Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) Shooting script - HorrorLair

19.36 FULL SHOT - INT. LAB36In the center of the room is a huge work-table covered by astrange series of test tubes, vials, crucibles, a smelter...and a mysterious pharaphernailia of connected glass stillsform a weird unknown world in themselves. There is a cabinetfull of surgical instruments and another larger closed cabinetwith a heavy lock. There is little furniture except a writingdesk with a file and a chair. Jekyll hurries along a balconyand down a flight of steps at the back into the room. Heplaces his case on the table. WE DOLLY AND PAN HIM over to arow of cages filled with rats, guinea pigs and rabbits. Hismanner is anxious, anticipatory. He looks at the first twoor three cages. In the first a couple of guinea pigs seemrather active. He looks at their actions closely. He seems alittle excited as he passes to the next two cages, but thenhis expression falls.36A36B36CCLOSE SHOT - TWO CAGES - HIS ANGLE -In one a large rabbit lies dead. In the second is a largedead rat.CLOSE SHOT - JEKYLLHe reaches o.s. and picks out the two dead animals. WE PANHIM down the wall a little.-- [19] --He takes a large rabbit out of a smaller cage. It is gentleand sniffs his hand. He strokes its head. WE PAN HIM back ashe puts the rabbit into the experimental cage and then PANHIM as he picks up a heavy glove and puts it on his hand. Hestops by a cage in which is a large wharf rat, and reachesin for it with his gloved hand.CLOSE SHOT - RAT - INT. CAGEHe backs into a corner as Jekyll's hand enters and thensprings at Jekyll's fingers, biting the leather. But Jekyll'shand pins him down by the back of the neck.36A36B36C