| 1 | A gun shot (fade in) |
| 2 | A brightly-lit hand holding a revolver (dissolve) |
| 3 | into a diamond ring on the hand but then |
| 4 | the projectile blows-up like a rocket with the title THE THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE (double-exposure dissolve) into a dance pavilion (full shot) as the sparklers (from the explosion) burn out. |
| 5 | in the corner (fade out) the helmets of three guards |
| 6 | a woman at a cafe telephone (full-shot) |
| 7 | a phone rings several times |
| 8 | a man's room (full shot) |
| 9 | a telephone bell (close shot) |
| 10 | she procrastinates, holding the receiver |
| 11 | the clock on a moonlit tower shows ten o'clock |
| 12 | in a field a hare runs away, following a path |
| 13 | twitching of hare's whiskers (dissolve) |
| 14 | the hare stands on its back legs |
| 15 | from the underbrush exits a man with a monocle |
| 16 | the cafe (full shot) |
| 17 | a detective looks at the hand of the woman but then nervously moves on to a marble table |
| 18 | the diamond ring changes into |
| 19 | a display window in which an oncoming tram is reflected |
| 20 | the detective pays and while he is handing over the money he inconspicuously shows |
| 21 | his badge to the waiter (dissolve to detail) |
| 22 | detective goes to the woman's table |
| 23 | Requests permission to sit there. |
| 24 | Chooses a periodical from the rack |
| 25 | a newspaper (dissolve to detail) |
| 26 | to the headline THE THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE |
| 27 | detective looks up from the newspaper to meet the lady's eye (medium shot) |
| 28 | the lady looks up (full shot) |
| 29 | the detective grasps at his heart and falls to the ground |
| 30 | a crowd of people and waiters |
| 31 | the lady places a wet handkerchief on the detective's head |
| 32 | (close shot) the detective's hand removes a photograph and two tram tickets from her purse |
| 33 | in the field the hare pricks up its ears |
| 34 | at a train station, the door of a train car |
| 35 | the man with the monocle at a cash register |
| 36 | a hand putting through a call at the phone exchange |
| 37 | the detective telephoning and looking at a tram ticket |
| 38 | a forefinger in a book |
| 39 | two hands, each holding a tram ticket (zoom-in and dissolve) |
| 40 | into a tram car's interior |
| 41 | a conductor in an office earnestly trying to remember (medium shot) |
| 42 | puts his forefinger to his forehead (full shot) |
| 43 | and laughs (medium-shot) |
| 44 | he gives a large banknote to the man with the monocle, who is sitting with the lady in the tram |
| 45 | a tangle of telegraph links |
| 46 | a postal clerk above the telegram |
| 47 | a sentry's box before which stands a servant |
| 48 | the servant hurries into the hut |
| 49 | the corridor of a train through which the man in the monocle is striding |
| 50 | he goes into the bathroom |
| 51 | and jettisons the revolver |
| 52 | and his pocket watch |
| 53 | (fade) in the darkness the sign HOTEL |
| 54 | the lady is tossing and turning in her bed |
| 55 | (medium shot) she opens her eyes and looks sad |
| 56 | the servant presses a button |
| 57 | a traffic light (dissolve into a medium-shot) slowly changes |
| 58 | a moving automobile |
| 59 | (medium shot) the detective has an opened train timetable in his hand |
| 60 | the conductor's visor points toward the man with the monocle and the lady who are going to the island of the Chinese lanterns |
| 61 | the conductor speaks to a guard |
| 62 | a braking train |
| 63 | an automobile comes at full speed |
| 64 | the hand of the lady in bed spreads a wet handkerchief on her forehead |
| 65 | the whistle of the locomotive |
| 66 | the detective on a stairway |
| 67 | the hare stands on its back legs |
| 68 | a hand with a revolver |
| 69 | an eye with a monocle |
| 70 | the monocle falls to the ground and breaks |
| 71 | the man standing still |
| 72 | a gunshot (fade in) |
| 73 | a brightly-lit hand with a revolver (dissolve) into an |
| 74 | explosion with sparklers with the title THE THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE (double exposure) a pavilion of dancers |
| 75 | a jazzband member's leg and foot at a drum set |
| 76 | (medium shot) a music stand with sheet music titled THE THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE |
| 77 | standing before an embrasure the man with the monocle, watched by the lady, fires a gun |
| 78 | (close-up) a tin-plated hare embroidered in silver is toppled |
| 79 | the man and the lady both laugh heartily |
| 80 | the man rubs his eyes with his hand |
| 81 | a kiss under a parasol |
| 82 | the hare's whiskers with a part of its head moves on and (dissolve) into a fountain whose drops repeatedly form the title |
| "THE END" | |
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