Description

Starting time code: 23:38

Ending time code: 28:26

Length: 288 sec

Beginning: beginning of sequence

Ending: ending of sequence

Outlines: pause or interpolated dialogue

Completeness: satisfying but interrupted or blurred contours or the performance is left background

Structure: montage

Shots: 36

Average shot length: 8 sec

Performance: song

Number directed by: Irving Rapper

Performer(s): Al Jolson , Robert Alda

Cast: no data

Stars who don't participate: no data

Diegetic spectators: yes + address

Diegetic status of the number: stage

Diegetic status of the music: diegetic musicians seem responsible for the whole accompaniment

Themes

Topic(s): minstrel , stage tradition, history of spectacle , meta-show business montage , broadcasting and recording media (broadcast, records, film) , meta

Diegetic place: Broadway , New York

Imaginary place: no data

Ethnic stereotypes: blackface

Exoticism: southern

Music & dance

Song: Swanee

Musical ensemble: band or orchestra , single instrument

Dubbing: Raymond Turner (Robert Alda)

Tempo: tempo varies

Musical styles: Hollywood studio orchestra , vaudeville / ragtime dance bands

Arrangers: no data

Dance director: no data

Dance ensemble: solo(s)

Dancing type: tempo varies

Dance subgenre: theater dance

Dance content: no data

Source: borrowed from another stage show (Broadway, vaudeville, ballet...)

Quotation: as himself / herself