adultery   black comedy   cigarette smoking   french   double cross   animal   based on novel   dream   1920s   christmas   blackmail   title ends with period   satire   car chase   love   marriage   criminal   ghost writer   movie with surprise ending   character name in title   subjective camera   dancing   film within a film   face slap   father son relationship   movie studio   hollywood california   los angeles california   man with glasses   picnic   screenwriter   corpse   new york city   mansion   false accusation   lifting person in air   fire   writing   singing   corsage   editor   journalism   new year's eve   opening narration   fainting   business   crying   male female relationship   snow   flashback   dance   dancer   drink   father daughter relationship   suicide attempt   painter   lie   cult director   u.s. president   lifting someone into the air   small town   musical number   phone book   convertible   millionaire   election   governor   deceit   execution   infidelity   1930s   impersonation   detective   blind man   ex husband ex wife relationship   electric chair   great depression   beautiful woman   beverly hills california   lawyer   piano   cuckold   tragedy   divorce   actor   professor   trophy   cosmetic surgery   guilt   main character dies   money   scene during end credits   famous line   cheating wife   memoir   depression   alienation   glasses   tragic hero   enigma   imagery   sideshow   psychotronic   obsession   melancholy   railroad track   old man   hate   frustration   mental illness   double life   automobile   seduction   director cameo   fireplace   insanity   cowboy costume   film making   director   behind the scenes   engagement   period in title   filmmaking   showbiz   street in title   silent   atlantic city new jersey   debt   policeman   gambling   shadow   anger   stranger   new year's eve party   judge   long take   visual metaphor   control freak   1890s   ambition   attempted suicide   denial   deathbed   price of fame   furnace   pipe smoking   wealth   business tycoon   rich snob   zoo   isolation   interrogation   flat tire   multiple perspectives   fire escape   loneliness   child in peril   door key   camera   maniac   journalist   note   framed for murder   puzzle   stalking   woman with glasses   politics   actor director writer   macguffin   gasoline   mislaid trust   court   aging   band   dying words   evil man   alternative history   teacher   poison   cigarette holder   lighting cigarette for woman   movie projector   cigarette case   chicago illinois   delusion   washed up star   chance meeting   comeback   pool   celebrity   stalker   fame   film in film   1870s   gossip   scandal   adulterer   shopping   courtroom   movie camera   u.s. senator   flirting   boat   washington d.c.   parallel montage   following someone   narrated by character   opera house   liar   reference to james joyce   hidden truth   carousel   fence   nostalgia   materialism   overcoat   sense of smell   tuxedo   love affair   financial crisis   neck breaking   gift   script writer   laughing   script   narcissism   french accent   blindfold   singing lesson   good deed   rehearsal   longing   beauty   garage   older woman younger man relationship   narration from the grave   vanity   ashtray   extravagance   tennis   directed by star   remarriage   bourbon   look alike   murder suspect   drunken man   shadow play   apathy   secret past   mistress   college   melodrama   chimpanzee   weakness   casket   white house   veil   adulteress   playing piano   politician   camera crew   irony   mars the planet   tow truck   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   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   athlete   stock market crash   reference to george washington   bach's toccata and fugue   drain   washington monument   mob of reporters   film camera   has been   classic car   boat ride   homosexual subtext   paramount pictures   queens new york city   neurotic   jefferson memorial   merry go round   lincoln memorial   dining car   nightfall   perfect murder   arlington virginia   atomic power   bigamy   bombing the white house   boss' daughter   burning note   call for help   club car   college professor   criss cross   double exposure effects   dressing gown   driving blindfolded   family quarrel   forest hills queens new york city   great dane   helping blind man cross street   innocent suspect   carbon monoxide poisoning   giving a toast   being followed   evil laughter   jet plane   kewpie doll   listening to recording   mama's boy   man kills woman   meeting on train   murder of stranger   music store   penn station   piano tuner   pregnant woman murdered   punch into camera   radio announcer   rocket to the moon   secret from fiancée   setting fire   society page   sound booth   sports announcer   sports page   st. francis   stepping on hand   street grating   suspect tailing   swapping murders   tennis match   tennis player   tie clip   train compartment   train porter   tunnel of love   malice   trance   sentenced to death   recluse   ballroom dancing   chauffeur   repossession   sing along   motion picture industry   motion picture studio   abbreviation in title   silent film star   film studio   bald   cufflink   refuge   gigolo   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   amusement park   friendship   actress   dog   cult favorite   famous entrance   funeral   train   death   loyalty   railway station   hospital   murder   nightclub   shot in the back   mistaken identity   parody   suspect   fog   irreverence   writer   butler   suicide   dark hero   speech   dark past   octopus   mother son relationship   power   pregnancy   island   megalomaniac   cynicism   cane   voice over narration   husband wife relationship   montage   telephone call   sister sister relationship   nurse   u.s. capitol building   title spoken by character   kiss   reporter   investigation   drinking   singer   song   florida   newspaper   rain   extramarital affair   unfaithfulness   gun   drunkenness   punched in the face   femme fatale   race against time   swimming pool   strangulation   death of expectant mother   senator   limousine   library   party   opera   portrait painting   teenage boy   typewriter   screaming   psychopath   pay phone   passionate kiss   police   shooting   priest   phone booth   publisher   colorado   no opening credits   self hatred   unhappiness   suspense   staircase   threat   madness   wedding   pistol