Description
Starting time code: 56:28
Ending time code: 01:00:57
Length: 269 sec
Beginning: beginning of sequence
Ending: ending of sequence
Outlines: nothing significant
Completeness: complete, satisfying and uninterrupted
Structure: montage
Shots: 15
Average shot length: 18 sec
Performance: song+dance
Number directed by: no data
Performer(s): Betty Grable , June Haver
Cast: All White cast
Stars who don't participate: no data
Backstage
Diegetic spectators: yes + address
Diegetic status of the number: stage
Diegetic status of the music: no diegetic music
Themes
Topic(s): community - fiesta and social dancing , trick: animation / puppets / drawings , trick: onstage impossible number , revue-fashion show-calendar-magazine cover
Diegetic place: Paris
Imaginary place: Harlem, NYC
Ethnic stereotypes: French , blackface
Exoticism: french
Music & dance
Song: Darktown Strutter's Ball
Musical ensemble: duet , solo(s)
Dubbing: no data
Tempo: no data
Musical styles: no data
Arrangers: no data
Dance director: Seymour Felix
Dance ensemble: duet
Dancing type: no data
Dance subgenre: fashion show , tap dance
Dance content: no data
Intertextuality
Source: borrowed from the musical repertoire
Quotation: no data