| Crime School (1938) | The Boiler Room | 0:54:27 - Boys talk about stoking the boiler | action scene | auctioning | boiler room | fanfare | gang | heroic | reformatory | teenager | working |
Crime School (1938) | Gangster Blues (Mechanical) | 0:54:46 - Boys get to work | action scene | boiler room | coal | danger | fire | fire | frantic | gang | gauge | heat | hurrying | mechanical | reformatory | shoveling | smoke | teenager | temperature | temperature | working |
Crime School (1938) | Temperature rising | 0:54:53 - Close up of rising temperature gauge | action scene | boiler room | danger | frantic | gang | gauge | heat | mechanical | mickey-mousing | reformatory | rising | teenager | temperature | tense | tone clusters | watching |
Crime School (1938) | Temperature stable | 0:55:07 - Close up of stable temperature gauge | action scene | boiler room | danger | frantic | gang | gauge | heat | mechanical | mickey-mousing | reformatory | teenager | temperature | tense | tone clusters | watching |
Crime School (1938) | Temperature oscillating | 0:55:28 - Close up of oscillating temperature gauge | action scene | boiler room | danger | frantic | gang | gauge | heat | mechanical | mickey-mousing | reformatory | teenager | temperature | tense | tone clusters | watching |
Crime School (1938) | Boiler Overheating | 0:55:31 - Danger as the boiler gets really hot | action scene | arguing | boiler room | danger | frantic | gang | gauge | heat | hurrying | mechanical | reformatory | shoveling | teenager | temperature | tense | worker | working |
Crime School (1938) | Gangster Blues (Explosion) | 0:56:04 - The boiler explodes | action scene | boiler room | collapsing | escaping | exploding | explosion | frantic | gang | mechanical | reformatory | running | teenager | tense | worker | yelling |
Crime School (1938) | Kids running down | 0:56:17 - Kids run down stairs | action scene | down | dramatic | mickey-mousing | reformatory | running | stairs | teenager |
Crime School (1938) | Whistle | 0:56:27 - Close up of whistle | action scene | alarm | blowing | dramatic | mickey-mousing | reformatory | sounding | whistle |
Crime School (1938) | Running around | 0:56:37 - Boys run out of the building | action scene | gang | mickey-mousing | reformatory | running | rushing | teenager | tense | worker |
Crime School (1938) | Fireman | 0:56:46 - Boiler room worker orders kids back | action scene | fanfare | gang | heroic | protecting | reformatory | rushing | teenager | worker | yelling |
Crime School (1938) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:56:50 - Mark goes to rescue Squirt | action scene | boiler room | dramatic | hero | leading man | reformatory | rushing | saving | teenager | tense | underscoring |
Crime School (1938) | Going down | 0:57:05 - Mark descends into the boiler room | action scene | descending | dramatic | hero | leading man | mickey-mousing | reformatory | stairs | teenager | tense |
Crime School (1938) | Temperature rising 2 | 0:57:12 - The temperature gauge rises | action scene | boiler room | danger | dramatic | gauge | heat | hero | leading man | mickey-mousing | reformatory | rising | teenager | temperature | tense |
Crime School (1938) | Explosion | 0:57:21 - Mark pulls Squirt out of the boiler room | action scene | ascending | boiler room | destruction | dramatic | exploding | explosion | hero | leading man | mickey-mousing | reformatory | rising | stairs | teenager | tense |
Crime School (1938) | Mark Saves Boy | 0:57:29 - Mark carries Squirt up the stairs | action scene | ascending | hero | heroic | leading man | mickey-mousing | reformatory | rising | stairs | teenager | walking |
| They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | They Say | 0:13:05 - Driving in Johnnie's car | action scene | car | car | criminal | drinking | driving | floozy | happy | murderer | radio | source music |
| Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:59:15 - Bank is robbed and Joe takes pictures | action scene | bank | city | dramatic | hero | robbery | underscoring |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Alarm | 0:59:15 - Alarm sounds | action scene | alarm | bank | city | dramatic | hero | mickey-mousing | robbery |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Dust Be My Destiny (Heroic) | 0:59:42 - Joe heroically takes pictures of the robbery | action scene | bank | city | dramatic | gangsters | hero | main theme |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:59:53 - Police arrive at the scene | action scene | bank | city | dramatic | hero | police | underscoring |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Buzzing | 1:01:05 - Newspapermen work in the dark room | action scene | buzzy | dark room | exciting | hero | newspaper | newspaper editor | parallelism | photography | Rimsky-Korsakov | working |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Dust Be My Destiny (Brave) | 1:10:38 - Joe jumps onto the car | action scene | car | city | dramatic | fighting | gangster | hero | main theme | street | whole-tone chords |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Dust Be My Destiny (Heroic) | 1:10:32 - Joe heroically wrestles the steering wheel from the gangster | action scene | city | dramatic | fighting | gangster | hero | main theme | street |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Car crash | 1:10:55 - Gangsters crash the car | action scene | car | city | crashing | dramatic | gangster | mickey-mousing | street |
| The Letter (1940) | Runners | 0:05:14 - Workers run through jungle | action scene | chromatic parallelism | dramatic | heroic | jungle | running | servant | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Mr. Hammond Has Been Shot | 0:05:50 - Boy tells Robert that Mr. Hammond has been shot | action scene | dark | death | husband | ominous | reacting | servant | warehouse |
The Letter (1940) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:06:04 - Worker talks to Robert | action scene | conversing | death | dramatic | husband | murder | servant | underscoring | warehouse |
| Mildred Pierce (1945) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:08:53 - Wally looks for Mildred | action scene | ascending | down | dramatic | falling | friend | hurrying | knocking | mickey-mousing | room | searching | setup | suspenseful | underscoring | walking |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Wally tries to open door | 0:08:53 - Wally tries to open the door | action scene | door | frantic | friend | knocking | mickey-mousing | room | stinger |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Wally goes upstairs | 0:09:28 - Wally ascends the spiral staircase | action scene | ascending | dramatic | friend | mickey-mousing | room | spiral staircase | stairs |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Wally knocks on the door | 0:09:59 - Wally knocks on a door | action scene | door | dramatic | friend | knocking | mickey-mousing | room |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Lamp falls | 0:10:03 - Wally knocks over a lamp | action scene | body | dramatic | falling | friend | lamp | mickey-mousing | reveal | room |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Murdered Man | 0:10:06 - Wally discovers the body | action scene | corpse | dark | death | dramatic | friend | looking | mickey-mousing | murder | phone | room | tense | victim |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Phone rings | 0:10:16 - Phone rings | action scene | death | friend | mickey-mousing | murder | ringing | room | telephone | tense | victim |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:10:21 - Wally reacts to the situation | action scene | breaking | death | dramatic | escaping | friend | hurrying | mickey-mousing | murder | room | running | smashing | sneaking | telephone | underscoring | victim | walking | worrying |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Wally stands up and walks | 0:10:21 - Wally stands up to go to the phone | action scene | friend | mickey-mousing | rising | room | standing | tense | up | victim | walking |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Wally walks | 0:10:32 - Wally hurriedly walks away | action scene | dramatic | friend | hurrying | mickey-mousing | room | victim | walking |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Wally sneaks | 0:10:37 - Wally sneaks down the hall | action scene | friend | mickey-mousing | room | sneaking | tense | victim |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Breaks door with chair | 0:10:47 - Wally smashes a glass door with a chair | action scene | breaking | chair | door | dramatic | friend | glass | mickey-mousing | room | smashing | victim |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Glass falls | 0:10:49 - The glass door breaks | action scene | breaking | door | dramatic | falling | friend | glass | mickey-mousing | room | smashing | victim |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Wally runs | 0:11:01 - Wally runs out of the house | action scene | beach | dramatic | friend | gun | gunshot | mickey-mousing | running | shooting | victim |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Cops walk | 0:11:02 - The cops walk down the hill | action scene | beach | dramatic | lumbering | mickey-mousing | police | walking |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Opens coat | 0:11:12 - Policeman opens Wally's coat to frisk him | action scene | beach | dramatic | friend | mickey-mousing | opening | police | searching | victim |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:11:13 - Policemen investigate the scene | action scene | beach | conversing | friend | mysterious | police | searching | tense | underscoring | victim |
| Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:27:50 - Steve fights Hammy | action scene | conductor score | dramatic | fighting | gangster | hurried | leading lady | leading man | room | strangling | tense | underscoring |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:28:03 - The gangsters leave | action scene | conductor score | conversing | gangster | leading lady | leading man | leaving | room | tense | underscoring |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Hell on Frisco Bay | 0:28:43 - Marcia talks to Steve | action scene | conductor score | conversing | leading lady | leading man | leaving | room | somber |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Menace 2 | 0:28:55 - Marcia reacts to Steve's comment | action scene | conductor score | conversing | leading lady | leading man | leaving | room | upset |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Menace | 0:49:04 - Amato paces | action scene | conductor score | dark | gangster | leading man | menacing | pacing | room |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:51:36 - Amato yells at Steve | action scene | angry | arguing | conductor score | fighting | gangster | investigator | leading man | room | underscoring | violence | yelling |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Steve | 0:53:15 - Steve leaves | action scene | aiming | conductor score | dark | gangster | investigator | leading man | murderer | neutral | shooting | street | tense | walking |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Climbing and jumping | 0:53:27 - Steve runs from Hammy | action scene | climbing | conductor score | hiding | hurried | investigator | jumping | leading man | mickey-mousing | street | tense |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Menace | 0:53:30 - Hammy tries to escape | action scene | conductor score | dramatic | escping | fleeing | gangster | hurried | investigator | leading man | murderer | running | shooting | street | tense |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Hammy Is Shot | 0:53:37 - Hammy falls to the ground | action scene | conductor score | dramatic | dying | falling | gangster | investigator | leading man | mickey-mousing | street | tragic |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Underscoring (Dark) | 0:53:50 - Steve questions Hammy | action scene | conductor score | dark | death | dying | gangster | investigator | leading man | questioning | stinger | street | underscoring |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Menace | 1:31:01 - Amato prepares to leave | action scene | agitated | gangster | leading man | packing | room |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Menace 2 | 1:31:19 - Amato prepares to leave | action scene | agitated | gangster | leading man | packing | room |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Menace | 1:31:32 - Amato picks up his gun | action scene | conversing | dramatic | gangster | leading man | packing | room |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Lye | 1:32:01 - Lye confronts Amato | action scene | conversing | gangster | gun | leading man | lying | room | uneasy |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Amato | 1:32:23 - Amato shoots Lye | action scene | brash | gangster | gun | gunshot | leading man | murder | murdering | room | shooting | tense | violence | yelling |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Lye's Death | 1:32:58 - Lye is killed | action scene | brash | gangster | harsh | leading man | murder | murdering | shooting | street | violence |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Menace | 1:33:12 - Amato hides | action scene | fleeing | gangster | hiding | leading man | ominous | street |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Steve | 1:33:17 - Marcia looks for Steve | action scene | dock | dramatic | leading lady | running | tense |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Amato | 1:33:23 - Amato takes Marcia hostage | action scene | dock | gangster | inspector | kidnapping | leading lady | leading man | ominous | tense |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Amato | 1:34:01 - Steve confronts Amato | action scene | dock | dramatic | gangster | inspector | kidnapping | leading lady | leading man | tense |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Amato | 1:34:08 - Steve confronts Amato | action scene | dock | dramatic | gangster | gun | gunshot | inspector | kidnapping | leading lady | leading man | shooting | tense |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Amato runs | 1:34:27 - Amato runs to his boat | action scene | agitated | boat | dock | dramatic | following | gangster | inspector | leading man | running | tense |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Boat Chase | 1:34:33 - Amato tries to escape in a boat | action scene | agitated | boat | dock | dramatic | following | gangster | inspector | leading man | running | tense |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Steve dives | 1:34:48 - Steve dives in the water | action scene | agitated | diving | dock | dramatic | gangster | inspector | jumping | leading man | mickey-mousing | splashing | tense | water |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:34:53 - Steve climbs in the boat | action scene | boat | dock | dramatic | driving | gangster | inspector | leading man | tense | underscoring |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Menace | 1:34:57 - Steve and Amato fight | action scene | agitated | boat | dock | dramatic | fighting | gangster | inspector | leading man | tense |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:35:05 - The police arrive | action scene | arriving | conversing | dock | leading lady | police | tense | underscoring |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Menace | 1:35:21 - Steve and Amato fight | action scene | agitated | boat | dock | dramatic | fighting | gangster | inspector | leading man | tense |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Police running | 1:35:32 - The policemen run | action scene | agitated | dock | down | dramatic | mickey-mousing | police | running | tense |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:35:44 - The police boat leaves the dock | action scene | boat | departing | dock | dramatic | police | tense | underscoring |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Amato | 1:35:47 - Steve and Amato fight | action scene | agitated | boat | dock | dramatic | fighting | gangster | inspector | leading man | tense |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Amato | 1:35:56 - The police boat advances | action scene | agitated | boat | dock | dramatic | fighting | gangster | inspector | leading man | tense | underscoring |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Horn Call | 1:36:10 - The police boat advances | action scene | battle call | boat | departing | dock | police | tense |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Amato | 1:36:12 - Steve and Amato fight | action scene | agitated | boat | dock | dramatic | fighting | gangster | inspector | leading man | tense |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Amato falls | 1:36:20 - Amato falls in the water | action scene | boat | dock | dramatic | falling | fighting | gangster | inspector | leading man | mickey-mousing | punching | splashing | tense | water |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:36:23 - The boat approaches a wall | action scene | boat | dock | driving | inspector | leading man | tense | underscoring |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Steve dives 2 | 1:36:27 - Steve dives in the water | action scene | boat | diving | dock | inspector | jumping | leading man | mickey-mousing | splashing | tense | water |
