Orchestra Wives

Orchestra Wives (1942)

It's Hep! It's Hot! It's Hilarious!

  • Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
  • Release Date: 1942-09-04
  • User Rating: 5.8/10 from 10 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 38min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: 20th Century Fox
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Archie Mayo
star 5.8/10
From 10 Ratings
6.8

Summary

Connie Ward is in seventh heaven when Gene Morrison's band rolls into town. She is swept off her feet by trumpeter Bill Abbot. After marrying him, she joins the band's tour and learns about life as an orchestra wife, weathering the catty attacks of the other band wives.

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  • George Montgomery

    as Bill Abbot
  • Ann Rutherford

    as Connie Ward Abbot
  • Glenn Miller

    as Gene Morrison
  • Lynn Bari

    as Jaynie Stevens
  • Carole Landis

    as Natalie Mercer
  • Cesar Romero

    as St. John "Sinjin" Smith
  • Virginia Gilmore

    as Elsie
  • Mary Beth Hughes

    as Caroline Steele
  • Fayard Nicholas

    as Dancer (as Nicholas Brothers)
  • Harold Nicholas

    as Dancer (as Nicholas Brothers)
  • Tamara Geva

    as Mrs. Betsy Beck
  • Frank Orth

    as Rex Willet
  • Grant Mitchell

    as Dr. Ward
  • Harry Morgan

    as Cully Anderson
  • Jackie Gleason

    as Ben Beck
  • Marion Hutton

    as Band Singer (uncredited)
  • Iris Adrian

    as Sassy Woman Exiting Bus
  • Alec Craig

    as Henry Fink
  • Tex Beneke

    as Phil Mercer (uncredited)
  • Tom Dugan

    as Bus Driver (uncredited)
  • Dale Evans

    as Hazel, Connie's Friend In Drug Store
  • Edith Evanson

    as Hilda
  • Dorothy Dandridge

    as Singer/Dancer
Directing Archie Mayo Director
Writing Darrell Ware Screenplay
Writing Karl Tunberg Screenplay
Costume & Make-Up Earl Luick Costume Designer
Crew Nick Castle Choreographer
Sound Fred Lau Sound
Art Joseph C. Wright Art Direction
Art Richard Day Art Direction
Art Thomas Little Set Decoration
Sound Roger Heman Sr. Sound
Costume & Make-Up Guy Pearce Makeup Artist
Writing James Prindle Story
Editing Robert Bischoff Editor
Production William LeBaron Producer
Sound Alfred Newman Music Director
Camera Lucien Ballard Director of Photography

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