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