Hour of Charm Orchestra

The Hour of Charm Orchestra was a musical group led by Phil Spitalny. It was notable for being an all-female orchestra in an era when most orchestra members were male.^[1]

Film

Spitalny and the musicians from The Hour of Charm appeared in two feature films. In When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1942), the group portrayed substitute musicians who filled in for male musicians who were abroad during World War II.^[2] In Here Come the Co-Eds (1945), the women portrayed residents of a girls' dormitory who played and sang music.^[3]

References

^ Dunning, John (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio (Revised ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. pp. 331–332. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3.
^ McGee, Kristin A. (2010). Some Liked It Hot: Jazz Women in Film and Television, 1928–1959. Wesleyan University Press. ISBN 9780819569677. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
^ Tucker, Sherrie (2001). Swing Shift: “All-Girl” Bands of the 1940s. Duke University Press. ISBN 0822328178. Retrieved 1 May 2018.

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[dunningota-1] Dunning, John (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio (Revised ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. pp. 331–332. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3.

[slih-2] McGee, Kristin A. (2010). Some Liked It Hot: Jazz Women in Film and Television, 1928–1959. Wesleyan University Press. ISBN 9780819569677. Retrieved 1 May 2018.

[ss-3] Tucker, Sherrie (2001). Swing Shift: “All-Girl” Bands of the 1940s. Duke University Press. ISBN 0822328178. Retrieved 1 May 2018.

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