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

89.202 CLOSE SHOT - IVY - INT. NEW APARTMENT202She is a different Ivy than we last saw. She seems to bedown, dull, beaten, some of her native young impudence andfreshness gone. She is playing a game of solitaire. She makesa move, and winces a little, feels her shoulder, then playson dully, as WE DRAW BACK to show her new surroundings, arather rich, gaudy and heavy parlor of the period. In theb.g. beyond folding doors thrown open, is the bedroom anddressing table. AS WE SWING AROUND we see the front door ona landing and then a few steps with rail descend into theparlor. The door opens and Ivy jumps up quickly, stiffening,then relaxes and tries to cover up as an older girl in apeignoir and slippers comes in.IVY(sitting down)Oh, hello, Marcia.MARCIA(coming down steps)Just stepped down the hall for achin-chin...(sits down oppositeIvy as WE DOLLY INeyeing her, with acasual drawl)You jumped as though you sat on ahot stove.IVY(with a nervous laugh)It's me nerves, I suppose.(to change subject)Want to play?MARCIA(picks up anotherdeck and shuffles,as Ivy sweeps hersup and does the same)Oh, I say -(laying out her cards)My Freddie's got a young brother.Just down from Oxford. A nice boy,Freddie says, and he'd like to havehim meet a nice girl. How about it?IVY(quickly, seeingMarcia's motive)No, Marcia - no - you know I ain'tin any position to --(CONTINUED)