Description

Starting time code: 01:20:22

Ending time code: 01:27:48

Length: 446 sec

Beginning: during sequence

Ending: ending of sequence

Outlines: nothing significant

Completeness: complete, satisfying and uninterrupted

Structure: medley-montage

Shots: 17

Average shot length: 26 sec

Performance: song+dance

Number directed by: no data

Performer(s): Martha Raye , Bob Hope , Shirley Ross

Cast: Mixed Race 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): historical , exotic , trick: onstage impossible number , teasing and exhibitionism , I sing about Love

Diegetic place: Atlantic Ocean

Imaginary place: New York , France , Harlem, NYC , Vienna

Ethnic stereotypes: "savage"

Exoticism: savage , viennese , french

Music & dance

Song: Truckin' (They're going Hollywood in Harlem) , Charleston , The waltz lives on

Musical ensemble: band or orchestra , solo(s)

Dubbing: no data

Tempo: no data

Musical styles: no data

Arrangers: no data

Dance director: LeRoy Prinz

Dance ensemble: chorus

Dancing type: no data

Dance subgenre: ballroom and social dancing , folk dances , jazz

Dance content: charleston , can can , waltz

Intertextuality

Source: borrowed from another stage show (Broadway, vaudeville, ballet...) , borrowed from the musical repertoire , Original number created for the film

Quotation: no data