Jazz culture and all-girl films. The feminization of mass culture and the novelty of all-girl bands ; The ingenues and the Harlem playgirls -- All-girl bands and sound films in the swing era. Phil Spitalny's Musical Queens ; The "blonde bombshell of swing": Ina Ray Hutton and her Melodears -- Soundies and features during the 1940s. Swinging the classics: Hazel Scott and Hollywood's musical-racial matrix ; Pinups, patriotism, and feminized genres ; Swing-centered films and the hour of charm ; The International Sweethearts of Rhythm and independent Black sound film -- Variety television and the 1950s. Television, vaudeo, and female musical hosts ; Variety television revives all-girl bands ; Television's musical variety guests: Hazel Scott, Peggy Lee, and Lena Horne ; The jazz canon (representations and gendered absences).