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thompson gun   playing cards   coleslaw   trumpet player   title same as book   train conductor   sugar   funeral parlor   cracker   cheating at cards   fingernail file   1936   house painter   off track betting   peoria illinois   ragtime   reference to mutt and jeff   sting operation   telegraph office   reference to rudolph valentino   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   son killing mother   cold war era   free spirit   saxophonist   camera focus on female butt   anti communism   female singer   divorced mother   political conspiracy   committing suicide   jazz singer   red scare   death of stepfather   married couple   right wing extremist   man murders a 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communist infiltrator   death of killer   department of defense   manipulative mother   military budget   political convention   political puppet   queen of diamonds   recurring nightmare   soviet agent   suppressed memory   red china   pay phone   driving in reverse   police   police car   political thriller   sex   phone booth   panties   american politics   waitress   murderer   police detective