The Letter (1940) | Chinese Quarter | 0:54:15 - The car enters the Chinese Quarter | antagonist | Chinatown | Chinese | Chinese | driving | exotic | exoticism | lawyer | leading lady | open fifth | parallel fifths | parallelism | pentatonic | setting | transition |
The Letter (1940) | Chinese Shop | 0:55:30 - Howard and Leslie look around | antagonist | Chinatown | Chinese | Chinese | exotic | exoticism | lawyer | layering | leading lady | Lydian mode | mirroring | mysterious | open fifth | parallel fifths | parallelism | polytonality | quintal chord | tense | transition | waiting | walking |
The Letter (1940) | Mrs. Hammond (Mysterioso) | 0:56:29 - Howard and Leslie wait in the shop | antagonist | Chinatown | Chinese | Chinese | exotic | lawyer | leading lady | mysterious | open fifth | parallel fifths | parallelism | pedal tone | pentatonic | shop | tense | transition | waiting |
The Letter (1940) | Mrs. Hammond (Dagger) | 0:57:04 - Leslie looks at a Chinese dagger | antagonist | Chinatown | Chinese | Chinese | dagger | exotic | lawyer | leading lady | mysterious | open fifth | parallel fifths | parallelism | pedal tone | pentatonic | polytonality | shop | tense | transition | waiting |
The Letter (1940) | Mrs. Hammond (Slowly) | 0:57:27 - Howard and Leslie walk into the back room | antagonist | Chinatown | Chinese | Chinese | conflict | lawyer | leading lady | mysterious | pentatonic | quintal chord | shop | walking |
The Letter (1940) | Glass Curtains | 0:59:08 - Mrs. Hammond enters through the glass curtain | antagonist | Chinatown | Chinese | chromatic scale | conflict | curtain | entering | glass | lawyer | layering | leading lady | mirroring | mysterious | ostinato | parallelism | pc set | polyrhythm | shop | staring | tense | tinkling | tone cluster | waiting | whole-tone | whole-tone chord |
The Letter (1940) | Mrs. Hammond + Glass Curtains | 1:00:13 - Leslie faces Mrs. Hammond | antagonist | Chinatown | Chinese | Chinese | chromatic scale | combination of themes | conflict | conversing | curtain | glass | lawyer | layering | leading lady | mirroring | mysterious | ostinato | parallelism | paying | pc set | pentatonic | polyrhythm | shop | staring | tense | tinkling | tone cluster | waiting | whole-tone | whole-tone chord |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie + Glass Curtains | 1:01:27 - Leslie removes her shawl | antagonist | Chinatown | Chinese | Chinese | chromatic scale | combination of themes | conflict | conversing | curtain | glass | lawyer | layering | leading lady | mirroring | mysterious | oscillation | ostinato | parallelism | pc set | polyrhythm | sequence | shop | staring | tense | tinkling | tone cluster | waiting | whole-tone | whole-tone chord |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie B + Glass Curtains | 1:01:57 - Leslie approaches Mrs. Hammond | antagonist | Chinatown | Chinese | chromatic scale | combination of themes | conflict | confronting | curtain | glass | lawyer | layering | leading lady | mirroring | mysterious | ostinato | parallelism | pc set | polyrhythm | sequence | shop | staring | tense | tinkling | tone cluster | walking | whole-tone | whole-tone chord |
The Letter (1940) | Glass Curtains | 1:02:21 - Leslie faces Mr. Hammond | antagonist | Chinatown | Chinese | chromatic scale | conflict | confronting | curtain | glass | lawyer | layering | leading lady | mirroring | mysterious | ostinato | parallelism | pc set | polyrhythm | shop | staring | tense | tinkling | tone cluster | whole-tone | whole-tone chord |
The Letter (1940) | Mrs. Hammond (Contempt) + Glass Curtains | 1:02:40 - Leslie stoops down to pick up the letter | antagonist | Chinatown | Chinese | Chinese | chromatic scale | combination of themes | conflict | confronting | contempt | curtain | glass | lawyer | layering | leading lady | mirroring | mysterious | ostinato | parallelism | pc set | pentatonic | polyrhythm | shop | staring | stooping | tense | tinkling | tone cluster | whole-tone | whole-tone chord |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie B (Dark) + Glass Curtains | 1:02:50 - Leslie looks at the letter | antagonist | Chinatown | Chinese | chromatic scale | combination of themes | conflict | confronting | curtain | dark | glass | lawyer | layering | leading lady | mirroring | mysterious | ostinato | parallelism | pc set | polyrhythm | sequence | shop | staring | tense | tinkling | tone cluster | whole-tone | whole-tone chord |
The Letter (1940) | Mrs. Hammond (Solemn) + Glass Curtains | 1:03:08 - Leslie and Howard leave | antagonist | Chinatown | Chinese | Chinese | chromatic scale | combination of themes | conflict | curtain | glass | lawyer | layering | leading lady | mirroring | mysterious | ostinato | parallelism | pc set | pentatonic | polyrhythm | shop | solemn | staring | tinkling | tone cluster | whole-tone | whole-tone chord |
Is My Face Red? (1932) | Scenes Metropolitaine | 0:43:51 - Montage of activities in the city | ABCA structure | augmented triad | boat | boxing | Chinatown | diminished 7th chord | excited | gambling | leading lady | leading man | metric dissonance | montage | New York | night club | parallelism | transcribed by ear | transition | whole-tone |