083-545-SAN FRANCISCO
EXT. PODESTA, BALDOCCHI - (LATE AFTERNOON)
Scottie stands before the window looking at the floral
display. In the foreground is a group of madeup nosegays and
one of them is exactly like the nosegay Madeleine carried to
the grave, to the portrait, to the moment she threw herself
into the Bay. A porter closes the shop door and locks it. A
moment, then Scottie turns away to move down Grant Avenue.
He stops short. Coming up Grant Avenue, headed for Sutter Street, is a group of shopgirls who have just come out of work, and among them is one who -- again -- must surely be Madeleine. Scottie watches them come closer, trying to get a clear view through the crowd of passersby, catching sight of
the girl only in glimpses, and as the girls come abreast of him they stop to make their farewells. The one nearest to
Scottie, seen in profile, might have the same features as
Madeleine. He cannot be sure. This girl's hair is dark, where
Madeleine's was light; her features on closer inspection
seem heavier, and she wears much more makeup. And yet there is something about the way she carries herself. The other girls cross the street while the one nearest to Scottie goes
on alone. He instinctively turns and follows.
From the script "Vertigo" by
Alec Coppel and Samuel Taylor.
Draft 9-12-1957
083-545-SAN FRANCISCO
EXT. PODESTA, BALDOCCHI - (LATE AFTERNOON)
Scottie stands before the window looking at the floral
display. In the foreground is a group of madeup nosegays and
one of them is exactly like the nosegay Madeleine carried to
the grave, to the portrait, to the moment she threw herself
into the Bay. A porter closes the shop door and locks it. A
moment, then Scottie turns away to move down Grant Avenue.
He stops short. Coming up Grant Avenue, headed for Sutter Street, is a group of shopgirls who have just come out of work, and among them is one who -- again -- must surely be Madeleine. Scottie watches them come closer, trying to get a clear view through the crowd of passersby, catching sight of
the girl only in glimpses, and as the girls come abreast of him they stop to make their farewells. The one nearest to
Scottie, seen in profile, might have the same features as
Madeleine. He cannot be sure. This girl's hair is dark, where
Madeleine's was light; her features on closer inspection
seem heavier, and she wears much more makeup. And yet there is something about the way she carries herself. The other girls cross the street while the one nearest to Scottie goes
on alone. He instinctively turns and follows.
From the script "Vertigo" by
Alec Coppel and Samuel Taylor.
Draft 9-12-1957