Lucky Devils (1933) [IN PROCESS - Information may be incomplete or contain inaccuracies]


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Film Music Structure for Lucky Devils

Number Scene Type Time Theme Variant Gesture On-screen
1 opening title sequence 0:00:00 RKO Tower Beeping RKO radio tower
2 0:00:15 Main Theme the main title music comes from another film (Public Defender, 1931), with some minor modifications; this is a new recording of the theme
3 0:12:05 Stunt Men of Hollywood a man plays a tune on the piano on-screen; the tune is called "Stunt Men of Hollywood" (Creighton Cheney and Max Steiner) in the cue sheet; after a brief pause, some of the men and women at the party begin to sing along - the lyrics are not always clear because it is sometimes sung behind dialogue, but it is about stunt men; onscreen, a woman tries to commit suicide by jumping of a high balcony
4 0:28:58 Wedding March a church organ plays Mendelssohn's Wedding March as we see a man put a ring on a woman's finger
5 0:29:07 Out of the Blue a Hawaiian tune is played (on Hawaiian instruments) as we see a montage of honeymoon scenes: surfers, a quiet beach, and a boat at sea; called "Out of the Blue" (Edward Eliscu / Max Steiner) in the cue sheet
6 0:42:16 Montage somber sounding cue played during a montage; slow-moving and dark at first, then featuring a variety of gestures ranging from tremolo to legato to sharply accented; solos for bass clarinet, oboe, flute, double basses, and violin; onscreen, the main character (Skipper) tries to find a job but is turned down everywhere; [the cue sheet doesn't clearly identify this montage cue]
7 0:44:48 Stunt Men of Hollywood men and women at a restaurant sing "Stunt Men of Hollywood" with on-screen piano accompaniment
8 1:02:51 Love Dream a short, sentimental tune for strings called "Love Dream" (Steiner) is used for the end credits