Description
Starting time code: 01:09:00
Ending time code: 01:11:34
Length: 154 sec
Beginning: during sequence
Ending: ending of sequence
Outlines: no data
Completeness: complete, satisfying and uninterrupted
Structure: other
Shots: 7
Average shot length: 22 sec
Performance: song
Number directed by: George Abbott , Stanley Donen
Performer(s): Ray Walston
Cast: no data
Stars who don't participate: no data
Backstage
Diegetic spectators: no + address
Diegetic status of the number: no
Diegetic status of the music: no diegetic music
Themes
Topic(s): cheering up and feel good
Diegetic place: Washington D.C.
Imaginary place: Undefined (but there is a projection in another place) , London , Paris
Ethnic stereotypes: no
Exoticism: british , french , other , native (American Indians)
Music & dance
Song: Those Were the Good Old Days
Musical ensemble: band or orchestra , solo(s)
Dubbing: no data
Tempo: swinging ballad
Musical styles: Hollywood studio orchestra
Arrangers: Jerry Ross , Richard Adler
Dance director: no data
Dance ensemble: NA
Dancing type: swinging ballad
Dance subgenre: no data
Dance content: no data
Intertextuality
Source: Adapted from a stage number of the same show
Quotation: parody