| All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Pleading | 0:22:41 - The Duchess pleads with the Duke to stay | agitated | arguing | distressed | duchess | duke | establish character | leading lady | leading man | pleading | room |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Desperation (Furioso) | 0:22:53 - The Duchess curses the Duke | agitated | arguing | distressed | duchess | duke | establish character | leading lady | leading man | pleading | priest | room | tense |
| The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) | The Amazing Doctor (Funebre) | 1:10:07 - Dr. Clitterhouse talks with Jo | 9th chord | chromatic parallelism | dark | death | doctor | gangster | leading lady | leading man | murder | murderer | murder scene | office | pleading | realizing | tense |
| Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Pleading | 1:11:08 - Laury pleads for Rocky | 9th chord | advance plot | appoggiatura | circle of fifths | common-chord modulation | crying | leading lady | leading man | love interest | pleading | priest | room | somber |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Jerry | 1:11:35 - Jerry talks to Laury | 9th chord | advance plot | deceptive resolution | foreign key modulation | leading lady | leading man | love interest | memory | pleading | priest | room | tender |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Jerry (Pleading) | 1:21:26 - Jerry talks to the cops | building | conflict | deceptive resolution | heroic | hopeful | leading man | pleading | priest | street |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:33:36 - Rocky pleads for his life | begging | climax | cowardice | crowd | crying | death | execution | execution chamber | gangster | leading man | pleading | police | priest | prison | shadow | tense | tone cluster | underscoring | wailing |
| Caged (1950) | Marie (Tragic) | 0:52:43 - Marie pleads with her mother to take the baby | despair | heroine | pleading | prison |
| Death of a Scoundrel (1956) | Clementi's Mother (The Letter) | 1:31:34 - Bridget reads a letter to Clementi from his mother | flashback | folk-like | letter | mother | pleading |
Death of a Scoundrel (1956) | Clementi C (Tense) | 1:45:52 - Clementi tells his mother of Zina's death, and his plan to get out of the country with all of his money | deception | flashback | mother | pleading |
| Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Dust Be My Destiny (Pleading) | 0:17:41 - Mabel pleads for Joe | advance plot | intervallic expansion | leading lady | pleading | prison | sincere | warden |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Dust Be My Destiny (Arguing) | 0:55:00 - Mabel confronts Joe | agitated | arguing | conflict | dark | leading lady | leading man | parallelism | pc set | pleading | room |
| In This Our Life (1942) | Expressivo (Extended 2) | 1:27:04 - Lavinia rises | arguing | climax | criminal | emotional | father | lawyer | leading lady | leading man | mother | pleading | room | suspect |
| The Informer (1935) | Pleading | 1:08:57 - Peter defends himself | added-note chord | anxious | chromaticism | courtroom | courtroom scene | defending | headquarters | pleading | room | stinger | suspect |
The Informer (1935) | The Informer (Tranquillo) | 1:16:35 - Gypo is taken away | antagonist | arresting | authentic cadence | climax | confessing | confession | courtroom | courtroom scene | crying | guilt | headquarters | hero | leading man | leaving | love interest | pleading | remorseful | room | traitor |
| Key Largo (1948) | Moanin’ Low (Appassionato) | 1:25:01 - Gaye pleads for Rocco to take her along | advance plot | boss | deceiving | deception | desperate | desperation | familiar tune | gangster | hotel | moll | pleading | sentimental |
| Mildred Pierce (1945) | Mildred (Waltz Fantasy) | 1:44:53 - Mildred tells Veda not to confess | detective | harsh | heroine | interrogating | interrogation | leading lady | pleading | police station |
