George turns and starts out of the office as Potter picks up the phone and dials.
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POTTER (looking up) You misplaced eight thousand dollars?
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MEDIUM CLOSE UP �� Potter is seated at his desk, his goon beside him. He is signing some papers. George is seated in a chair before the desk, without a hat or coat, covered lightly with snow.
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He looks around him, then quickly goes out the front door of the house. Mary goes to the phone, picks it up.
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INTERIOR LIVING ROOM �� NIGHT CLOSE SHOT �� The room has suddenly become ominously quiet, the only SOUND being George's labored breathing. George goes over to a corner of the room where his workshop is set up �� a drawing table, several models of modern buildings, bridges, etc. Savagely he kicks over the models, picks up some books and hurls them into the corner. Mary and the children watch, horrified. George looks around and sees them staring at him as if he were some unknown wild animal. The three children are crying.
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He hangs up the receiver, and turns toward the living room. His face is flushed and wet.
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GEORGE (savagely) I'll hang her up!
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(to George) She's hung up.
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GEORGE (cont'd) (on phone) Hello. Hello, Mrs. Welch? This is George Bailey. I'm Zuzu's father. Say, what kind of a teacher are you anyway? What do you mean sending her home like that, half-naked? Do you realize she'll probably end up with pneumonia on account of you?
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INTERIOR LIVING ROOM �� NIGHT CLOSE SHOT �� Mary comes in and picks up the phone.
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She closes her eyes and relaxes on the bed. George pulls the covers over her. He bends down and his lips touch a tendril of the child's hair. Then he gets up and tiptoes out of the room.
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CLOSE-UP �� George and Zuzu. They whisper.
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She shakes her head and presses the flower to her. A few petals fall off. She picks them up.
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INTERIOR ZUZU'S BEDROOM �� NIGHT FULL SHOT �� The SOUND of Janie at the piano can be heard, the same monotonous rhythm over and over. Zuzu (aged six) is sitting up in her bed, the lamp burning beside her. She is holding her prize flower. George tiptoes in. Then, as he sees she's awake, he comes over, sitting on the edge of her bed.
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INTERIOR HALL �� NIGHT MEDIUM CLOSE SHOT �� George starts up the stairs. The knob on the banister comes off in his hand, and for a moment he has an impulse to hurl it into the living room. Then, he replaces the knob, and goes on up the stairs.
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George stops short, suddenly aware of the tragic old eyes looking up at him.
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She reaches up and kisses him on the cheek, leaving lipstick.
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