| The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:47:48 - Rocks opens the safe | breaking in | criminal | doctor | dramatic | gangster | leading man | lock | opening | robbery | safe | safe-cracking | stinger | store | tense | thief | underscoring | unlocking | vault |
| Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Tear Gas | 1:19:48 - Tear gas spreads throughout the room | agitated | breaking | breaking | breathing | building | conflict | dramatic | gangster | gun | gunshot | hurrying | leading man | mickey-mousing | police | running | shooting | smoke | street | tear gas | throwing | window |
| Each Dawn I Die (1939) | Hits with bottle | 0:05:26 - A bottle of alcohol is broken | bottle | breaking | conflict | dramatic | gangster | hero | leading man | mickey-mousing | reporter | street | violence |
| 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) | 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) | Bert (Triste) | 0:24:26 - Bert and Mildred separate | breaking up | crying | establish character | heroine | husband | leading lady | leaving | room | somber |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Breaks glass | 1:05:35 - Bert slaps the glass out of Monte's hand | advance plot | breaking | down | ex-husband | falling | glass | heroine | leading lady | love interest | mickey-mousing | restaurant | tense | throwing | violence |
| Crime School (1938) | Sue (Sneaky) | 1:13:28 - Frankie sneaks in with his gun | breaking in | conflict | gun | room | sneaking | teenager | tense |
