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

29.57 CONTINUED: 57DR. COURTNEY(bristling)Jekyll - if -COLONEL(suddenly exploding)If you want my opinion, young man -this is all pure balderdash!JEKYLL(right back at him)Really, Colonel Weymouth? Supposewe take your profession. What aboutthe soldier when he comes out ofbattle - keyed up from the lust ofkilling? What about his thoughts?He's lonely - bewildered. Why justrecall yourself, as a young subalternin Egypt - back from a campaign upthe Nile - on a moonlit night inCairo. What were your thoughts? Whatwas in your mind?For a moment the Colonel is so moved by the glamor andnostalgia in Jekyll's words, that his mouth is agape.COLONEL(half remembering dimconquests)Well, now - if you put it - I meanthat's something diff--(then suddenly feelshis wife's eagleglare - pounds table)Harrumph! By Gad, sir! I've heardenough!58 CLOSE SHOT - MRS. MARLEY58She pushes her chair back in the sudden silence, rises witha sugary little murmur.Ladies...?MRS. MARLEY59 FULL SHOT - ROOM59As the ladies rise, and leave, the men standing.LADY COOPER(as they go)Oh, I meant to ask. Has anybody seenWilde's new play, "The Ideal Husband"?(CONTINUED)