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Bandleader Carroll leads The Coquettes, an all-female band, in several swing tunes.
In this pre-war short, and there were many all-girl bands in the 1930s. However Frances Carroll and her all-girl orchestra, the Coquettes, play several numbers, with Miss Carroll on the vocals, using a bandstand setting. Drummer Viola Smith does a special turn, and there is a tap-dance by Eunice Healy.
Here's a great link to details of Viola Smith - 94.126.67.172/artists/profile/14789/viola-smith
from IMDB -- www.imdb.com/title/tt0167943/soundtrack
copyright 1939 Vitaphone Corporation
In this pre-war short, and there were many all-girl bands in the 1930s. However Frances Carroll and her all-girl orchestra, the Coquettes, play several numbers, with Miss Carroll on the vocals, using a bandstand setting. Drummer Viola Smith does a special turn, and there is a tap-dance by Eunice Healy.
Here's a great link to details of Viola Smith - 94.126.67.172/artists/profile/14789/viola-smith
from IMDB -- www.imdb.com/title/tt0167943/soundtrack
copyright 1939 Vitaphone Corporation