Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One: Jazz Culture and All-Girl Films -- 1. The Feminization of Mass Culture and the Novelty of All-Girl Bands -- 2. The Ingenues and the Harlem Playgirls -- Part Two: All-Girl Bands and Sound Films in the Swing Era -- 3. Phil Spitalny's Musical Queens -- 4. The "Blonde Bombshell of Swing": Ina Ray Hutton and Her Melodears -- Part Three: Soundies and Features during the 1940s -- 5. Swinging the Classics: Hazel Scott and Hollywood's Musical-Racial Matrix -- 6. Pinups, Patriotism, and Feminized Genres -- 7. Swing-Centered Films and the Hour of Charm -- 8. The International Sweethearts of Rhythm and Independent Black Sound Film -- Part Four: Variety Television and the 1950s -- 9. Television, Vaudeo, and Female Musical Hosts -- 10. Variety Television Revives All-Girl Bands -- 11. Television's Musical Variety Guests: Hazel Scott, Peggy Lee, and Lena Horne -- Conclusion: The Jazz Canon (Representations and Gendered Absences) -- Filmography -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.