Orchestra Wives
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Orchestra Wives 1942 Theatrical poster
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| Directed by | Archie Mayo |
| Produced by | William LeBaron |
| Screenplay by |
Karl Tunberg Darrell Ware |
| Story by | James Prindle |
| Starring |
George Montgomery Ann Rutherford Lynn Bari Cesar Romero Marion Hutton |
| Music by |
Alfred Newman Harry Warren Mack Gordon |
| Cinematography | Lucien Ballard |
| Edited by | Robert Bischoff |
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| Distributed by | Twentieth Century Fox |
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98 min |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.3 million (US rentals) |
Orchestra Wives is a 1942 American musical film by 20th Century Fox starring Ann Rutherford, George Montgomery, and Glenn Miller. The film was the second and last film to feature The Glenn Miller Orchestra, and is notable among the many swing era musicals because its plot is more serious and realistic than the insubstantial storylines that were typical of the genre. The movie was re-released in 1954 by 20th Century Fox to tie-in with the biopic The Glenn Miller Story.
Connie Ward (Ann Rutherford) is a young woman who on the spur of the moment marries Bill Abbott (George Montgomery), a trumpet player in Gene Morrison's (Glenn Miller) swing band (Miller's character was given a name with initials that matched Miller's so that the band could use their monogrammed stainless-steel music stands). She soon finds herself at odds with the cattiness and petty jealousies of the other band members' spouses, as they accompany their husbands on their cross-country train tour. Her discomfort is exacerbated by a flirtation between Abbott and Jaynie (Lynn Bari), the band's female vocalist. When Ward eventually walks out on Abbott, their split releases so many other tensions among the musicians and their wives, that leader Morrison is forced to break up the orchestra. Ward and the band's pianist Sinjin (Cesar Romero) then work behind the scenes to reunite the band, which also produces a reconciliation between Ward and Abbott (with additional help from Connie's father (Grant Mitchell)).
(Montgomery's Trumpet playing was dubbed by Glenn Miller's lead trumpet soloist Johnny Best for the movie. Montgomery managed to get notes out during the rehearsals for the movie, but they were out of tune, so Glenn decided to get Johnny to dub in the trumpet solos).
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