Description
Starting time code: 09:50
Ending time code: 12:07
Length: 137 sec
Beginning: during sequence
Ending: ending of sequence
Outlines: nothing significant
Completeness: complete, satisfying and uninterrupted
Structure: simple
Shots: 3
Average shot length: 46 sec
Performance: song+dance
Number directed by: Walter Lang
Performer(s): Ethel Merman , Dan Dailey
Cast: All White cast
Stars who don't participate: no data
Backstage
Diegetic spectators: yes
Diegetic status of the number: stage
Diegetic status of the music: no diegetic music
Themes
Topic(s): courtship-multiple partners , challenge , vaudeville or variety show or music-hall
Diegetic place: United States , unidentifiable
Imaginary place: none
Ethnic stereotypes: no
Exoticism: not exotic
Music & dance
Song: A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody
Musical ensemble: duet
Dubbing: no
Tempo: no data
Musical styles: Hollywood studio orchestra
Arrangers: no data
Dance director: no data
Dancing type: no data
Dance subgenre: ballroom and social dancing , precision ensemble , tap dance
Dance content: no data
Intertextuality
Source: borrowed from another stage show (Broadway, vaudeville, ballet...)
Quotation: no data