And moving on to the next four scenes:
171 INT - SECOND FLOOR CORRIDOR - NIGHT - WIDE ANGLE 171
as Quentin walks very fast from CAMERA, almost as if he were trying to run from what he has done. He passes the stairway to the Tower, looking up for a second. Then he continues on much slower now, to the far bedroom. He leans against the wall, his back still to CAMERA, obviously going through great mental anguish.
171A INT - FIRST FLOOR STAIRWAY - NIGHT 171A
as Carlotta comes up the stairs TOWARD CAMERA and starts for the Gallery, she suddenly stops as she notices Quentin through the open bedroom door.
171B INT - BACK STAIRS - NIGHT - LOW ANGLE 171B
TIGHT on Quentin as he goes through his inner tur- moil. HOLD for a moment, then we HEAR the SOUND of CARLOTTA'S VOICE.
CARLOTTA (O.S.) Mr. Collins?
Quentin does not respond. SLOWLY WIDEN to reveal Carlotta, still in the hallway, but coming toward him.
CARLOTTA The Jenkins' will be returning soon. If Mrs. Collins is going to leave, she should go before they come back. Otherwise she will simply run to them. Don't you agree?
He does not move or look at her.
CARLOTTA Don't you agree, Mr. Collins?
171B CONTD CONTD 171B
With great violence, he turns on her.
QUENTIN (blazing) Yes, I agree, Carlotta! But I don't need you to tell me what I have to do!
As Quentin EXITS THE SHOT down the stairs.
171C INT - FIRST FLOOR CORRIDOR - NIGHT 171C
as Carlotta turns and comes TOWARD CAMERA, PAN with her to the top of the stairs, revealing Gerard, who stands on the lower landing. She nods to him as Gerard then goes down the stairs, EXITING THE SHOT.
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And when it comes to the dialogue, the descriptions, and the directions, because these scenes don't appear in any version of the film, we have no way of knowing what might have been different.
Although, when it comes to Carlotta's second section of dialogue in Scene 171B, Grayson's script has several words crossed out: "
If," "
going," "
should" (which is replaced with "must"), "
Otherwise," and "
simply," which would seem to indicate that she was intending Carlotta to actually say something like "The Jenkins' will be returning soon. Mrs. Collins is to leave. She must go before they come back. She will run to them. Don't you agree?"
And Grayson's script also contains several notes. She writes that Carlotta conspires with Quentin but she's in charge, and what she's saying is a demand, not simply urging Quentin (which may explain why she changes Carlotta's dialogue in the way that she did), and the takeover of Quentin is becoming more here.
And somehow I'm sure these scenes were played perfectly. With talents like David Selby and Grayson Hall, how could they not have been? I can just imagine how wonderful Grayson must have been, doing her best passive/aggressive manipulation - and, as we saw on the series numerous times, few actors can play mental anguish better than David can. So it's an absolute shame that none of this is in any version of the film. But then, we all know that when it came to character scenes, they were the first things that DC was only too willing to sacrifice, no matter how great they might have been...