The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) | Una Voce Poco Fa | 0:00:54 - Singer at party, thieves upstairs | calm | leading man | listening | on-screen music | party | pianist | room | singer | singing | sneaking | source music | stealing | thief |
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) | The Last Rose of Summer | 0:03:14 - Dr. Clitterhouse on the phone | calm | doctor | folk song | Irish | leading man | listening | on-screen music | party | pianist | room | singer | singing | sneaking | source music | stealing | thief |
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) | Clitterhouse Onestep | 0:33:20 - Gangsters walk through music studio | dancer | dancing | gangster | jaunty | on-screen music | pianist | playing | singing | studio | transition | walking | warming up |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Sanctus | 0:09:13 - Church interior with boys singing in a choir loft | boys choir | church | conducting | gangster | leading man | music scene | nun | on-screen music | organ | priest | religious | serious | singer | singing | solemn | source music |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | In My Merry Oldsmobile | 0:12:55 - Rocky and Jerry singing | cheerful | church | gangster | hymn | laughing | leading man | music scene | on-screen music | popular music | priest | singing | source music |
Caged (1950) | He Leadeth Me | 1:27:53 - Women singing offscreen | choir | hymn | prison | singing | source music |
Caged (1950) | Rock of Ages | 1:30:31 - Women singing offscreen | choir | hymn | prison | singing | source music |
Crime School (1938) | Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet | 0:59:13 - The boys sing in the shoe repair shop | advance plot | cheerful | gang | hammering | on-screen music | reformatory | singing | source music | teenager | worker | working |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | M-O-T-H-E-R | 0:05:01 - Drunken man singing | comical | drunk | establish character | on screen music | room | singing | source music |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | By a Waterfall | 0:55:35 - Johnnie and the boys operate a shower | advance plot | cheerful | comical | hero | leading man | on screen music | popular music | ranch | showering | singing | source music | teenager | whistling |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | My Wild Irish Rose | 0:40:51 - Joe and Mabel in Nick's Diner | diner | establish character | familiar tune | happy | hero | heroine | popular song | radio | shopkeeper | singing | source music |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Dust Be My Destiny (Wild Irish Rose) | 0:44:12 - Mabel and Nick talk | develop character | diner | familiar tune | gentle | hero | heroine | on-screen music | popular song | shopkeeper | singing | source music |
The FBI Story (1959) | Oh You Beautiful Doll | 2:01:41 - People at the party sing Oh You Beautiful Doll at the party | flashback | on-screen music | popular music | singing | source music |
The Informer (1935) | Drinking Song | 0:02:15 - Gypo and Frankie sing at a pub | cheerful | drinking | establish character | flashback | leading man | on-screen music | pub | remembering | singing | somber | source music | street |
The Informer (1935) | The Rose of Tralee | 0:02:54 - Man sings an Irish folk song by a lamp post | calm | establish character | familiar tune | folk song | Irish | leading man | on-screen music | poster | singing | source music | street | walking |
The Informer (1935) | The Minstrel Boy | 0:25:32 - Man sings a folk tune at the street corner | 9th chord | AABA structure | advance plot | angelic | antagonist | calm | familiar tune | folk song | gentle | leading man | listening | mode mixture | mourner | mourning | on-screen music | playing | praying | singer | singing | street | violinist | watching |
The Informer (1935) | Drinking Song 2 | 0:40:12 - Gypo sings a drunken song | advance plot | antagonist | drunk | leading man | on-screen music | singing | source music | street |
The Informer (1935) | Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms | 0:58:23 - Singing continues (from the previous scene) | advance plot | antagonist | crowd | crying | familiar tune | folk song | leading man | on-screen music | party | sentimental | singing |
Key Largo (1948) | Moanin' Low | 0:56:55 - Gaye sings "Moanin' Low" | on-screen music | singing | source music |
Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) | El Pregon de Santiago | 1:11:53 - Johnny plays the guitar and sings | guitar | Mexican music | on-screen music | singing |
Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) | La Paloma | 1:12:40 - Johnny sings briefly | guitar | Mexican music | on-screen music | singing |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Work (Singing Lesson) | 0:37:17 - Veda sings | child | double exposure | heroine | leading lady | montage | on-screen music | room | scored source music | singing | upbeat | voice-over | working |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | South American Way | 0:37:36 - Veda sings and plays while Kay dances | child | dancing | heroine | leading lady | music scene | on-screen music | playing | popular music | room | singing | source music | upbeat |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Please Think of Me | 1:01:54 - Monte dances with Veda | advance plot | antagonist | celebrating | dancing | daughter | friend | heroine | jukebox | leading lady | love interest | on-screen music | popular music | restaurant | singing | source music | upbeat |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Oceana Roll | 1:27:46 - Veda sings at a restaurant | advance plot | antagonist | cheerful | club | dancing | daughter | ex-husband | heroine | leading lady | on-screen music | playing | popular music | singing | source music |
Kid Galahad (1937) | The Moon Is in Tears Tonight | 1:08:40 - Louise sings in club | leading lady | music scene | night club | on-screen music | playing music | sentimental | singing | source music | transcribed by ear |
Traveling Husbands (1931) | There’s a Sob in My Heart (Singing) | 0:01:44 - A man sings on a train | cheerful | establish character | on-screen music | popular song | salesman | singing | source music | train | train | transcribed by ear |
Traveling Husbands (1931) | There’s a Sob in My Heart (Duet) | 0:28:54 - Two lovers sing in a hotel room | AABA structure | comedy | love | popular song | romantic | room | salesman | singing | source music | transcribed by ear |
Traveling Husbands (1931) | Ring Around the Rosy | 1:09:30 - Men sing and dance | children’s song | dancing | exciting | leading lady | leading man | on-screen music | resolution | room | salesman | singing | source music | transcribed by ear |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Frohe Botschaft | 0:34:49 - Leni plays and sings Frohe Botschaft | boy | child | establish character | familiar tune | father | folk song | German | hero | heroine | home | on-screen music | piano | playing | singing | source music |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | God Save the King | 1:09:06 - Mob sings "God Save the King," joined by Susan | advance plot | antagonist | British | choral singing | familiar tune | home | mob | patriotic | singing | source music | street |
The Public Defender (1931) | He Walked Right In, Turned Around and Walked Right Out Again | 0:30:49 - Man sings to himself as he walks away | advance plot | cheerful | leading man | on-screen music | room | singing | source music | transcribed by ear |
Hell’s Highway (1932) | Hikin’ Jerry | 0:00:14 - Main titles and newspaper headlines | call and response | establish setting | guard | headline | montage | newspaper | opening title sequence | prison | prisoner | singing | solemn | source music | transcribed by ear | working |
Hell’s Highway (1932) | John Henry | 0:06:08 - Men working on a chain gang | advance plot | guard | on-screen music | pentatonic | prison | prisoner | singing | solemn | source music | transcribed by ear | working |
Hell’s Highway (1932) | Willie, the Weeper | 0:13:52 - Men singing in prison | advance plot | blue note | guard | on-screen music | prison | prisoner | singing | solemn | source music | spiritual | transcribed by ear |
Hell’s Highway (1932) | The Load is Heavy | 0:17:26 - Men singing in prison | advance plot | barbershop | cheerful | guard | on-screen music | prison | prisoner | singing | source music | transcribed by ear |
Hell’s Highway (1932) | Frankie and Johnny | 0:27:11 - Men singing in prison | advance plot | calm | guard | on-screen music | prison | prisoner | singing | source music | transcribed by ear |
Is My Face Red? (1932) | You Bunch of Fun | 0:10:42 - Backstage at a Broadway show | advance plot | Broadway | cheerful | dancer | dancing | leading man | popular music | singing | source music | stage | transcribed by ear |
Secrets of the French Police (1932) | Russian National Anthem | 0:25:25 - A group of people sing the Russian national anthem | advance plot | anthem | balalaika | familiar tune | on-screen music | patriotic | patriotic tune | playing | room | Russia | singing |
The Phantom of Crestwood (1932) | Auld Lang Syne | 0:19:50 - A man sings to himself at the party | advance plot | drinking | familiar tune | on-screen music | party | peaceful | singing | source music | transcribed by ear |
Emergency Call (1933) | Fit as a Fiddle | 0:15:50 - A woman sings | advance plot | jaunty | nurse | on-screen music | popular song | singing | source music | transcribed by ear |
Are These Our Children? (1931) | Makes You Forget Your Troubles | 0:17:20 - Flo sings | advance plot | cheerful | dance hall | friend | on-screen music | singing | source music |
Are These Our Children? (1931) | Makes You Forget Your Troubles | 0:17:51 - Flo sings to Eddie | advance plot | dance hall | friend | leading man | on-screen music | seductive | singing | source music |
Are These Our Children? (1931) | Makes You Forget Your Troubles | 0:19:13 - Eddie sings to himself | cheerful | leading man | on-screen music | singing | source music | street | transition | walking |
Are These Our Children? (1931) | Makes You Forget Your Troubles | 0:19:30 - Eddie arrives home | advance plot | arriving | cheerful | leading man | on-screen music | room | singing | source music |
Are These Our Children? (1931) | Makes You Forget Your Troubles | 0:32:32 - Flo sings | advance plot | cheerful | friend | leading man | singing | train | train | traveling |
Are These Our Children? (1931) | Makes You Forget Your Troubles | 0:40:40 - The boys leave the scene of the crime | friend | leading man | murderer | murder scene | nervous | singing | street | walking |
Are These Our Children? (1931) | Stars and Stripes Forever | 0:52:14 - Young people cavorting in the street | advance plot | cheerful | dancing | friend | leading man | murderer | on-screen music | singing | source music | street |
Are These Our Children? (1931) | Makes You Forget Your Troubles | 0:53:07 - Drunken young people | advance plot | cheerful | dancing | friend | hallway | leading man | murderer | on-screen music | singing | source music |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | The Very Thought of You | 0:21:51 - Marcia singing at a club | club | conductor score | establish character | familiar tune | investigator | leading lady | leading man | on-screen music | pianist | popular music | romantic | singer | singing | source music |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | It Had to Be You | 1:17:06 - Marcia sings at a club | advance plot | calm | club | jazz | leading lady | leading man | on screen music | pianist | singer | singing | source music |
Blind Adventure (1933) | Prisoner's Song | 0:35:12 - Holmes sings and whistles | advance plot | calm | criminal | on-screen music | rooftop | singing | source music | whistling |
Blind Adventure (1933) | Prisoner's Song | 1:02:08 - Holmes sings to himself | calm | conclusion | criminal | on-screen music | rooftop | singing | source music |
Murder on the Blackboard (1934) | Scale | 0:28:06 - HIldegarde sings | advance plot | detective | leading lady | leading man | music notes | neutral | on-screen music | school | singing | sleuth | source music |
Murder on the Blackboard (1934) | Unknown Tune | 0:29:23 - Otto sings to himself | advance plot | drunk | janitor | on-screen music | school | singing | source music |
State’s Attorney (1932) | Na Moku Eha | 0:01:19 - Hula dancer | cheerful | club | conversing | dancer | dancing | drinking | establish character | gambling | Hawaiian | leading man | on-screen music | playing | politician | singing | source music |
State’s Attorney (1932) | When I am Dead | 0:12:59 - Tom sings to himself | advance plot | cheerful | humming | lawyer | on-screen music | room | singing | source music |
State’s Attorney (1932) | Stack o’ Lee Blues | 0:43:17 - Jazz musicians playing in a club | advance plot | club | Dixieland | musician | on-screen music | playing | singer | singing | source music | upbeat |
State’s Attorney (1932) | Bibelot | 0:55:22 - Tom plays the piano | advance plot | cheerful | musician | on-screen music | playing | room | singing | source music |
Three Who Loved (1931) | Forty-Nine Bottles | 0:47:56 - Drunk man sings | advance plot | drunk | drunk | on-screen music | party | singing | source music |
Three Who Loved (1931) | Forty-Nine Bottles | 0:48:14 - People sing | advance plot | drunk | drunk | on-screen music | party | singing | source music |
Ladies of the Jury (1932) | I’m Just Wild About Harry | 0:52:40 - Spencer sings | advance plot | juror | jury room | on-screen music | singing | source music | upbeat |
Ladies of the Jury (1932) | All in Favor of Taking a Ride Say Aye | 0:56:03 - Mayme sings | advance plot | juror | jury room | on-screen music | singing | source music | upbeat |
The Roadhouse Murder (1932) | Three Little Words | 0:04:41 - A woman undresses | advance plot | cheerful | floozy | on-screen music | room | singing | source music |
The Roadhouse Murder (1932) | Three Little Words | 0:05:23 - A woman in the bathtub | advance plot | cheerful | floozy | on-screen music | room | singing | source music |
Men of America (1932) | Italian Folk Song | 0:32:52 - Tony sings a folk song | advance plot | cheerful | grapes | Italian | on-screen music | singing | source music | working |