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275 a cappella singing, xviii, 164, 165–166, 167–168, 172 “Accentuate the Positive” (Arlen and Mercer), 116 The Accused, 9 “acoustic lighting,” 67 Act of Violence, 74, 203 Adorno, Theodor, 133, 268n. 11 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939), 175 “Again” (Newman and Cochran), 187, 190 Agee, James, 18, 145 Aleksandrov, Grigori, 4, 33 Alexander’s Ragtime Band, 122 All My Sons, 165 Altman, Rick, xii, 3, 5 Altman, Robert, 196 “Amado Mio” (Roberts and Fisher), 234, 235, 236 “Am I Blue?” (Akst and Clarke), 200 Among the Living, xvi, 12–14, 61, 145, 175, 194 “And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine” (Kenton, Lawrence, and Greene), 199, 200–201, 201, 246 And Now Tomorrow, 28 Antheil, George, 241 “Anywhere” (Styne and Cahn), 238 Apocalypse Now, x, 5 Armstrong, Louis, 182, 193 The Asphalt Jungle, xiii Astaire, Fred, 25, 188 asynchronism, 4 Audio-Vision (Chion), 1, 2, 5 “audiovisual illusion,” 1 auditory hierarchy, 2, 68 Auerbach, Jonathan, 83 Austin, Gene, 182 “Avalon” (Rose), 112 Bacall, Lauren, xiv, 199–200, 201 “bad girl,” xix, 17, 44, 221, 233, 241. See also “good-bad girl” Bailey, Mildred, 15 Ballinger, Alexander, xiii The Band Wagon, 79, 114 Barbieri, Gato, x “barrel” sound, 68 Barthes, Roland, xii Basie, Count, 143, 182 Basinger, Jeanine, 81 Bazin, André, 249 “Beautiful Moods,” 142 bebop, 11, 15 Becker, Leon S., 96, 99 Beethoven, Ludwig van, 124, 141, 161 Beggar’s Holiday, 196, 199 Index Miklitsch_pp275-288.indd 275 Miklitsch_pp275-288.indd 275 12/8/10 4:26:01 PM 12/8/10 4:26:01 PM Index 276 bells: alarm, 96; church, 56, 124; at Pop’s Diner (Fallen Angel), 122, 124; telephone (see telephone); traffic, 87 Benjamin, Walter, 102 Benny Goodman orchestra, 125. See also Goodman, Benny Berceuse in D flat Major (Chopin), 225–226 Berlin: Symphony of a Great City, 57 Berlin Express, 76 Berman, Pandro S., 25 Bernhardt, Curtis, 3, 153, 154 Berry, Chuck, 176 Bertolucci, Bernardo, x Best Foot Forward, 203 Bewitched, 64, 193–194 Bezzerides, A. I., 83 Biesen, Sheri Chinen, 28,31, 267n. 50 big band music, ix, xvi, 10, 11, 15, 113, 135, 138, 268n. 11, 271n. 14 Big Book of Swing (Treadwell), 16 The Big Clock, xvii, 84–86, 91, 158; score, 9 The Big Combo, 11 The Big Heat, 162 The Big Sleep, 8, 9, 17, 18, 38, 58, 71, 114, 199–203, 201, 207, 241, 246 The Big Steal, 54 bird song, 56, 64 Black Angel, xvii, 109–111, 152 black bands, xviii, 11, 138, 139, 142–143, 144, 148, 196–197 black dance, 11, 12, 14, 146, 259n. 64 black musical performers (solo), xviii, xix, 15, 135, 146, 174, 176, 178–180, 181–182 blackness, xviii; and jazz, xvi, xviii; and jitterbug, 14. See also whiteness Black Path of Fear (Woolrich), 65 black popular culture, 12, 259n. 60; and white “hipness,” 147 Der blaue Engel (The Blue Angel), 237, 243 Blind Alley, 71, 261n. 9 The Blue Dahlia, 95–96, 112, 115–116, 118, 267n. 51; score, 9 “The Blue Danube” (Strauss), 133 blues, 136, 161, 174–177, 183, 194, 196 Blyth, Ann, 210, 210–211 Body and Soul, 212 “Body and Soul” (Heyman, Sour, Eyton, and Green), 116 Bogle, Donald, 175 Boomerang!, 5 Borde, Raymond, xii, 132, 227, 237 Border Incident, xvii, 73, 79–83, 82, 203, 264n. 33, 265n. 43 Born to Kill, xviii, 128–130 Borzage, Frank, 174, 177 Boswell, Connee, 15 Bould, Mark, 272n. 14 bowling, encoding sex, 190 boxing match announcer, 94 Brahm, John, 3, 28, 29, 116, 153 Brahms, Johannes, 120, 141, 156–157, 160 The Brasher Doubloon, 64 Breen, Joseph, 37 The Bribe, 17, 63–64, 211–216, 222 The Brick Foxhole (Brooks), 134 “Brief Life” (Dowson), 103 Brigandi, Phil, 94 Broadway Rhythm, 203 Broken Strings, 14 Brook, Vincent, 262n. 54, 266n. 32, 267n. 63 Brooks, Jack, 111 Brooks, Richard, 134 Brown, Bernard B., 109 Brown, Everett A., 104 Brown, Royal S., 8 Brute Force, 134–136 Bryant, Marie, xix, 196, 197, 198, 199 Buchsbaum, Jonathan, 39, 43 Build My Gallows High (film). See Out of the Past Build My Gallows High (Homes), 260n. 2 Butler, David, xiii, 138 Buttolph, David, 62, 258n. 28 Bwana Devil, 193 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, 28, 33 Cabin in the Sky, 176 Cain, James M., 28, 54 Calcutta, 9, 212 Call Northside 777, xvii, 5, 6–7, 165 Callow, Simon, 242 Miklitsch_pp275-288.indd 276 Miklitsch_pp275-288.indd 276 12/8/10 4:26:01 PM 12/8/10 4:26:01 PM...

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