adultery   cigarette smoking   german   jealousy   animal   based on novel   dream   slapstick comedy   1920s   stabbing   brawl   christmas   blackmail   title ends with period   satire   marriage proposal   car chase   love   marriage   texas   rainstorm   motorcycle cop   broken mirror   ghost writer   movie with surprise ending   character name in title   dancing   screening room   film within a film   face slap   beach   father son relationship   hotel   movie studio   hollywood california   los angeles california   man with glasses   picnic   screenwriter   corpse   new york city   mansion   nazi   hangover   lifting person in air   fire   writing   police raid   corsage   editor   journalism   new year's eve   opening narration   manhattan new york city   secretary   business   male female relationship   snow   empire state building manhattan new york city   flashback   dance   dancer   drink   father daughter relationship   suicide attempt   lifting someone into the air   musical number   actor shares first name with character   convertible   millionaire   election   governor   deceit   infidelity   gunfire   1930s   impersonation   ex husband ex wife relationship   fight   great depression   beautiful woman   beverly hills california   cuckold   guitar   tragedy   divorce   actor   airplane   trial   inheritance   animal attack   trophy   cosmetic surgery   dinner party   main character dies   money   scene during end credits   famous line   memoir   treason   depression   alienation   tragic hero   surveillance   enigma   imagery   movie with twist in the end   obsession   melancholy   prostitution   frustration   mental illness   new orleans louisiana   cocktail party   automobile   seduction   fireplace   monkey   film making   director   behind the scenes   engagement   period in title   filmmaking   key   showbiz   street in title   silent   atlantic city new jersey   debt   policeman   gambling   shadow   new year's eve party   childbirth   split screen   long take   visual metaphor   window smashing   control freak   1890s   ambition   attempted suicide   denial   deathbed   parade   price of fame   attempted rape   furnace   pipe smoking   wealth   business tycoon   rich snob   zoo   isolation   interrogation   flat tire   multiple perspectives   medicine   loneliness   park bench   camera   journalist   wine   puzzle   photographer   champagne   politics   actor director writer   macguffin   rowboat   mislaid trust   catfight   drunk driving   aging   baseball   band   dying words   half breed   alternative history   poison   cigarette holder   lighting cigarette for woman   movie projector   cigarette case   contemporary setting   date   chicago illinois   delusion   spy   washed up star   comeback   pool   fame   miami florida   film in film   1870s   scandal   adulterer   shopping   poker   movie camera   newsreel footage   narrated by character   opera house   reference to james joyce   hidden truth   fence   nostalgia   materialism   overcoat   tuxedo   love affair   financial crisis   gift   script writer   native american   laughing   script   narcissism   singing lesson   good deed   whip   rehearsal   longing   beauty   love story   garage   older woman younger man relationship   narration from the grave   farce   vanity   ashtray   extravagance   directed by star   rio de janeiro brazil   man in love   shadow play   apathy   secret past   mistress   melodrama   chimpanzee   casket   veil   playing piano   politician   camera crew   changing room   revolving door   binoculars   irony   boat accident   tow truck   motorboat   diving   fire truck   attempted poisoning   orchestral music score   breakfast   career   deathbed talk   deep focus   egoist   exotica   fictional biography   giraffe   gondola   influence   kublai khan   landmark   last words   leitmotif   media mogul   mist   newspaper editor   newspaper headline montage   newspaper publisher   newsreel   newsreel in plot   newsreel spoof   poignant   reference to coleridge   rise to power   roman a clef   rosebud   second marriage   second wife   abused child   guardian   double decker bus   estate   rags to riches   hall of mirrors   jigsaw puzzle   nursing home   boarding house   sled   snowglobe   spanish american war   spinning newspaper   theater critic   toothache   trustee   unknown   waiting for love   watching newsreel   xanadu   stock market crash   rescue from drowning   bach's toccata and fugue   neglected wife   mob of reporters   film camera   has been   classic car   government agent   paramount pictures   american indian   scientist   swimsuit   horseback riding   neurotic   private school   fear of husband   loveless marriage   mistrust of husband   poisoned cup   racetrack   secret from lover   stolen key   uranium   double exposure effects   wine cellar   recluse   gay bar   ballroom dancing   chauffeur   silent filmmaking   repossession   chinatown   monkey in sailor suit   reflex test   tong war   yankee stadium bronx new york city   sing along   motion picture industry   motion picture studio   rattlesnake   elopement   wagon train   abbreviation in title   silent film star   film studio   bald   cufflink   refuge   death of parent   debutante   heredity   indian attack   sexually aggressive woman   sins of the father   gigolo   male escort   death star   assistant director   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   lifting adult in air   american   actress   dog   cult favorite   betrayal   famous entrance   funeral   death   loyalty   hospital   espionage   murder   nightclub   shot in the back   mistaken identity   parody   bronx new york city   bottle   fog   irreverence   writer   butler   suicide   dark hero   dark past   one word title   loss of father   octopus   mother son relationship   rooftop   power   megalomaniac   thrown from a horse   cynicism   cane   voice over narration   restaurant   husband wife relationship   telephone call   nurse   title spoken by character   kiss   reporter   drinking   singer   florida   newspaper   rain   extramarital affair   unfaithfulness   gun   machine gun   drunkenness   femme fatale   rescue   swimming pool   infiltration   limousine   self sacrifice   library   party   opera   portrait painting   typewriter   police   public nudity   shooting   publisher   colorado   no opening credits   self hatred   unhappiness   staircase   police officer   madness   death of child   pistol   regeneration