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Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

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Instance
Gesture name: Hanging up
Start time: 0:03:53
Page #: 14
Measure #: 25
Scene: Reel 1 Part 2
Key: D
Meter: 2/4
Tempo (bpm): 152
Instrumentation: special group
Description
On-screen: Mortimer hangs up the phone
Description: Quick ascending gesture as Mortimer hangs up the phone; played by 2 harps, celeste, and piano
Orchestration annotations: [m. 25] 2 harps cel + piano soli
Tags

bystander | diminished 7th chord | establish character | hanging up | leading lady | leading man | marriage | mickey-mousing | office | rushed

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