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The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)

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Instance
Theme name: How Dry I Am
Composer: Irving Berlin
Start time: 0:20:16
Page #: 5
Measure #: 5
Scene: Reel 3
Key: D
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 80
Instrumentation: orchestra
Solo Instrument: whistler
Description
On-screen: People in a hotel lobby
Description: A man whistles and sings a portion of "How Dry I Am" (Steiner harmonizes this with A minor and E minor chords)
Music annotations: [m. 6] a tempo
Film annotations: [m. 5] Man sings (on track) / How dry I am nobody knows; [m. 6] He gets up
Orchestration annotations: [m. 5] basson, basses added (pizz); [m. 6] fl + celeste
Tags

advance plot | dark | gangster | lobby | mysterious | on-screen music | scored source music | whistling

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