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EXT. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE. DAY.

A spectacular (STOCK FOOTAGE) view of the 1940 NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE.

EXT. HARLEM BROWNSTONE—STREET. DAY.

A FIVE-STORY BROWNSTONE located on a fashionable Harlem residential street.

INT. HARLEM BROWNSTONE—BEDROOM—CLOSE SHOT OF. DAY.

A POSTCARD from CHICAGO. CAMERA PULLS BACK to reveal HAROLD holding the postcard as he stands at the window in the sunlight in the airy bedroom.

As he reads the postcard a broad smile lights his eyes and face. DOTTIE’s VOICE COMES UP on the SOUNDTRACK:

DOTTIE (V.O.)
Greetings from the road, handsome…

INT. JDL EXPRESS TRAIN—OBSERVATION CAR—ROLLING—CLOSE ON. DAY.

DOTTIE sits at a table by the window, writing the postcard to HAROLD.

DOTTIE (V.O.)
…By the time this card reaches you,  
we will have arrived in Detroit for  
a three-night engagement at the  
Graystone Ballroom…