TY - BOOK AU - McGee,Kristin A. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Some liked it hot: jazz women in film and television, 1928-1959 T2 - Music/culture AV - PN1995.9.J38 M34 2009eb U1 - 791.43/6578 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Middletown, Conn. PB - Wesleyan University Press KW - Women jazz musicians in motion pictures KW - Big bands in motion pictures KW - Jazz in motion pictures KW - Motion pictures KW - United States KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Television broadcasting of music KW - Variety shows (Television programs) KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Jazz culture and all-girls 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 guests: Hazel Scott, Peggy Lee, and Lena Horne -- Conclusion : the jazz canon (representations and gendered absences); Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10468405 ER -