All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | The Duchess (Molto Expressivo) | 0:44:33 - Henriette reads a letter from the Duchess | advance plot | common-chord modulation | governess | leading lady | letter | on-screen text | positive | reading | room |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | The Duchess (Broadly) | 0:55:55 - A newspaper clipping | advance plot | distressed | gossiper | newspaper | reading | romantic | room |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | The Cartoon | 1:04:49 - Jerry looks at newspaper cartoon of Rocky | 9th chord | advance plot | cartoon | chromatic parallelism | comical | leading man | priest | reading | room |
Beyond the Forest (1949) | Rosa (Turbulent) | 0:30:21 - Rosa checks her mail | advance plot | leading lady | mail | post office | reading | turbulent | upset |
Beyond the Forest (1949) | Chicago (Mail) | 0:30:30 - Rosa reads her mail | advance plot | familiar tune | hurried | leading lady | mail | optimistic | popular tune | post office | reading |
Beyond the Forest (1949) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 0:30:40 - Rosa reacts to her mail | advance plot | crumpling | leading lady | mail | mysterious | post office | reading | underscoring |
Beyond the Forest (1949) | Running (Quasi Misterioso) | 0:42:06 - Rosa looks through the account book | advance plot | leading lady | mysterious | ominous | reading | room | wife | writing |
Beyond the Forest (1949) | Rosa (Slowly) | 0:47:08 - Rosa reads a magazine | advance plot | cut from film | leading lady | office | reading | receptionist | solemn | waiting |
Caged (1950) | Mrs. Benton (Not in Film 3) | NIF - not in film | conversing | cut from film | establish character | gentle | guard | leading lady | office | pregnancy | prison | prisoner | reading | room | warden |
City for Conquest (1940) | Tone Poem A (Maestoso) | 1:29:11 - Peggy looks up | advance plot | friend | hopeful | leading lady | mode mixture | newspaper | reading | room | suspension |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | Reading | 0:15:29 - Johnnie reads a newspaper | advance plot | chromatic scale | dissonant bass | leading man | newspaper | reading | room | tense | whole-tone chord |
Deep Valley (1947) | Homestead (Moderato) | 0:15:18 - Homestead in the distance | barnyard | dark | father | gentle | leading lady | mother | reading | room | transition |
Each Dawn I Die (1939) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 0:04:28 - Frank leaves the newspaper office | close-up | conflict | diminished 7th chord | gangster | hero | leading man | mysterious | reading | reporter | street | underscoring | watching |
Each Dawn I Die (1939) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:05:11 - Newspaper on the sidewalk | conflict | dissonant bass | gangster | newspaper | reading | street | tense | underscoring | whole-tone | whole-tone chord |
Each Dawn I Die (1939) | Frank (Parole Denied) | 1:07:58 - Frank's parole is denied | 9th chord | common-tone diminished 7th | dark | despair | foreign key modulation | half-diminished 7th chord | hopeful | leading man | letter | prison | prisoner | reading | sigh gesture | solemn | turning point |
Flamingo Road (1949) | Titus (Inverted) | 0:30:13 - Townsfolk talk about Titus | advance plot | dark | inversion | newspaper | reading | self-borrowing | street | townsfolk |
Flamingo Road (1949) | Titus 2 (Extended) | 0:30:27 - Field overhears people talking about Titus | advance plot | chromatic sequence | dark | leading man | mysterious | newspaper | parallelism | reading | self-borrowing | street | townsfolk |
Flamingo Road (1949) | If I Could Be With You (Maestoso) | 1:26:31 - Dan reads a telegram about Field's death | advance plot | chromatic parallelism | diminished 7th chord | lawyer | leading man | linear chromaticism | politician | reading | suicide | telegram | tragic | train | violent |
Her Kind of Man (1946) | Underscoring (Gentle) | 0:19:34 - A telegram | gambler | gentle | leading man | montage | montage | reading | room | telegram | underscoring |
I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951) | Undercover Agent (Ominous) + Family | 0:38:46 - Matt leaves his apartment | advance plot | combination of themes | communist | dark | discovery | leading lady | letter | ominous | reacting | reading | self-borrowing | spy | street | teacher | tense | tritone |
In This Our Life (1942) | Stanley Introduction (Extended 2) | 1:05:31 - Stanley in Craig's office | advance plot | conversing | lawyer | leading lady | leading man | office | reading | uneasy |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Rising) + Deception | 0:34:47 - Howard gives Leslie the letter | altered dominant | augmented triad | chromatic parallelism | combination of themes | deception | denying | lawyer | leading lady | letter | lying | oscillation | ostinato | pc set | pivotal scene | prison | reading | sequence | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Risoluto) | 0:37:07 - Howard reads the letter to Leslie | anxious | augmented triad | buildup | chromatic parallelism | fearful | fragmentation | lawyer | leading lady | letter | oscillation | pc set | pivotal scene | polychord | prison | reading | sequence | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Robert and Leslie (Tragic) | 1:16:14 - Leslie tells Howard to give Robert the letter | conflict | home | husband | lawyer | leading lady | letter | love theme | reading | somber | tense |
Kid Galahad (1937) | Heart's Affair (Arriving) | 0:58:30 - A newspaper headline | arriving | countermelody | farm | leading man | love scene | mode mixture | newspaper | playful | reading | sister | transcribed by ear |
Kid Galahad (1937) | Doublecross | 1:15:33 - Nick reads a newspaper headline | advance plot | driving | hotel | manager | newspaper | not by Steiner | passionate | reading | sequence | transcribed by ear |
The Unfaithful (1947) | Tanner | 0:23:46 - Mrs. Tanner boards a trolley | advance plot | altered dominant | antagonist | fragmentation | irregular meter | newspaper | pc set | quartal chord | reading | street | tense | traveling | trolley | widow |
The Unfaithful (1947) | Ask Anyone Who Knows | 1:34:08 - Paula reads the paper | ABA structure | calm | conversing | friend | husband | radio | reading | resolution | room | source music |
The Unfaithful (1947) | Would You Believe Me | 1:36:54 - Paula talks with Bob | ABAC structure | calm | conversing | friend | husband | radio | reading | resolution | room | source music |
The Woman in White (1948) | Come, Sweet Death (Funeral) | 1:20:13 - Mourners at a funeral | cemetery | church | cousin | crowd | funeral | funeral | husband | leading lady | leading man | mourning | priest | reading | somber | victim |
The Woman in White (1948) | Pavan (Distressed) | 1:37:17 - Walter reads a note from Marian | advance plot | dark | leading lady | leading man | note | patient | reading | room | victim | wife |
Thirteen Women (1932) | Blue Streak | 0:01:54 - A circus poster | ABA structure | circus | circus music | conversing | cousin | establish character | establish place | horoscope | letter | performer | reading | source music | upbeat |
Thirteen Women (1932) | Ursula (Horoscope) | 0:10:57 - Ursula looks at the horoscope | advance plot | antagonist | appoggiatura | horoscope | leading lady | march-like | mysterious | reading | room | transcribed by ear |
Thirteen Women (1932) | Ursula (Dark) | 0:11:28 - Ursula reads a horoscope | 64 chord | advance plot | antagonist | dark | funeral march | horoscope | leading lady | reading | room | transcribed by ear |
Don’t Turn ‘em Loose (1936) | Suicide Transition | 0:26:55 - Bob sits | augmented triad | chromatic parallelism | dissonant bass | gangster | guard | gun | gunshot | imposter | leading man | mysterious | parallelism | plotting | preparing | reading | robbery | room | sequence | shooting | store | transcribed by ear | whole-tone | whole-tone chord |
Another Face (1935) | Courage + The Iron Door | 0:02:53 - Close up on the nurse | dramatic | establish character | gangster | headline | laughing | newspaper | nurse | office | pedal tone | reacting | reading | stinger | tense |