Lost Horizon Page #3

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A woman pushes some children forward.

CONWAY:

Where's the mother?

PRIEST:

(standing nearby)

They're orphans, Mr. Conway.

CONWAY:

I see. All right.

(directing people

aside - pulling

out an old lady)

Well, you come - right over here -

and you, and you—

(looking off scene)

—come on—

OLD MAN:

What about us, Mr. Conway?

CONWAY:

Gentlemen, please wait your turn.

11. CLOSE SHOT

A girl slouched in a corner. We meet Gloria Stone, a surly,

wan-looking prostitute.

GLORIA:

You'd better take some of those

squealing men with you first. They

might faint on you. I'll wait.

CLOSE SHOT - CONWAY

Something of a smile crosses his face.

CONWAY:

Just as you say!

Just then, a terrific explosion is heard in the distance.

13. FULL SHOT

All the lights go out. Everybody starts screaming.

CONWAY:

(sharply)

Whoa! Don't lose your heads now -

I'll see what it is.

He dashes out.

EXT. OFFICE BUILDING

CLOSE SHOT AT DOOR

Conway rushing out, meets George coming back.

GEORGE:

The power house - they've blown it

up! The planes can't land without

lights.

CONWAY:

(thinking fast)

Come on! We'll burn the hangar.

That will make light for them!

He grabs a lantern and dashes off.

15. MEDIUM SHOT

As they run through the screaming mob toward the hangar.

INTERIOR HANGAR:

16. FULL SHOT

It is filled with Chinese refugees clinging to their

household goods. Conway and George enter. Conway speaks to

them in Chinese, ordering them out. Some hesitate, and

they have to push the terror-stricken waiting coolies out.

When they have all left, Conway opens the spigots of several

gasoline tanks, waits for the fuel to spill on the ground,

then tosses a lantern on the fuel, igniting a blaze. At

the same moment, he and George dash for the door.

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