Description
Starting time code: 59:19
Ending time code: 59:37
Length: 18 sec
Beginning: beginning of sequence
Ending: during sequence
Outlines: no data
Completeness: incomplete & fragmentary (hardly a number)
Structure: simple
Shots: 3
Average shot length: 6 sec
Performance: song+dance
Number directed by: no data
Performer(s): Dick Powell
Cast: no data
Stars who don't participate: no data
Backstage
Diegetic spectators: yes
Diegetic status of the number: rehearsal, casting, recording session, etc.
Diegetic status of the music: diegetic musicians seem responsible for the whole accompaniment
Themes
Topic(s): courtship or serenade (only 1 partner)
Diegetic place: Broadway
Imaginary place: none
Ethnic stereotypes: no
Exoticism: not exotic
Music & dance
Song: By a Waterfall
Musical ensemble: single instrument
Dubbing: no
Tempo: no data
Musical styles: no data
Arrangers: no data
Dance director: Busby Berkeley
Dance ensemble: chorus
Dancing type: no data
Dance subgenre: precision ensemble
Dance content: no data
Intertextuality
Source: Original number created for the film
Quotation: no data