Moonstruck Page #2

He looks down and sees the stain. He's at a loss.

LORETTA:

Give it here. I'll give you this,

Al, you make good coffee.

She downs her coffee, accepts the stained tie which Al has

taken off, and slams the ledger shut.

INT. ROBERT'S DRY CLEANERS - DAY - MORE CREDITS ROLL

We are looking at a wall of dry-cleaned clothes bags. They

are hanging from an automated grid. As we watch, the wall

starts to move off to the left. A gap appears where no clothes

are hung. The gap creates visual frame. In the frame is

ROBERT. He is operating the grid with a little stick shift.

He stops it and takes down a garment. He leaves the frame,

heading off to the counter. When he moves away, WE SEE that

Loretta is behind him, working her calculator, entering in a

ledger. She slams the ledger shut, waves goodbye, and goes.

After beat she reappears, produces Conti's tie, says something

to Robert, who is out of view, leaves the tie, and

INT. BUTCHER SHOP - DAY

WE SEE a cleaver whacking an oxtail into section.

Now WE SEE Loretta, a few feet away, tabulating on a chopping

block that is partially obscured by a row of hanging rabbits,

unskinned.

INT. A FLORIST SHOP - DAY

A long white box is being filled with red roses. We HEAR the

FLORIST'S VOICE.

FLORIST'S VOICE

Red roses. Very romantic. The man

who sends these knows what he's doing.

Now WE SEE Loretta tabulating and the Florist working on the

box of roses.

LORETTA:

The man who sends those spends a lot

of money on something that ends up

in the garbage can.

The Florist gives her a look and then smiles.

FLORIST:

I'm glad everybody ain't like you,

Loretta. I'd be outta business.

LORETTA:

Without me, you'd be out of business.

I like flowers.

She gives him a sudden, brief, blinding smile. It's the first

time we've seen her smile. She has gold work around one of

her two front teeth. The Florist grunts and hands her a red

rose. Camera moves close to Loretta and the rose.

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