bartender   cigarette smoking   bar   jealousy   double cross   based on novel   slapstick comedy   1920s   fired from the job   extortion   blackmail   satire   love   punctuation in title   marriage   ladder   rainstorm   movie with surprise ending   political corruption   dancing   police corruption   screening room   film within a film   hotel   movie studio   1950s   hollywood california   los angeles california   new york city   wig   fire   theatrical agent   gangster   singing   hat   organized crime   broadway manhattan new york city   mob   boy   manhattan new york city   falling from height   crying   corruption   male female relationship   cigar smoking   flashback   dancer   security guard   stockings   funny accent   car dealer   lie   lifting someone into the air   convertible   black and white   secret   taxi   recording studio   beautiful woman   piano   video camera   actor   casino   obesity   money   alienation   bed   suit   glasses   1960s   lip synching   revolver   disfigurement   dignity   beer   punch   crime boss   kissing   title based on song   lipstick   friend   candle   hotel room   telephone booth   high heels   true love   seduction   fireplace   behind the scenes   california   movie star   microphone   policeman   kitchen   applause   coffee   film director   film producer   san francisco california   unconsciousness   anti hero   flat tire   partner   eyeglasses   book   movie fan   anonymous telephone call   motorcycle   contract   watching a movie   junkyard   poetic justice   dressing room   scar   overhead camera shot   vendetta   sword fight   cigarette holder   movie premiere   whipped cream   fan   insult   poker   car bomb   trolley   coconut grove   bandage   jewelry   airplane accident   biplane   film premiere   war filmmaking   film history   megaphone   purposeful car accident   mob boss   fedora   poster   balcony   decolletage   overcoat   pearl necklace   raincoat   fur coat   cityscape   fire fight   tie   tuxedo   chorus girl   spontaneous choreography   apostrophe in title   tap dancing   pajamas   bodyguard   laughing   musician   ballet   candelabra   humor   vaudeville   violin   orchestra   pianist   semiautomatic pistol   fashion show   scalding   streetcar   telephone box   penthouse   death of wife   penthouse apartment   security breach   falling to one's death   earring   black and white segues into color   mistress   man wearing a wig   audience   widow   robe   straw hat   venetian blind   lamp   walking into a wall   fist fight   knocked unconscious   cake   speakeasy   scarf   irony   billboard   publicity   famous song   deathbed talk   spinning newspaper   trojan horse   treadmill   title sung by character   stuntman   comb   murder of wife   musical instrument   stage door   studio backlot   pun   sharpshooter   pack of money   steak   dressing gown   nightgown   curtain   portrait   cuff links   dead woman on bed   alcatraz   left to die   burlesque   grandfather clock   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   vest   arm twisted   b girl   barmaid   boutonnière   burn   burned with a cigarette   choker necklace   cocktail bar   lame woman   patrol car   scalded face   shot in body   show handkerchief   soda pop   squadroom   struggle   suspended policeman   throwing coffee   watch chain   wrecking yard   face burn   teletype   car wreck   falling from a tower   used car lot   betrayal by friend   lifting adult in air   betrayal of fellow man   criminal organization   los angeles spillway   sister in law   naked dead body   american   friendship   actress   cult favorite   betrayal   movie theater   love triangle   reference to william shakespeare   doctor   murder   nightclub   shot in the back   violinist   explosion   butler   suicide   hit in the crotch   costume   vengeance   pulp fiction   nonlinear timeline   little girl   revenge   cane   statue   violence   husband wife relationship   montage   slow motion scene   title spoken by character   singer   song   newspaper   rain   letter   liquor   extramarital affair   femme fatale   warrior   henchman   loss of wife   sword   torture   party   suitcase   20th century   psychopath   vigilante justice   police   necklace   street   talent agent   stupidity   umbrella   piano player   staircase   police officer   neo noir   police detective