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This shot dissolves to a view of two detectives eating underneath the Pulaski Skyway in New Jersey. A waltz is characterized as being a triple time A rhythym characterized by three beats to a bar,so it makes sense that this shot of the couples dancing will be be used 3 more times during the film’s run-time, each occasion marking one of 3 pivotal movements in the narrative: the start of the mystery, the mystery’s reveal, and the final conclusion. The title card opens on a shot of couples waltzing to the “Merry Widow Waltz”. It’s from this scene that we dissolve into the view of two detectives looking for a subject.

The opening sets up the waltz that will serve as the movie’s key refrain, set to pop up at the key moments of the film. Two detectives, Graham (Macdonald Carey) and Saunders (Ford) look across for a missing subject.The waltz refrain dissolves to a view of the Pulaski Skyway.