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(FILM.) MUSICAL.
International Sweethearts of Rhythm, Famous All
Girl Orchestra.
Poster in blue and white, 41 x 27 inches, linen-backed.
Np, 1946
[3,500/5,000]
A SCARCE POSTER
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The “International Sweethearts of Rhythm” was the first integrated all
women’s band in the United States, and quite possibly anywhere. During the 1940s the band
featured some of the best female musicians of the day, playing swing and jazz to packed houses
that included Harlem’s Apollo, the Regal Theater in Chicago, and the Howard Theater in
Washington, D.C. After a performance in Chicago in 1943, The Defender declared the band
to be, “One of the hottest stage shows that ever raised the roof of the theater!”
