Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)

Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) is a romantic comedy with some nicely placed moments of pain and insight, despite an unfortunate performance by Mickey Rooney (in yellow face) as the landlord, Mr. Yunioshi. The opening scene, with Holly Golightly in evening wear outside the venerable jeweller, is a beautiful instance of unlit outdoor photography. I would love to know more about how that scene was shot.

Atop this post is a crop of a screen shot -- the menu board from a Central Park kiosk. This scene, too, is nicely photographed -- and made better for its unexpected outcome: not a detective hired by Emily's husband to spy on his wife, as Emily fears, and as Emily's young lover Paul goes outside to ascertain, but Holly's much older estranged husband Doc, who came to New York City to take Holly, whose real name is Lula Mae Barnes, back to rural Texas.