4. CHORUS (Continued) CHORUS MEMBER #1 MULHOLLAND A CITY ENGINEER MULHOLLAND MULHOLLAND CHORUS MEMBER #3 MULHOLLAND A MAN WHO KNEW NO FEAR CHORUS MEMBER #2 HE MADE LOS ANGELES GROW CHORUS MEMBERS #1-#4 WHAT WOULD BECOME OF IT HE'D NEVER KNOW CHORUS CHORUS MEMBER #4 MULHOLLAND BUT AS TIME ELAPSED MULHOLLAND MULHOLLAND CHORUS MEMBERS MULHOLLAND #1,3,4 ST. FRANCIS DAM COLLAPSED CHORUS MEMBER #2 TO HIS EVERLASTING SHAME ALL CHORUS MULHOLLAND WAS HIS NAME. GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN (Song ends) Scene 2 Christmas Eve at the Owens Valley branch of the DWP, 1928. Water Baron, WILLIAM MULHOLLAND, now in his 70s, is sitting at his desk going over some calculations. His assistant, HARVEY VAN NORMAN, approaches. MULHOLLAND (to himself) At 11.4 billion gallons, the St. Francis Dam should provide the water capacity we need to insure that Los Angeles will continue to grow indefinitely. Heh heh heh. VAN NORMAN Mr. Mulholland, sir? MULHOLLAND What is it? 5. VAN NORMAN I've been employed with the DWP for a number of years, sir, and I have a question to ask which I wouldn't consider asking if it weren't for the season. MULHOLLAND Out with it, man. What do you want? VAN NORMAN Might it be possible to perhaps release some of the water out of the Alabama Gates to allow the local farmers to water their crops for Christmas? MULHOLLAND That is positively out of the question. VAN NORMAN But sir, it's Christmas! MULHOLLAND Bah! Bullshit! VAN NORMAN Christmas a bullshit, sir? You don't mean that, I'm sure! MULHOLLAND Mr. Van Norman, you may be a resident of the Owens Valley, but for the time being, until I see fit to release you from your duties, you are an employee of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. As such, I expect you to do everything in your power to ensure that every drop of the Owens River is diverted to Los Angeles. I expect the St. Francis Dam to be filled to capacity in three months. (music begins to vamp) Once the reservoir is filled, I shall close this office to return to Los Angeles. You may then return to the riffraff with whom you choose to identify yourself. VAN NORMAN But sir, surely you don't want to take all of the water from the Owens Valley. MULHOLLAND ("Mulholland's Theme") I COME FROM DUBLIN MOTHER DIED WHEN I WAS EIGHT LEFT HOME WHEN I WAS FOURTEEN JOINED THE NAVY, MOVING FREIGHT I ARRIVED IN L.A. AT THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE.