Description
Starting time code: 27:32
Ending time code: 30:57
Length: 205 sec
Beginning: during sequence
Ending: ending of sequence
Outlines: nothing significant
Completeness: complete, satisfying and uninterrupted
Structure: simple
Shots: 5
Average shot length: 41 sec
Performance: song+dance
Number directed by: Vincente Minnelli
Performer(s): Fred Astaire , Jack Buchanan , Nanette Fabray , Oscar Levant
Cast: All White cast
Stars who don't participate: no data
Backstage
Diegetic spectators: virtual audience imagined by the performers + address
Diegetic status of the number: no
Diegetic status of the music: no diegetic music
Themes
Topic(s): childish and playful , meta , vaudeville or variety show or music-hall
Diegetic place: Broadway
Imaginary place: none
Ethnic stereotypes: no
Exoticism: not exotic
Music & dance
Song: That's Entertainment
Musical ensemble: solo(s) , quartet
Dubbing: no
Tempo: rhythm tune
Musical styles: Hollywood studio orchestra
Arrangers: no data
Dance director: Michael Kidd
Dance ensemble: quartet
Dancing type: rhythm tune
Dance subgenre: mime , specialty , tap dance , theater dance
Dance content: no data
Intertextuality
Source: Original number created for the film
Quotation: quotation