Description
Starting time code: 01:27:16
Ending time code: 01:28:30
Length: 74 sec
Beginning: during sequence
Ending: during sequence
Outlines: no data
Completeness: incomplete & fragmentary (hardly a number)
Structure: simple
Shots: 20
Average shot length: 4 sec
Performance: song+dance
Number directed by: Busby Berkeley
Performer(s): Joan Blondell
Cast: no data
Stars who don't participate: no data
Backstage
Diegetic spectators: yes
Diegetic status of the number: stage
Diegetic status of the music: diegetic musicians seem responsible for the whole accompaniment
Themes
Topic(s): stage tradition, history of spectacle
Diegetic place: Broadway
Imaginary place: none
Ethnic stereotypes: no
Exoticism: not exotic
Music & dance
Song: Try to See It My Way
Musical ensemble: chorus
Dubbing: no
Tempo: no data
Musical styles: no data
Arrangers: no data
Dance director: Busby Berkeley
Dance ensemble: chorus
Dancing type: no data
Dance subgenre: specialty
Dance content: no data
Intertextuality
Source: Original number created for the film
Quotation: no data