Description
Starting time code: 01:11:32
Ending time code: 01:14:59
Length: 207 sec
Beginning: during sequence
Ending: during sequence
Outlines: nothing significant
Completeness: complete, satisfying and uninterrupted
Structure: simple
Shots: 11
Average shot length: 19 sec
Performance: song+dance
Number directed by: H. Bruce Humberstone
Performer(s): Betty Grable
Cast: All White cast
Stars who don't participate: no data
Backstage
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): high society or good manners , community - fiesta and social dancing , military, patriotic and war , exotic , risqué song
Diegetic place: Washington Square
Imaginary place: none
Ethnic stereotypes: no
Exoticism: central european , latin
Music & dance
Song: The Story of the Very Merry Widow
Musical ensemble: solo(s)
Dubbing: no data
Tempo: no data
Musical styles: no data
Arrangers: no data
Dance director: Hermes Pan
Dance ensemble: solo(s) , chorus
Dancing type: no data
Dance subgenre: ballroom and social dancing
Intertextuality
Source: Original number created for the film
Quotation: no data
