Setting up and wrapping up today's new scene all in one post:
123 INT: CARD ROOM - NIGHT 123 LIBRARY As Roger enters. He see Liz sitting alone by the window. He approaches her.
ROGER It's time for dinner, Elizabeth.
123 CONTD CONTD 123
LIZ I'd like to sit here alone for awhile. I don't think I could eat, Roger.
Roger takes her hands and gently pulls her to her feet. He is quite warm and tender with her.
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And that's when today's quote -
Page 53/Scene 123 - Roger: 'She is gone, Elizabeth. But we are still here. The task now is to resume our lives. You belong at the head of the table.'
- comes up, followed in the script by:
He puts his arm around her and leads her out of the room.
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And when it comes to the dialogue, the descriptions, and the directions, we really have no way of knowing how things might have played in the film because this scene ended up on the cutting room floor. And unlike how I wasn't all that upset that Scene 118 was never shot, I'm extremely upset that this scene was cut. There's no doubt that it would have been a great scene, and I'm sure Louis Edmonds and Joan Bennett would have played it to perfection. But no. DC, in his infinite wisdom, could have cared less that it might have been some of the best work each of them might have done in the film, and particularly that it would have really shown that Roger has a different side to him, even more so than Scene 122 does. But, again, no! Let's move on to[spoiler]Carolyn's attempted attack on David[/spoiler]as soon as possible because who cares about a great character scene. But then, as I've already said a few times, it's no wonder that both Louis Edmonds and Joan Bennett were displeased with the final film. Who wouldn't be when some of your best work ends up on the cutting room floor simply to place more emphasis on a film's violence and gore and to get to it faster...