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Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

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Instance
Theme name: The Aunts
Start time: 0:53:55
End time: 0:54:01
Total duration: 0:00:06
Page #: 72
Measure #: 5
Scene: Reel 6 Part 2
Key: F
Meter: 2/4
Tempo (bpm): 88
Marking: Delicato
Instrumentation: strings, woodwinds
Description
On-screen: Aunt Abby goes to the front door
Description: The Aunts theme is heard as Abby moves across the room
Music annotations: [m. 5] delicato / pp / fix / from Reel 4 Part 2 one tone higher
Film annotations: [m. 5] She steps forward
Analysis: The descending third sequence does not continue far enough to modulate this time
Tags

advance plot | aunt | brother | calm | crazy person | darkness | harmonic sequence | leading lady | leading man | murderer | room | silhouette | staring | upbeat | walking

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