| Description |
| On-screen: |
Mortimer hides from the reporters |
| Description: |
Comical underscoring is used (featuring woodwinds) as Mortimer Brewster attempts to hide his face from the reporters |
| Music annotations: |
[m. 60] rubato / sfz / soli; [m. 61] ten / rall; [m. 62] a tempo / ten / fast ; [m. 63] a tempo / p; [m. 64] modto misterioso; [m. 65] ten / rall / ten; [m. 66] slower / (screwy) / mp; [m. 67] ten / rall / ten |
| Film annotations: |
[m. 60] Takem / He stops him; [m. 62] Pushes her face forward; [m. 63] Starts from line; [m. 65] Isn't that Mortimer Brewster?; [m. 66] No - it's not him! |
| Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 60] W.W. + sax; [m. 64] cel + piano and oboe / E.H.; [m. 66] E.H. / bns |
| Analysis: |
The cue begins with whole-tone sonorities followed by a repeated gesture using parallel half-diminished sevenths and perfect fourths in contrary motion; ends with a repeated three-note gesture over unstable harmonies |
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| Tags |
chromatic parallelism | chromatic wedge | comical | disguise | establish character | hiding | leading lady | leading man | looking | marriage | office | reporter | underscoring | whole-tone chord
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