Description
Starting time code: 44:52
Ending time code: 49:56
Length: 304 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: medley
Shots: 35
Average shot length: 9 sec
Performance: song+dance
Number directed by: Irving Rapper
Performer(s): no data
Cast: Mixed Race 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): challenge-fight and violence , romantic duet , death , stage tradition, history of spectacle , meta , I sing about Love
Diegetic place: Broadway , Harlem, New York , New York
Imaginary place: no data
Ethnic stereotypes: blackface
Exoticism: no data
Music & dance
Song: no data
Musical ensemble: band or orchestra
Dubbing: no data
Tempo: tempo varies
Musical styles: Hollywood studio orchestra , blues , operetta
Arrangers: no data
Dance director: LeRoy Prinz
Dance ensemble: chorus
Dancing type: tempo varies
Dance subgenre: modern dance , other
Dance content: no data
Intertextuality
Source: borrowed from another stage show (Broadway, vaudeville, ballet...)
Quotation: no data