Description
Starting time code: 14:35
Ending time code: 15:54
Length: 79 sec
Beginning: during sequence
Ending: during sequence
Outlines: pause or interpolated dialogue
Completeness: incomplete & fragmentary (hardly a number)
Structure: simple
Shots: 13
Average shot length: 6 sec
Performance: song+dance
Number directed by: Busby Berkeley
Performer(s): James Cagney , Frank McHugh
Cast: no data
Stars who don't participate: no data
Backstage
Diegetic spectators: yes
Diegetic status of the number: rehearsal, casting, recording session, etc.
Diegetic status of the music: diegetic musicians seem responsible for the whole accompaniment
Themes
Topic(s): no data
Diegetic place: Broadway
Imaginary place: none
Ethnic stereotypes: no
Exoticism: not exotic
Music & dance
Song: One Step Ahead of My Shadow
Musical ensemble: chorus
Dubbing: no
Tempo: no data
Musical styles: no data
Arrangers: no data
Dance director: Busby Berkeley
Dancing type: no data
Dance subgenre: specialty
Dance content: no data
Intertextuality
Source: Original number created for the film
Quotation: no data