Description
Starting time code: 25:45
Ending time code: 28:47
Length: 182 sec
Beginning: during sequence
Ending: during sequence
Outlines: no data
Completeness: complete, satisfying and uninterrupted
Structure: montage
Shots: 2
Average shot length: 91 sec
Performance: song
Number directed by: Vincente Minnelli
Performer(s): Ethel Waters
Cast: All Black cast
Stars who don't participate: no data
Backstage
Diegetic spectators: yes
Diegetic status of the number: private performance
Diegetic status of the music: no diegetic music
Themes
Topic(s): domestic
Diegetic place: American South
Imaginary place: no data
Ethnic stereotypes: no data
Exoticism: no data
Music & dance
Song: Happiness is a Thing Called Joe
Musical ensemble: solo(s)
Dubbing: no
Tempo: ballad
Musical styles: Hollywood studio orchestra
Arrangers: Roger Edens , George Bassman
Dance director: no data
Dance ensemble: no data
Dancing type: ballad
Dance subgenre: no data
Dance content: no data
Intertextuality
Source: Original number created for the film
Quotation: no data