors—into the palace.

195. COUNCIL ROOM. Colonel Bird and two marines run in. Rosalie rushes to her father's arms and Roland tells Bird to look after her and to go into the hall, which they do. He tells two of the marines to guard Conwell and the Countess and Magistrate. He then grabs Enrico, tells the other six marines to follow, and drags Enrico out into the hall, followed by six marines.

196. HALLWAY IN PALACE. Colonel Bird and Rosalie are waiting. Roland drags Enrico out, followed by six marines. They start toward the front. At this moment the King and Council come up the stairs headed by Tom. Roland grabs the King in his other hand, calls Tom and tells him to bring the King along; hands him over to Tom. Tells the marines to herd along the Council, and they all go toward front of hall.

197. FRONT OF THE PALACE. People waiting. American soldiers there. Roland and Tom drag the King and Enrico out on the porch, followed by Bird and Marines. The people become silent, not knowing what has happened.

CLOSE UP OF ROLAND STARTING SPEECH. He raises his hand while Tom holds the King. He points at the King, then turns and says:

SP: "MY FRIENDS, FOR TEN YEARS YOUR BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY HAS BEEN RULED BY THIS COMIC OPERA KING, WHO HAS NOT DRAWN A SOBER BREATH SINCE HE ASCENDED THE THRONE."

Tom holds up the King, to whom Roland points—the King weakly protesting. Roland turns front and speaks again, pointing at Enrico:

SP: "LAST NIGHT THE KING WAS DETHRONED BY THE MOST CORRUPT AND CONTEMPTIBLE GRAFTER THE COUNTRY HAS EVER KNOWN—ENRICO DE CASTANET!"

He points at Enrico, who grits his teeth and wants to pounce on Roland, but is restrained by guns of marines at his back. Roland looks triumphantly at Enrico, then front, and says:

SP: "THE FIRST ACT OF THIS TYRANT, ON ASSUMING POWER, WAS TO RAISE THE ALREADY EXORBITANT TAXES!"

The people nod their heads "yes" and shake their fists at Enrico. Roland points to Enrico and says, "Look at him." He then turns to the King and says "Look at him." Then he turns to the people and says:

SP: "IS EITHER OF THESE WRETCHES FIT TO RULE THIS BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY?"

The people shake their heads yelling "No, no," and to-helling both the King and Enrico.

CLOSE UP OF ROLAND listening to this demonstration, turning first to the King and then to Enrico, as if to say "Ah, you see," and then front again and says:

SP: "IN AMERICA WE CHOOSE OUR OWN RULERS AND DETERMINE OURSELVES WHAT OUR TAXES ARE TO BE."

LONG SHOT OF THE CROWD—Hearing this, turning to each other and expressing their approval of the idea, one or two yelling out exclamations of approval.

CLOSE UP OF ROLAND—Smiling, looking again at the men on his right and left and again speaking front:

SP: "WHY NOT CHANGE THIS GOVERNMENT INTO A DEMOCRACY LIKE AMERICA AND ALL THE CIVILIZED COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD?"

LONG SHOT OF THE CROWD, yelling approval, waving their hats and hands and (fade out).

T: AND SO A NEW REPUBLIC WAS BORN. THEY TRIED TO MAKE ROLAND PRESIDENT, BUT THERE WAS ONLY ONE JOB HE WANTED.

198. FADE IN JUDGE'S COURT. Roland is sitting on the bench all dolled up in a judge's rig. Beside him stands Tom in a policeman's uniform. He indicates to Tom to bring in the prisoners. Tom tells an officer to open the door.

CLOSE UP OF DOOR AT SIDE OF ROOM. Officer opens door and the King and four Councilors and Enrico file past the camera going to the front of the Judge's bench.

LONG SHOT OF COURTROOM, showing prisoners, Judge and Tom.

CLOSE UP OF ROLAND looking over the prisoners and saying:

SP: "YOU ARE ALL SENTENCED TO ONE YEAR IN PRISON—THIS COUNTRY MUST BE MADE SAFE FOR DEMOCRACY AND INSURANCE."

The prisoners all look at each other in dismay. Tom steps down, starts to jerk Enrico roughly toward the door. Roland raises his hand and speaks:

SP: "TREAT THEM GENTLY, CHIEF. THEIR POLICIES DON'T EXPIRE FOR ELEVEN MONTHS!"

Then Tom takes them very gently and leads them out of the room. As they go out, Roland says:

SP: "WE'LL CALL THAT A DAY. COURT IS ADJOURNED!"

He leaves by door at back.

199. GARDEN. Rosalie waiting. Roland comes to her. (Fade out.)