| The Big Sleep (1946) | Canino's Death | 1:43:22 - Canino is shot | action scene | chromatic parallelism | criminal | death | dramatic | dying | falling | gun | gunshot | hostage | leading lady | leading man | love interest | mirroring | outside | pc set | private eye | retrograde | stumbling | tense |
| The Informer (1935) | Blood Money (The Trial) + Blind Man (The Trial) | 1:15:13 - The rebels ask Gypo where he got the money | antagonist | axis of symmetry | blind man | combination of themes | courtroom | courtroom scene | fanfare | headquarters | interrogating | interrogation | leading man | mirroring | money | mysterious | questioning | room | suspect |
The Informer (1935) | Katie (The Trial) | 1:15:36 - The rebels ask Gypo about Katie | antagonist | axis of symmetry | courtroom | courtroom scene | headquarters | interrogating | interrogation | leading man | mirroring | money | mysterious | questioning | room | suspect |
The Informer (1935) | Blood Money (The Trial) + The Informer (The Trial) | 1:15:40 - Dan asks "Who was the informer?" | antagonist | axis of symmetry | combination of themes | courtroom | courtroom scene | headquarters | interrogating | interrogation | inversion | leading man | mirroring | money | mysterious | questioning | room | suspect | whole-tone |
| 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) | 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 |
| Out of the Fog (1941) | Father and Daughter (Tender) | 0:51:32 - Maps of Cuba | advance plot | arriving | conversing | father | fisherman | leading lady | mirror shot | packing | room | tender | tense |
| White Heat (1949) | Cody 2 (Molto Misterioso) | 1:09:13 - Cody adjusts his hat in the mirror | dressing | fugitive | gangster | hat | leading man | mirror | murderer | mysterious | prison break | room | tense |
White Heat (1949) | Mirror | 1:34:10 - Hank writes a message on the mirror | advance plot | bathroom | dramatic | fanfare | gas station | leading man | message | mirror | rushing | tense | undercover agent | writing |
White Heat (1949) | Mirror | 1:34:34 - Gangster goes to check on Hank | advance plot | bathroom | dramatic | fanfare | fugitive | gangster | gas station | hurrying | leading man | message | mirror | murderer | tense | undercover agent | worker | writing |
White Heat (1949) | Message on the Mirror | 1:34:49 - Message on the washroom mirror | advance plot | bathroom | dramatic | fanfare | gas station | leading man | message | mirror | Morse code | radio effect | radio signal | tense | undercover agent | writing |
White Heat (1949) | Agents (Message) | 1:37:03 - Gas station attendant goes to washroom | conversing | gas station | message | mirror | police | radio | tense | transition | worker |
| Don’t Turn ‘em Loose (1936) | Makes You Forget Your Troubles (Dream Sequence) | 0:39:59 - Bob (Bat) pulls a gun on Grace | augmented sixth chord | cheerful | confronting | fragmentation | frantic | gangster | gun | gunshot | half-diminished 7th chord | leading man | mirror shot | moll | murder | murderer | murder scene | popular music | reacting | room | screaming | sequence | shooting | simulated source music | source music | staring | tense | threatening | victim |
Don’t Turn ‘em Loose (1936) | Makes You Forget Your Troubles | 0:40:17 - Grace is shot | AABA structure | cheerful | common-tone diminished 7th | gangster | gun | leading man | mirror shot | moll | murder | murderer | murder scene | planning | popular music | room | source music | staring | victim |
| Without Honor (1949) | Appassionato 2 (Listesso) | 0:14:15 - Jane puts on lipstick | advance plot | agitated | changing | leading lady | mirror | room |
Without Honor (1949) | Appassionato (Broad) | 0:14:20 - Jane puts on a necklace | advance plot | agitated | changing | leading lady | mirror | room |
Without Honor (1949) | Desperation (Wedding Ring) | 0:14:29 - Jane tries to take off her wedding ring | advance plot | changing | dramatic | leading lady | mirror | ring | room | underscoring |
Without Honor (1949) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:14:37 - Jane stares at herself in the mirror | advance plot | audible thoughts | blaming | crying | leading lady | mirror | room | tense | thinking | underscoring |
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