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  shopping   palm tree   bra   transvestism   movie camera   flirting   narrated by character   flowers   liar   reference to james joyce   nostalgia   overcoat   pearl necklace   tuxedo   love affair   birthday cake   financial crisis   pajamas   listening to music   frisking   assumed identity   gift   orchid   script writer   laughing   script   narcissism   musician   music conductor   snowing   rehearsal   trombone   disguise   beauty   dirty old man   garage   older woman younger man relationship   narration from the grave   farce   seashell   vanity   ashtray   lollipop   bourbon   hanging upside down   earring   hidden identity   melodrama   gurney   chimpanzee   casket   veil   playing piano   negligée   bracelet   cross dressing   cincinnati ohio   cake   gender disguise   leg   camera crew   speakeasy   valentine's day   dressing   tow truck   motorboat   orchestral music score   newsreel   role reversal   bach's toccata and fugue   gender bender   surprise party   heartbreak   mob of reporters   film camera   has been   peanut butter   dog racing   hearse   rocking chair   classic car   women's bathroom   paramount pictures   roommate   bubble bath   hearing aid   swimsuit   goodbye   neurotic   wall street journal   bellhop   reference to freud   reference to cary grant   beach chair   nightgown   packing   cymbal   sleeping car   alimony   recluse   slip the undergarment   reading newspaper   diamonds   tango   ballroom dancing   chauffeur   flapper   tossing coin   repossession   taxes   sing along   motion picture industry   motion picture studio   roadhouse   grand canyon   contortionist   actor playing female role   elopement   porch   south america   abbreviation in title   silent film star   italian opera   paperboy   film studio   hiding under table   bald   stock market   cufflink   thompson gun   coleslaw   refuge   gigolo   train conductor   sugar   death star   funeral parlor   cracker   assistant director   fingernail file   astrology   auto repossession   beauty treatment   body in pool   bridge card game   charlie chaplin spoof   dead chimpanzee   eccentric woman   funeral for pet   garage apartment   garage door   gone with the wind   gun fire   kept man   movie script   nose job   parasol   reference to great expectations   reference to rudolph valentino   retired actress   rich old lady   screenwriting   silent movie actor   trashcan   youthfulness   all girl band   ascot   bass the musical instrument   beach ball   beach umbrella   bon voyage   bryn mawr college   buttermilk   cape hatteras north carolina   climbing down building   climbing up building   compact   compact mirror   cuban band   diamond bracelet   emergency brake   falling out of bed   female impersonation   financial security   flower in mouth   hands held in air   hitting head on ceiling   hotel del coronado   kissing on doorstep   manhattan the drink   maracas   maraschino cherries   milk fund   mounted fish   multiple marriages   paper cup   pheasant   pinching   popping out of cake   reference to cinderella   reference to johnny weissmuller   reference to rigoletto   reference to rudy vallee   reference to tchaikovsky   reference to the baltimore and ohio railroad   reference to the graf zeppelin   reference to the mayo brothers   sandusky ohio   sheboygan wisconsin   shell game   shell oil company   ship to shore telephone call   singing in bathtub   sitting on piano   spats   st. valentine's day massacre   steamed over eyeglasses   tripping someone   trombone player   ukelele   ukelele player   university of illinois   urbana illinois   vanity fair magazine   vassar college   venezuela   vermouth   water polo   wearing clothes in bathtub   wearing flower over ear   saxophone player   water bottle   mirror ball   lifting adult in air   camera focus on female butt   actress   cult favorite   betrayal   famous entrance   funeral   train   love triangle   chase   death   loyalty   escape   railway station   murder   shot in the back   mistaken identity   parody   irreverence   writer   butler   police chase   speech   fish out of water   mother son relationship   massacre   on the run   cynicism   swimming   cane   voice over narration   telephone call   yacht   title spoken by character   newspaper headline   kiss   reporter   pursuit   drinking   singer   song   florida   newspaper   rain   extramarital affair   resort   gun   machine gun   drunkenness   femme fatale   pier   swimming pool   undressing   henchman   party   portrait painting   suitcase   typewriter   wheelchair   running   pay phone   driving in reverse   police   police car   shooting   sex   phone booth   panties   self hatred   staircase   madness   pistol