| Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | The Gangster (Maestoso) | 0:08:07 - Discharge papers from the penitentiary | ledger | main theme | main title | marching | montage | prison | prisoner | serious | solemn | transition | writing |
| The Big Sleep (1946) | Marlowe's Hand | 0:13:14 - Marlowe writes on note card | hero | jig | writing |
| Death of a Scoundrel (1956) | Clementi C (Plotting) | 0:27:54 - Clementi buys 20,000 stocks for a drug | flashback | notepad | stock market | stock tip | writing |
| I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951) | Family (Writing) | 0:26:15 - Matt writes a letter to his son | letter | love | writing |
I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951) | Family B | 0:26:45 - Matt writes a letter to his son | letter | love | writing |
I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951) | Family (Writing) | 0:27:11 - Matt finishes his letter | letter | love | writing |
| Mildred Pierce (1945) | Mildred (Lonely) | 0:28:20 - Mildred looks through her desk | advance plot | bills | flashback | gun | heroine | leading lady | lonely | photographs | room | somber | voice-over | writing |
| White Heat (1949) | Mirror | 1:34:10 - Hank writes out a quick message on the mirror | bathroom | gas station | hurrying | mirror | washroom | writing |
White Heat (1949) | Mirror | 1:34:34 - Hank finishes writing on the mirror and covers up the message with his jacket | bathroom | gas station | hurrying | mirror | washroom | writing |
White Heat (1949) | Message On the Mirror | 1:34:49 - Camera focuses in on the written message on the mirror | bathroom | gas station | mirror | radio signal | washroom | writing |
