Orchestra Wives

Sep 4, 1942

1h 38m

★ 6.0

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Music

Romance

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Orchestra Wives Trailers

Cast

Bill Abbot

George Montgomery

Connie Ward Abbot

Ann Rutherford

Gene Morrison

Glenn Miller

Jaynie Stevens

Lynn Bari

Natalie Mercer

Carole Landis

St. John "Sinjin" Smith

Cesar Romero

Elsie

Virginia Gilmore

Caroline Steele

Mary Beth Hughes

Dancer (as Nicholas Brothers)

Fayard Nicholas

Dancer (as Nicholas Brothers)

Harold Nicholas

Mrs. Betsy Beck

Tamara Geva

Rex Willet

Frank Orth

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