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

27.53 GROUP SHOT - INCLUDING JEKYLL53JEKYLL(warmed to his subject,glad of the interest)Well, to put it as simply as I can -Good and evil are so close as to bechained together in the soul. Manisn't truly one, but two. Now whatif we could break that chain -separate those two selves --(his face alight,lost in his subject)To free the good in man, and let itgo on to its higher destiny... tosegregate the bad in man - and letit destroy itself in its owndegradation!(looks around, seeshe has gone beyondtheir comprehension -finishes lamely)Well, roughly that's what my researchis leading to -- a combination ofchemical agents, which if administeredwould --Marley has just awakened to the fact that his guests aren'tvery happy - particularly the two nervous ladies on his eitherside. Also, he feels his own "character" attacked.MARLEY(sputtering)But see here - aren't you ratherpresumptuous in assuming there isevil in all men?JEKYLLOf course there's evil in all men!He speaks the following with a peculiar faunlike glee, jabbingat them with his tone, quietly, but watching them all as helooks around the table. He's mad now at their subborn refusalto look at the facts.54 PAN SHOT - SLOW - AROUND TABLE54Jekyll's voice comes over the stiff-lipped women anduncomfortable men.(CONTINUED)