black comedy   cigarette smoking   jealousy   slapstick comedy   1920s   fired from the job   extortion   blackmail   satire   fugitive   marriage proposal   kidnapping   love   punctuation in title   ladder   rainstorm   dancing   screening room   film within a film   hotel   movie studio   hollywood california   los angeles california   new york city   false accusation   wig   fire   theatrical agent   gangster   singing   hat   broadway manhattan new york city   boy   manhattan new york city   crying   male female relationship   flashback   shaving   dancer   funny accent   arrest   airport   lie   cult director   lifting someone into the air   auto theft   breaking and entering   black and white   secret   taxi   recording studio   sports car   beautiful woman   attempted murder   piano   video camera   divorce   actor   airplane   casino   glasses   imagery   lip synching   dignity   road   title based on song   friend   candle   true love   seduction   director cameo   lighting a cigarette   lighting someone's cigarette   behind the scenes   california   movie star   microphone   policeman   kitchen   applause   film director   film producer   crash   unconsciousness   shower   blockbuster   flat tire   partner   book   movie fan   motorcycle   framed for murder   contract   watching a movie   macguffin   mislaid trust   drunk driving   assassination   dressing room   evil man   overhead camera shot   sword fight   cigarette holder   movie premiere   whipped cream   contemporary setting   chicago illinois   spy   fan   insult   courtroom   cornfield   trolley   coconut grove   jewelry   airplane accident   biplane   country estate   film premiere   war filmmaking   film history   megaphone   washington d.c.   homosexuality   cold war   fedora   poster   advertising   pearl necklace   raincoat   tuxedo   chorus girl   spontaneous choreography   apostrophe in title   tap dancing   indiana   reckless driving   laughing   musician   ballet   candelabra   humor   vaudeville   violin   orchestra   pianist   disguise   fashion show   streetcar   telephone box   agent   black and white segues into color   architecture   man wearing a wig   audience   cafeteria   ledge   straw hat   walking into a wall   knocked unconscious   cake   speakeasy   irony   billboard   grand central station manhattan new york city   publicity   famous song   spinning newspaper   bus stop   fuel   treadmill   title sung by character   stuntman   illinois   musical instrument   stage door   government agent   studio backlot   falling over a cliff   pun   auction   dining car   punch into camera   advertising executive   aerial spraying   cardinal direction in title   forced to drink and drive   goof in title   framed for drunk driving   crop duster   hit in the stomach   impression of writing left on next sheet of paper   marketing executive   matchbook   microfilm   mount rushmore   murdered before giving protagonist information   oedipus complex   pouring alcohol down someone's throat   railway   reference to teddy roosevelt   running from danger   secret government organisation   secret history   semi trailer   sex appeal   sex in train   shot with blank   sky photography   sleeping car   south dakota   stepping on someone's hand   stranger on a train   suspected murder   title based on shakespeare   train tunnel   walking on a ledge   curtain   surprise attack   waiting   stealth   burlesque   acrobatics   boater hat   busby berkeley homage   bush   cheesecake   clown costume   comedy team   compliment   debut   diction coach   diction lesson   driving off a cliff   dubbing   employment dismissal   fiddle   fiddler   flapper   grauman's chinese theater   gutter   heartbeat   hidden love   hollywood mogul   inside joke   jalopy   jumping into a car   kissing on a doorstep   lamp post   lucky star   marquee   mistaken motive   movie magazine   movie preview   musical filmmaking   new concept   noises   obsessive love   orchestra conductor   out of sync   pacing   pratfall   reference to a tale of two cities   reference to calvin coolidge   reference to ethel barrymore   reference to george bernard shaw   reference to king lear   reference to moses   silent filmmaking   sound recording   table   talkie   tarantula   theater audience   theater curtain   toreador   tossing coin   type casting   water drain spout   wind machine   yes man   ziegfeld follies   america   morning   sign   performance   sound stage   streetlight   reference to al jolson   harmonica   lifting adult in air   american   friendship   actress   car accident   betrayal   movie theater   train   love triangle   reference to william shakespeare   death   faked death   railway station   famous score   hospital   murder   nightclub   mistaken identity   violinist   explosion   costume   mother son relationship   on the run   cane   statue   restaurant   montage   slow motion scene   title spoken by character   singer   song   newspaper   rain   gun   drunkenness   punched in the face   femme fatale   henchman   sword   party   suitcase   20th century   running   police   necklace   street   talent agent   stupidity   umbrella   piano player   suspense   united nations   secret agent   secret identity   pistol