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They Made Me a Criminal (1939)


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Instance
Theme name: The Ladder
Start time: 0:30:11
End time: 0:30:19
Total duration: 0:00:08
Page #: 29
Measure #: 99
Scene: Reel 3 Part 2
Key: Eb - C
Meter: 6/8
Tempo (bpm): 126
Marking: Allegretto
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Tommy sitting on a ladder
Description: Light-hearted, quick cue as Tommy sees Johnnie leaving
Music annotations: [m. 99] mf / mp / grazioso giocoso / pizz; [m. 102] molto cresc; [m. 103] slow trb glissando; [m. 104] Hugo! One of the Dead End Kids' falls with a long ladder! (This is a comedy fall!) (Full but not too terrific) / A slow trombone gliss [measure drawn in the margin] might be funny; [m. 105] sfz
Film annotations: [m. 99] Tommy on ladder; [m. 104] Ladder falls
Orchestration annotations: [m. 99] bassoon; [m. 103] slow trb glissando; [m. 104] harps etc. gliss / W.W. in chords; [m. 105] timp solo
Analysis: The cue begins over a dominant pedal tone
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cheerful | chromatic scale | common-tone diminished 7th | conflict | diminished 7th chord | dissonant bass | fun | ladder | pedal tone | ranch | teenager | working

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