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

Dance ensemble: duet , chorus

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