The Motion Picture Script

1. Ext. Craig Drugstore. Night. An old-fashioned street lamp glows in f.g. of a typical small-town turn-ofthe-century street. Over this shot is a title: KINGSBORO, OHIO-1910. As the camera dollies in on the Craig Drugstore, the blinds of the shop are lowered. 2. Int. Craig Drugstore. Night. Sam Johnson, Jr., is softly whistling "And Then You Row, Row, Row" as he finishes lowering the blind. He punctuates his actions by his whistling as he moves along the shelf, adjusting the patent-medicine bottles which have been nudged out of line. He scoops two scraps of paper off the floor. He takes the duster, which he has been carrying under his arm, and holds it on the counter while he jauntily moves along until he reaches the rear of the shop. There he switches off three electric-light switches in tune to the last three notes of music and exits into a little combination dressing room and storeroom.