| All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Underscoring (Somber) | 1:21:26 - The Duke descends the stairs | child | chromatic scale | conflict | conversing | crying gesture | descending | governess | leading lady | room | somber | tense |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Henriette (Appassionato 2) | 1:46:00 - Henriette descends the staircase | 9th chord | 11th chord | added-note chord | anxious | chromatic sequence | common-tone diminished 7th | descending | excited | foreign key modulation | hurrying | leading lady | not mickey-moused | room | stairs | transition | walking |
| The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) | Spiraling down | 0:47:38 - Doctor goes down the stairs | 9th chord | criminal | descending | diminished 7th chord | doctor | gangster | leading man | mickey-mousing | mysterious | robbery | spiraling | store | tense | thief | walking |
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) | Rocks goes downstairs | 0:50:05 - Rocks goes down the stairs | antagonist | anxious | criminal | descending | diminished 7th chord | double-cross | dramatic | gangster | mickey-mousing | murderer | robbery | stairs | store | temperature | tense | thief | walking |
| Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Going down a ladder | 1:17:32 - Rocky goes down an escape ladder | agitated | chromatic scale | climbing | conflict | descending | down | dramatic | escaping | gangster | hurrying | ladder | leading man | mickey-mousing | street |
| Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Underscoring (Dark) | 0:56:27 - Einstein looks around in the dark | advance plot | brother | crazy person | dark | darkness | descending | doctor | leading man | match | murderer | plotting | room | sneaking | underscoring |
| Beyond the Forest (1949) | The Cliff | 1:19:13 - Rosa looks out of the car window | action scene | car | car | cliff | contemplating | descending | driving | leading lady | leading man | murderer | tense |
Beyond the Forest (1949) | Chicago (Dark) | 1:19:25 - Rosa sitting in a car | action scene | car | car | cliff | conversing | descending | driving | familiar tune | leading lady | leading man | murderer | ominous | popular tune |
Beyond the Forest (1949) | The Cliff (Car Stops) | 1:19:36 - Rosa sitting in a car | action scene | car | car | cliff | conversing | descending | driving | leading lady | leading man | murderer | tense |
Beyond the Forest (1949) | Chicago (She Walks Down) | 1:29:25 - Rosa walks down the stairs | climax | dark | descending | familiar tune | leading lady | madness | mad scene | maid | mickey-mousing | murderer | popular tune | room | solemn | stairs | stumbling |
| The Big Sleep (1946) | Walking | 0:01:26 - Carmen walks down the stairs | arriving | daughter | deceptive resolution | descending | establish character | femme fatale | leading man | mysterious | parallelism | pedal tone | private eye | room | walking |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Running down | 0:21:13 - Feet running down the stairs | action scene | antagonist | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | descending | dramatic | half-diminished 7th chord | hurrying | mickey-mousing | running | street | tense |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Down the Stairs + The Chase + Marlowe (Action) | 0:56:39 - Marlowe chases the killer | assassin | chase scene | chasing | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | descending | dissonant bass | dramatic | gun | gunshot | heroic | layering | leading man | murderer | private eye | room | running | stairs | tense |
| City for Conquest (1940) | Peggy runs | 0:47:31 - Peggy runs down the stairs | boxer | chromatic parallelism | chromatic sequence | dancer | descending | leading lady | leading man | love scene | mickey-mousing | running | source and scoring overlap | street | tense |
| 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 |
| Deep Valley (1947) | Drudge | 0:03:59 - Libby goes downstairs | descending | establish character | leading lady | room | somber | stairs | upset | walking |
Deep Valley (1947) | Deep Valley (Slowly) | 1:28:11 - Libby climbs the ladder | barn | conflict | convict | descending | fugitive | leading lady | leading man | love interest | tense | uneasy |
Deep Valley (1947) | Rushing away | 1:36:01 - Libby rushes out of the barn | barn | climax | convict | descending | dramatic | fugitive | leading lady | leading man | love interest | mother | rushing | rushing effect | tense |
| The FBI Story (1959) | Mario (Death) | 2:00:33 - Mario's body falls into the river | death | descending tetrachord | flashback | hero |
| Flamingo Road (1949) | Lane (Descending the Staircase) | 1:21:31 - Lane descends the stairs | advance plot | delicate | descending | leading lady | leading man | love interest | mickey-mousing | mysterious | parallelism | room | walking |
| Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Sneaking and following | 0:58:30 - Bessie sneaks away | chase scene | conductor score | descending | floozy | following | hiding | investigator | leading man | mysterious | sneaking | street | tense |
| I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951) | Down the stairs | 0:57:47 - Eve sneaks down the stairs | communist | create suspense | descending | leading lady | leading man | mickey-mousing | sneaking | spy | staircase | stairs | teacher | tense | undercover agent |
| Key Largo (1948) | Climbing down | 1:35:31 - McCloud climbs down | boat | climbing | conflict | descending | leading man | mickey-mousing | mysterious | tense |
| Kid Galahad (1937) | Doublecross (Entanglements) | 1:17:24 - Nick falls to the ground | advance plot | dark | descending tetrachord | farm | fighting | leading man | manager | mother | not by Steiner | sister | somber | tragic | transcribed by ear |
| White Heat (1949) | Plotting (Sneaking) | 1:14:09 - Verna sneaks down the stairs | action scene | descending | leading lady | mickey-mousing | moll | mysterious | room | sneaking | stairs | tense |
White Heat (1949) | Jumping out window | 1:14:31 - Verna jumps out of the window | action scene | descending | dramatic | jumping | leading lady | mickey-mousing | moll | tense | window | yard |
White Heat (1949) | Falling and dying | 1:48:09 - Gangster falls down | action scene | death | descending | dramatic | dying | factory | falling | gangster | gun | gunshot | mickey-mousing | police | raid | shootout | tense |
White Heat (1949) | Falling down stairs | 1:48:21 - Gangster falls down the stairs | action scene | death | descending | dramatic | dying | factory | falling | gangster | gun | mickey-mousing | police | raid | shootout | stairs | tense |
| Without Honor (1949) | Jumping down | 0:37:38 - Jane jumps to the grould | action scene | descending | jumping | leading lady | mickey-mousing | tense | window | yard |
Without Honor (1949) | Desperation (Triste) | 0:48:15 - Jane sinks down slowly | conflict | conversing | descending | leading lady | realizing | reveal | room | secret | sinking | sitting | solemn | wife |
| The Most Dangerous Game (1932) | Russian Waltz (Sneaking) | 0:30:29 - Bob and Eve sneak downstairs | candle | castle | descending | leading lady | leading man | mysterious | sneaking | tense | turning point | walking |
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) | The Approach (Sneaking) | 0:30:39 - Bob and Eve sneak downstairs | candle | castle | descending | leading lady | leading man | mysterious | sneaking | tense | turning point | walking |
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) | Zaroff (Very Mysterious) | 0:30:58 - Bob and Eve enter the trophy room | candle | castle | descending | leading lady | leading man | mickey-mousing | mysterious | sneaking | turning point | walking |
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) | Russian Waltz (Adagio) + The Iron Door | 0:31:06 - Bob and Eve descend the stairs | candle | castle | dark | descending | leading lady | leading man | ominous | searching | sneaking | turning point | walking |
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) | Zaroff (Sneaking) | 0:31:29 - Bob and Eve look around | candle | castle | descending | leading lady | leading man | mysterious | searching | sneaking | turning point | walking |
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) | Emotions (Agitato) | 0:37:04 - The iron door | action scene | agitated | castle | descending | door | fear | leading lady | opening | running | rushing | screaming | tense |
| White Heat (1949) | Sliding down pole | 1:48:43 - Cody slides down a pole | action scene | agent | descending | dramatic | factory | fugitive | gangster | leading man | mickey-mousing | murderer | pole | police | raid | sliding | tense |
| Caged (1950) | Marie (Misterioso) | 1:17:04 - Shadows on a staircase | augmented sixth chord | descending | guard | leading lady | mad scene | prison | prisoner | shadow | solemn | solitary | walking |
| Mara Maru (1952) | Gregory (Diving) | 0:00:40 - Cast list | boat | cast list | descending | diver | diving | diving suit | fanfare | leading man | ocean | opening title sequence | point-of-view shot | sailor | somber | underwater | uneasy | working |
Mara Maru (1952) | Descending | 1:00:51 - Gregory descends the ladder | action scene | antagonist | bodyguard | bubbles | captain | close-up | dark | descending | diver | diving | diving suit | heavy | leading lady | leading man | love interest | ocean | private eye | ship | ship | stinger | suspenseful | underwater | worker | working |
Mara Maru (1952) | Descending | 1:12:27 - Gregory descends into the water | action scene | antogonist | bubbles | captain | close-up | dark | descending | diver | diving | diving suit | heavy | leading lady | leading man | love interest | ocean | point-of-view shot | private eye | ship | ship | suspenseful | underwater | worker | working |
Mara Maru (1952) | Beam falling | 1:15:57 - A beam collapses | action scene | beam | boat | captain | collapsing | dark | descending | diver | diving | diving suit | dramatic | falling | leading man | lighting | mickey-mousing | ocean | ship | underwater | working |
Mara Maru (1952) | Beam falling 2 | 1:16:34 - A beam collapses on the air hose | action scene | beam | boat | captain | collapsing | dark | descending | diver | diving | diving suit | dramatic | falling | hose | leading man | mickey-mousing | ocean | ship | treasure | underwater | working |
Mara Maru (1952) | Gauge falling | 1:17:42 - Falling air pressure on a gauge | action scene | antogonist | boat | captain | descending | diver | dramatic | falling | gauge | leading lady | leading man | love interest | mickey-mousing | private eye | rain | relief | ship | storm | worker |
Mara Maru (1952) | Rolling down the hill | 1:24:58 - Gregory rolls down the hill | antogonist | bodyguard | chase scene | cross | dark | descending | dramatic | falling | frantic | gun | jungle | leading man | mickey-mousing | murderer | rain | rolling | storm | tense | wind |
Mara Maru (1952) | Descending the stairs | 1:34:55 - Fortuno runs down the stairs | action scene | antagonist | bodyguard | catacomb | cave | chasing | climax | cross | descending | dramatic | gun | gunshot | leading man | martyr | mickey-mousing | murderer | police | running | stairs | tense | tunnel | victim |
Mara Maru (1952) | Rolling down the stairs | 1:36:05 - Benedict falls down the stairs | action scene | antagonist | catacomb | cave | climax | corpse | death | descending | dramatic | falling | leading man | martyr | mickey-mousing | murderer | rolling | stinger | tense | tunnel | victim |
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