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Mildred Pierce (1945)

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Instance
Theme name: You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby
Composer: Harry Warren
Start time: 0:03:59
End time: 0:05:56
Total duration: 0:01:57
Page #: NIS
Measure #: NIS
Scene: not in score
Key: Bb
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 132
Instrumentation: dance band
Solo Instrument: female voice
Description
On-screen: Wally sees Mildred from the window
Description: Source music coming from a nearby restaurant ("You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby") gets louder and softer as the camera moves in and out of the restaurant; the source of the music becomes clear as the camera pans to a lady singing and a piano on the stage; the music is turned down under dialogue
Tags

conversing | establish character | familiar tune | friend | heroine | jazz | leading lady | on-screen music | restaurant | source music | upbeat