Inflating a Dog Screenplay, Chapter 26

Inflating a Dog Screenplay
Chapter 26: Doo-wop Da Wadda Wadda (in which Bert dances)

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EXT. ARCINELLA’S SLIP. ANOTHER MORNING. Ella, Patti, and Peter are getting ready to start the work day. Bert pulls up in his old Studebaker.

ELLA
(surprised to see him)
Bert!

BERT
(getting out of the car)
I thought maybe I could . . . give you a hand . . . help you out.

ELLA

What about the garage?

BERT

A guy’s gotta take some time off. I thought I’d take a week . . . help out.

ELLA

Well . . . thanks . . . but we’ve got everything . . . under control.

Bert looks around, and begins to feel awkward.
Peter realizes that Bert wants to be part of the gang.

PETER

I . . . I . . . the engine . . . could sure use a good going-over . . . by somebody who knows what he’s doing.

BERT
(rolling up his sleeves)
Hey! Good thing I’m here!

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EXT. ON THE BAY. LATER IN THE DAY. Bert tries to tell Ella that he admires what she has achieved.

BERT

Ella . . . you really did . . .

Ella no longer needs his praise and doesn’t want revenge.

ELLA

Let’s dance, Bert.

BERT

Ella, I just want to say . . .

ELLA
(singing)
Doo-wop da wadda wadda, doo-wop da wadda wadda . . .

BERT

Please, Ella, I’m trying . . .

ELLA
(singing)
When you dance . . .

BERT

Ella . . .

ELLA
(swaying invitingly)
Be sure to hold her close to you . . .

Bert accepts the invitation and waltzes Ella around the deck, while Patti and Peter look on like approving parents.

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THIRTY SECONDS OF
"WHEN YOU DANCE"
THE TURBANS

INFLATING A DOG SCREENPLAY | CONTENTS | CHAPTER 27

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The screenplay for Inflating a Dog is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, dialogues, settings, and businesses portrayed in it are products of the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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The illustration at the top of the page is an adaptation of an illustration by Stewart Rouse that first appeared on the cover of the August 1931 issue of Modern Mechanics and Inventions. The boy at the controls of the aerocycle doesn’t particularly resemble Peter Leroy—except, perhaps, for the smile.

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