The Big Sleep (1946) | Coin in phone | 1:21:04 - Marlowe puts a coin in the phone | advance plot | cafe | coin | dropping | leading man | mickey-mousing | mysterious | phone call | private eye | telephone |
The Informer (1935) | Blood Money (Four Coins) | 0:23:15 - Bartender puts four coins on the table | advance plot | antagonist | augmented triad | bartender | coin | counting | half-diminished 7th chord | leading lady | leading man | mickey-mousing | money | mysterious | placing | pub | tense |
The Informer (1935) | Blood Money (Delicato) | 0:28:43 - Gypo drops four coins on the floor | antagonist | augmented triad | coin | dropping | leading man | mickey-mousing | money | mourner | pivotal scene | room | staring | tense | whole-tone |
The Informer (1935) | The Informer (Tense) | 0:29:21 - Gypo defends himself | antagonist | coin | leading man | money | mourner | mysterious | pivotal scene | room | Scotch snap | staring | tense | whole-tone | whole-tone chord |
The Informer (1935) | The Informer (Suspicion) | 0:29:47 - Gypo leaves the wake | 64 chord | antagonist | coin | crying | dissonant bass | dropping | giving | leading man | leaving | mickey-mousing | money | mourner | pivotal scene | room | Scotch snap | sigh gesture | somber | staring |
Before Dawn (1933) | Before Dawn A | 0:00:15 - Title over the image of hands grasping money | coin | dark | diminished 7th chord | double exposure | grabbing | hand | money | mysterious | opening title sequence | self-borrowing | title of film | transcribed by ear |