| The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) | Night Watchman (Light and Shadow) | 0:44:51 - The watchman goes about his work | augmented sixth chord | criminal | flashlight | gangster | guard | mysterious | robbery | shadow | store | suspenseful | walking | working |
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) | Shadow punch | 0:45:00 - Watchman is punched by a shadowy figure | attacking | augmented sixth chord | crime | criminal | dramatic | fighting | gangster | guard | punching | robbery | shadow | store | violence | whole-tone |
| 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 |
| Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | The Aunts (Frightened) | 0:39:58 - The aunts see shadows at the door | aunt | conversing | crazy person | dark | establish character | fear | knocking | leading lady | murderer | mysterious | ominous | pedal tone | room | shadow | whispering |
| Caged (1950) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:56:40 - Kitty swears revenge on Evelyn | dramatic | prison | shadow | underscoring |
Caged (1950) | Caged (Waiting) | 0:56:52 - Marie waits outside of the parole office while an inmate runs out excited that she made parole | heroine | parole | prison | shadow |
| City for Conquest (1940) | 42nd Street | 0:38:40 - Montage of dancing scenes | bold | dancing | double exposure | montage | shadow | stage |
City for Conquest (1940) | Shadow Waltz (Dancing) | 0:38:57 - Montage of dancing scenes | dancing | double exposure | gentle | montage | shadow | stage |
City for Conquest (1940) | Interlude | 0:39:06 - Montage of dancing scenes | dance band | dancing | double exposure | headline | montage | newspaper | shadow | stage | upbeat |
| They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | Inspiration | 1:09:53 - Johnnie has an inspiration | boxing | foreign key modulation | gentle | hero | idea | inspiration | leading man | pedal tone | pump-up modulation | room | shadow | thinking | turning point |
| The Informer (1935) | The Informer | 0:00:14 - Shadows move across the screen behind the cast list | cast list | Dorian mode | folk-like | informer | marching | minor pentatonic | mysterious | opening title sequence | Scotch snap | searching | serious | shadow | soldier | street | title of film |
The Informer (1935) | The Informer (Bridge) | 0:00:46 - Shadows move across the screen behind the cast list | 9th chord | cast list | informer | march | marching | mysterious | Neapolitan | opening title sequence | Scotch snap | searching | serious | shadow | soldier | street |
The Informer (1935) | The Informer (Dublin) | 0:01:03 - Title card establishes the setting in Dublin, Ireland | 9th chord | 11th chord | establish setting | informer | marching | minor pentatonic | mysterious | nun | opening title sequence | religious symbolism | Scotch snap | searching | serious | shadow | street | title card | tritone substitution |
| The Letter (1940) | Hammond A (Dark) | 0:16:09 - Men look at dead body | advance plot | chromatic parallelism | creeping | dark | death | distortion | investigating | murder | pc set | plantation | servant | shadow | sinister |
The Letter (1940) | Hammond A (Ominous) | 0:22:58 - Leslie leaves the house and Mrs. Hammond appears | advance plot | augmentation | call and response | Chinese | dramatic | leading lady | leaving | mysterious | plantation | reveal | shadow | spying | stinger | tense | watching | widow |
The Letter (1940) | Shadow | 1:30:30 - Leslie leaves the house | chromatic parallelism | climax | leading lady | mysterious | plantation | shadow | walking |
| Mildred Pierce (1945) | Work (Excited) | 0:42:35 - Mildred and Wally leave | excited | excitement | friend | heroine | leading lady | leaving | room | shadow | transition | work |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Work (Montage) | 1:34:44 - Montage of Mildred and Monte's marriage | cheerful | ex-husband | glass | heroine | leading lady | love interest | mickey-mousing | montage | newspaper | shadow |
| The Unfaithful (1947) | Chris (Dark) | 0:07:46 - Chris walks from her car to her front door | advance plot | antagonist | calm | danger | house | leading lady | ominous | shadow | tritone | tritone | walking |
The Unfaithful (1947) | Danger | 0:08:19 - Man appears in the shadows and attacks Chris | advance plot | antagonist | danger | fear | house | leading lady | monophonic | shadow | sinister | walking |
The Unfaithful (1947) | Unfaithful (Attack) | 0:08:40 - Man takes Chris inside her house and attacks her | advance plot | antagonist | attacking | criminal | danger | fighting | house | leading lady | ostinato | pc set | shadow | sinister | victim |
The Unfaithful (1947) | Chris screams | 0:08:53 - Chris screams | advance plot | antagonist | criminal | danger | house | leading lady | mickey-mousing | pc set | screaming | shadow | sinister | victim |
