Description
Starting time code: 37:04
Ending time code: 39:14
Length: 130 sec
Beginning: beginning of sequence
Ending: ending of sequence
Outlines: nothing significant
Completeness: complete, satisfying and uninterrupted
Structure: medley
Shots: 11
Average shot length: 12 sec
Performance: instrumental+dance
Number directed by: no data
Performer(s): Eleanor Powell
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): dancing specialty , trick: visual effect (except animation)
Diegetic place: Pacific Ocean
Imaginary place: none
Ethnic stereotypes: blackface
Exoticism: no data
Music & dance
Song: Old Black Joe , Old Folks at Home (Swanee River) , Darktown Strutter's Ball , Listen to the Mockingbird
Musical ensemble: band or orchestra
Dubbing: no data
Tempo: tempo varies
Musical styles: Hollywood studio orchestra , minstrelsy
Arrangers: no data
Dance director: Bobby Connolly , Sammy Lee
Dance ensemble: solo(s)
Dancing type: tempo varies
Dance subgenre: tap dance
Dance content: no data
Intertextuality
Source: borrowed from the musical repertoire
Quotation: impersonation