And Now The Return of Another New Slideshow (Sort of), Part 2 [**Now featuring alternate versions of scenes - see replies #18,#21,#23,#49,#64,#69,#76,#88,#90,#100,#105,#107,#115**]

[Uncle Roger]

You certainly didn't disappoint! I love this even more than I thought that I would.

[Mysterious Benefactor]

Before we get into DC's script's earlier version of Scene 63 (yes, there are two versions of the scene in his script), here's the original draft's version of Julia and the sheriff discussing Daphne:

INT. DRAWING ROOM - COLLINWOOD - NIGHT        CLOSE UP - DAPHNE        Her eyes are half closed.  CAMERA PULLS BACK.        SHERIFF PATTERSON leans over her.  Julia watches.                                  SHERIFF                  Surely you remember something, Miss                  Budd?        Daphne begins to cry, shaking her head that she        doesn't.                                  JULIA                  Wait until tomorrow, Sheriff.        He looks at Julia, sighs, moves to the door. She        follows.  CAMERA TRUCKS them.                                  SHERIFF                  You're taking her to the hospital?        Julia nods.                                  SHERIFF                  What do you think, Doctor?                                  JULIA                  What I think will be determined by tests                  at the hospital.                                  SHERIFF                  But what kind of an animal would                  attack...?                                  JULIA                              (interrupting)                  The marks are not unlike those of a bat.        He looks at her.

One thing that's interesting is that the novelization is almost identical to the original draft - it uses all the exact same dialogue - but in the novel the scene is set in Julia's bedroom (as it is in subsequent versions), not in the drawing room. It's also interesting that in this version the sheriff tries to question Daphne, whereas she's unconscious in the other versions.

And another thing that's interesting, and is something I alluded to in an earlier post, is that Julia's line -

JULIA                              (interrupting)                  The marks are not unlike those of a bat.

- appears on the Fest's 1999 Movie Calendar as the entry for January 22nd. Presumably that could indicate that the novelization and the 1999 Movie Calendar used the same intermediate version of the script...

[Mysterious Benefactor]

And now here's DC's script's first version of Scene 63:

63     INT. - JULIA'S ROOM COLLINWOOD - NIGHT                                                            Rev. 3/25/70 63     CONTD                                       CONTD 63        It is later.  We come in on the unconcious Daphne.        She is receiving a blood transfusion.  A nurse        sits by the bed.  The Sheriff is bending over        looking at the fang marks.                                   SHERIFF                    I don't understand those marks,                    doctor.        Julia   is   replacing   bandage                                   JULIA                    Neither do I, Sheriff.George        They   x   to   mirror                                   SHERIFF                    It looks almost as if it could                    be a human bite. |____________________________ CU  Julia                                   JULIA                    Except for the two fang marks,                    yes.       those  two  punctures  on either side               I don't know of any     SHERIFF |___________________ CU  Sheriff                    There's no animal around here that                    would make that mark. could  leave a                    mark   like  that|________________________________ CU Daphne        Daphne stirs               JULIA                         2SHOT NURSE                    No.  It's all very curious.  I don't understand it.    and Daphne        How could she She lost an enormous amount of        have lost          blood. And just from this one        such                wound.  Well, we'll move her to                    the hospital tomorrow.  I'll be                    able to make more tests then.        They move toward the door.  Julia to the nurse:                                   JULIA                    I'll sleep in the next room tonight.                    If she becomes conscious again, wake me.                 When she regains              ness                                   SHERIFF                    Why didn't she remember anything?                    Why?

It's fascinating that even with all those changes, and then changes to the changes, they still ended up doing another rewrite before the scene was shot, which, for what it's worth, was originally supposed to be on April 1st. Though I do suspect that the reason why they switched from Julia not completely understanding Daphne's condition to the sheriff being the one who's totally puzzled is because even at the point of this scene, given some of Julia's body language, it seems as if she could have her suspicions.

And yes, the first instance of "unconscious," as in "We come in on the unconcious Daphne" is misspelled in the script...

[Uncle Roger]

When was the Nancy Hodiak sequence eliminated?

[Mysterious Benefactor]

In an Afternoon TV interview done very soon after she moved from DS to Another World: Somerset and while hoDS was still shooting, Marie Wallace said that she may have lost a part in the movie simply because she left DS for a different show (and given how DC behaved, it's not hard to imagine that was true). And even the DS Companion says that the Nancy Hodiak sequence was dropped because Marie moved on from DS. So, considering that hoDS began shooting on March 23rd, Marie has said that she auditioned for AW:S soon after she taped her final DS ep on March 16th, and that AW:S debuted on March 30 and at best most soaps taped one to two weeks ahead of time, one could easily draw the conclusion that dropping the Nancy Hodiak sequence was a decision made very close to when production on hoDS began...

[Uncle Roger]

That was remarkably petty of DC, though certainly completely in character. He likely would have rescheduled the entire shoot around the availability of Roger David. Still, it seems like Lisa Richards really benefited from the schedule conflicts with both Marie and Clarice Blackburn.

[Mysterious Benefactor]

Now here's DC's script's version of Scene 64:

64     INT UPSTAIRS CORRIDOR - NIGHT                                  up  the  stairs        Roger and Liz are coming toward the room.

And that's when February 19th's quote -

Page 20/Scene 64 - Liz: 'Well, it was a terrible time for you to disappear. I shan't forgive you for it, Roger.'

- comes up, followed in the script by:

Rev. 3/25/70 64     CONTD                                          CONTD 64

And that's when February 20th's quote -

Page 21/Scene 64 - Roger: 'How was I to know all this would happen?'

- comes up.

And as we can see in February 19th's capture, Liz and Roger are indeed -

- coming up the stairs, rather than the originally scripted coming toward Julia's room - and what Liz actually says to Roger is "It's a terrible time to disappear", with the "I shan't forgive you for it, Roger" part dropped - but with the exception of adding "Well" to preface it, Roger delivers his line exactly as scripted.

And I'm going to hold off sharing what in the original draft compares to the entire sequence of Scene 64 through 66 in DC's script because some similarities extend though all those scenes in DC's script...

[Mysterious Benefactor]

Now here's DC's script's version of Scene 65:

65     Julia and Sheriff come from the room.                                                LIZ                                 Is she resting quietly, Julia?                     Julia nods.

And that's when February 21st's quote -

Page 21/Scene 65 - Roger: 'Do you have any more theories what could have attacked her?'

- comes up, though it appears this way in the script:

ROGER          Do you have any more theories about          what could have attacked her?

And the script continues with:

Sheriff shakes his head no.

And that's when February 22nd's first quote -

Page 21/Scene 65 - Liz: 'Obviously whatever did was after Maggie.'

- comes up, followed by February 22nd's second quote -

Page 21/Scene 65 - Roger: 'Nonsense, XXXXXX. It's my guess Miss Evans imagined her little experience'

- coming up, though it appears this way in the script:

ROGER                            Nonsense!  Maggie.  It's my guess ( I haven't yet heard                                  she    Miss Evans imagined her little   ( of any animal that                            experience                   ( could open doors. Anyway

And that's when February 23rd's first quote -

Page 21/Scene 65 - Liz: 'Is it? Well, I don't believe that. You and I must decide what to do about David -- I think --'

- comes up, though it appears this way in the script:

LIZ                            Is it?  Well, I don't believe that.if she did - you can                            You and I must decide what to do     blame  David.                            about David -- I think --      He practically frightened                                  him.                         her  to death.  Roger,

And that's when February 23rd's second quote -

Page 21/Scene 65 - Roger: 'Whatever you think can wait till tomorrow, Elizabeth.'

- comes up, though it appears this way in the script:

Whatever we must decide  ROGER       Whatever you think can wait till       tomorrow,^Elizabeth.       un

And the script continues with:

LIZ                                       (after a beat)     Alright  Roger  I'm  to                           There's no point arguing about it    tired to argue with                           tonight.  We all are tired.  Goodnight  you now.                           Sheriff, Julia.                           george                                          SHERIFF                           Goodnight, Mrs. Stoddard. Elizabeth              Julia nods.     Roger  ad  libs

And that's when February 24th's quote -

Page 22/Scene 65 - Liz: 'Roger, we must decide tomorrow how we are going to punish David. We simply cannot ignore what he has done tonight.'

- comes up, though it appears this way in the script:

LIZ         Roger, we must decide tomorrow         how we are going to punish David.         We simply cannot ignore what he has         done tonight.

And the script continues with:

Rev. 3/25/70 65     CONTD                                        CONTD 65        She leaves.   JULIA   GOES   BACK        TOWARD   HER   ROOM

And as for what's different, all that will wait for another time...

[Mysterious Benefactor]

He likely would have rescheduled the entire shoot around the availability of Roger David.

Ya think?   

Still, it seems like Lisa Richards really benefited from the schedule conflicts with both Marie and Clarice Blackburn.

Well, there is that.

Interestingly enough, the Nancy Hodiak sequence is the next one coming up in the slideshow. It starts tomorrow...

[Mysterious Benefactor]

And now what's different about Scene 65 in the film:

Once Liz and Roger reach the top of the stairs, for an instant Liz turns to her right as if to go down the corridor but soon turns to her left as Roger addresses Julia with an unscripted -

"Julia."

- and moves toward the direction of the Gallery whereupon Julia and Sheriff Patterson soon appear in the corridor leading from the Gallery, not leaving Julia's room - and at that point Liz, who has also moved to them, asks an unscripted -

"Will she be all right?"

- to which Julia replies with a reworking of what was originally intended as Liz' question -

"I hope so. She's resting quietly."

- after which Roger actually asks the sheriff "Have you any more theories about what could have attacked her?", a slight reworking to what was added to the script - and the sheriff replies with an unscripted -

"I don't know. The men have searched the grounds, found
nothing."

- rather than simply shaking his head no as scripted - and after Liz actually offers "Well, obviously whatever it was was after Maggie", Roger insists "Nonsense! I never heard of any animal that could open doors" and after a slight pause adds "Anyway, I think she imagined the whole thing", both of which are more slight reworkings of what was added to the script - and to that Liz actually replies "Well, if she did - you can blame  David. David practically frightened her to death. Roger, we must decide what to do about him", which is close to what was added to the script - and Roger actually replies with "Well, whatever we decide, Elizabeth, can wait until tomorrow", which is also close to what was added to the script - and to that Liz actually says along the lines of what was added to the script "All right, I'm too tired to argue tonight. Goodnight", dropping addressing anyone specific - and as Liz turns to leave them, rather than nodding as scripted, Julia responds with a simple and somewhat embarrassed smile -

- and the sheriff actually says -

"Goodnight, Elizabeth."

- exactly as was changed in the script, though also with a touch of embarrassment at what he just witnessed - but then Julia actually says an unscripted -

"I'll see you tomorrow, George, when I take Daphne to the
hospital. Goodnight."

- and with Roger looking none to please at the way Liz addressed him and then left, Julia then turns to Roger with an unscripted -

"Goodnight, Roger."

- and as Julia turns away to move back toward her room, Roger bids her an unscripted -

"Goodnight, Julia."

- as does the sheriff -

"Goodnight, Julia."

- (it's almost like watching the end of a The Waltons ep ) - and then presumably Roger's ad lib is -

"See you to the door, George."

- after which Roger and the sheriff exit in the direction of the stairs as Julia continues to her room - and considering both that Liz has already left the scene and her slideshow quote from February 24th is completely crossed out in the script, obviously those lines are never delivered in the film.

[Mysterious Benefactor]

"I don't know. The men have searched the grounds, found
nothing."

I forgot to mention that I love the look on Julia's face as the Sheriff says he has no idea what could have attacked Daphne. It's like her mind might have its own possibility.

Also, unlike with Scene 63, it's interesting that with Scene 65 they went with the changes they added to the script rather than doing a completely new rewrite.

[Mysterious Benefactor]

Next up is February 25th's quote -

Page 22/Scene 66 - Sheriff: 'You're lucky Doctor Hoffman is staying here with you. She doesn't think Daphne would have lived if Jeff hadn't found her the exact moment he did.'

- which is taken from DC's script's March 25th rewrite - but this is how the scene appears in the script:

66     INT STAIRCAST - NIGHT        Roger and Sheriff coming down the stairs.                   It's lucky for Daphne           SHERIFF  Julia's                                 You're lucky Doctor Hoffman is                    staying here with you.  She because I don't think                    doesn't think Daphne would have                    lived if Jeff hadn't found her the she would of had                    the exact moment he did.            a chance

End of scene.

And we'll never know if the Sheriff actually would have said "It's lucky for Daphne Julia's staying here with you because I don't think she would of had a chance" because this scene is one among the many that ended up on the cutting room floor and whose footage was subsequently destroyed...

And yes, apparently it took place on a staircast.    Whoever typed the March 25th revision to the script certainly didn't make their living as a typist...

[Mysterious Benefactor]

Now here's the scene in the original draft that correlates to DC's script's Scenes 64 through 66 (and as you will recall, the previous scene in the original draft took place in the drawing room as the sheriff and Julia discussed Daphne's attack):

INT. FOYER - NIGHT - GROUP SHOT        Sheriff has just entered from the drawing room.        Liz and Carolyn come toward him.                                  LIZ                  Is she going to live?                                  SHERIFF                                 (nodding)                  You're lucky Doctor Hoffman is staying                  here.         The door opens. Jeff and Todd and a disheveled         Maggie enter.                                  LIZ                  Thank God!                                  TODD                  Sheriff, get some men down to the old                  house right now.  Someone was just there.                  He ran away when we came in.  Whoever                  it was may still be around.                                  SHERIFF                  We have your permission, Mrs. Stoddard?                                  LIZ                  Of course.        Sheriff starts for the door but turns back to add:                                  SHERIFF                  I suggest no one else go out tonight, Mr.                  Collins.  And you should make sure the                  windows and doors are locked.                                   ROGER                  We will, Sheriff.        Sheriff exits.  Maggie turns to Liz.                                   MAGGIE                  Mrs. Stoddard, we must talk. You - Mr.                  Collins - me.  About David.  About what                  we're going to do about David.                                  LIZ                                 (sighs)                  Yes. You're quite right. We must.                                  ROGER                                 (brusquely)                  But when all of this is over. Surely it                  can wait until then.  Goodnight, Miss                  Evans.        Roger takes Liz up the stairs with him.  In exasper-        ation, Maggie watches them go.

One thing that's interesting is that the novelization is identical to the original draft - but what is more interesting is that on the Fest's 1999 Movie Calendar the sheriff's line -

SHERIFF                         And you should make sure the               windows and doors are locked.

- appears as one of Jeff's lines and as the entry for January 23rd. We even used it in the original hoDS slideshow:

hoDS: Scene #?? - Jeff: 'Mrs. Stoddard, you should make
sure the windows and doors are locked.

Apparently it was reassigned in a subsequent rewrite that appears in the intermediate script used for the calendar.

And it's also interesting that the sheriff's initial line in the scene above -

SHERIFF                              (nodding)               You're lucky Doctor Hoffman is staying               here.

- was reworked for Scene 66 in DC's script -

66     INT STAIRCAST - NIGHT        Roger and Sheriff coming down the stairs.                   It's lucky for Daphne           SHERIFF  Julia's                                 You're lucky Doctor Hoffman is                    staying here with you.  She because I don't think                    doesn't think Daphne would have                    lived if Jeff hadn't found her the she would of had                    the exact moment he did.            a chance

- with the sheriff addressing Roger rather than Liz.

[KMR]

OMG. People were actually writing "would of" 47 years ago?!? 

(in reference to scene 66)

[Mysterious Benefactor]

And now the next two scenes in DC's script's March 25th rewrite (and when it comes to the first, we didn't pick any quotes from it):

67     INT. CARD ROOM - NIGHT        SHERIFF'S P.O.V.        Maggie, Jeff and Carolyn sit there drinking coffee.                                   SHERIFF                    Feeling any better, Maggie?                                   MAGGIE                    A little, Sheriff.                                   SHERIFF                    I want to talk to you tomorrow.                    I'll drop by in the morning.        She nods.  Sheriff and Roger continue down the hall. 68     CAROLYN - JEFF - MAGGIE

And that's when February 26th's quote -

Page 22/Scene 68 - Sheriff's Voice (O.S.) (Moving Down Hallway): 'I've stationed two men on the grounds, Mr. Collins. No point in taking any chances.'

- comes up, followed in the script by:

Jeff comes to the silent, still in shock, Maggie.

And that's when February 27th's quote -

Page 22/Scene 68 - Jeff: 'Maggie, you've got to stop thinking about it.'

- comes up, followed in the script by:

Rev. 3/25/70           68     CONTD                                       CONTD 68                                             CAROLYN                              Yes, Maggie,  You must.

And that's when February 28th's quote -

Page 22A/Scene 68 - Maggie: 'Who could have been at that door? Who?'

- comes up, followed in the script by:

Roger enters   X   to   table                                       ROGER             Now there's no need for further             post mortem's tonight.                            JEFF             You may be able to forget this,             Mr. Collins.  But I certainly             won't, and neither will Maggie.

And when there's a February 29th, that's when its first quote -

Page 22A/Scene 68 - Roger: 'If there was anyone at the old house, he's been frightened away by now.'

- comes up, followed by its second quote

Page 22A/Scene 68 - Jeff (Angrily): 'If there was.'

- coming up, followed in the script by:

MAGGIE                Jeff, please.                       gets up  X to the  side of table    He cools it.  She goes to Roger

And that's when March 1st's first quote -

Page 22A/Scene 68 - Maggie: 'Mr. Collins, we won't discuss tonight. But we should talk about tomorrow. I will have to deal with David then.'

- comes up, though it appears this way in the script:

must                           david                                             |                                  |                         v    MAGGIE        v               Mr. Collins, we won't discuss tonight.               But we should talk about tomorrow.  I               will have to deal with David then.

And that's when March 1st's second quote -

Page 22A/Scene 68 - Roger: 'Miss Evans, I do not blame David. I know he needs discipline. That's why I hired you. You have failed.'

- comes up, though it appears this way in the script:

Miss Evans we all                     ROGER   it's not news that the boy know david needs     Mriss Evans, I do not blame David. discipline - that's          I know he needs discipline.  But why I hired you - obviously That's why I hired you.  You have n't you haven't done your job.  failed.  made    a    very   good   job   of   it

And the script continues with:

Jeff takes a few steps toward him.  He is about to    say something.  as he   bring  the  Camera  to  Maggie

And that's when March 2nd's quote -

Page 22A/Scene 68 - Maggie: 'Then I'll give my notice now, Mr. Collins.'

- comes up, followed in the script by:

Jeff and Carolyn both react.                                                          Rev. 3/25/70 68     CONTD                                          CONTD 68

And that's when March 3rd's quote -

Page 22B/Scene 68 - Roger: 'I think that's an extremely sensible decision. Good night.'

- comes up, followed in the script by:

CAROLYN       Uncle Roger!       steps                           toward                            Roger

End of scene - though not the end of the sequence.

And we'll never know if things actually played out as changed because those two scenes are among the many that ended up on the cutting room floor and whose footage was subsequently destroyed...

And yes, any missing punctuation is because that's the way it appears in the script...