Description
Starting time code: 45:21
Ending time code: 48:21
Length: 180 sec
Beginning: during sequence
Ending: ending of sequence
Outlines: nothing significant
Completeness: complete, satisfying and uninterrupted
Structure: simple
Shots: 18
Average shot length: 10 sec
Performance: song+dance
Number directed by: no data
Performer(s): Bing Crosby , Marjorie Reynolds , Joan Arnold , Shelby Bacon , Louise Beavers
Cast: Mixed Race Cast
Stars who don't participate: no data
Backstage
Diegetic spectators: yes
Diegetic status of the number: other
Diegetic status of the music: musicians are playing but more instruments are heard
Themes
Topic(s): minstrel , military, patriotic and war
Diegetic place: Connecticut
Imaginary place: Undefined (but there is a projection in another place)
Ethnic stereotypes: blackface
Exoticism: southern
Music & dance
Song: Abraham
Musical ensemble: solo(s) , chorus
Dubbing: no data
Tempo: rhythm tune
Musical styles: Hollywood studio orchestra
Arrangers: no data
Dance director: Sam Ledner
Dance ensemble: chorus
Dancing type: rhythm tune
Dance subgenre: precision ensemble
Dance content: no data
Intertextuality
Source: Original number created for the film
Quotation: no data