Orchestra Wives

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Movie Info

When a touring swing band arrives in her small town, Connie Ward (Ann Rutherford) falls hard for trumpeter Bill Abbot (George Montgomery) and decides to marry him on a whim -- since the band is leaving as quickly as it arrived. Quite unprepared for her new lifestyle, Connie struggles to adjust to the constant travel from one town to another, and also to the pettiness of the other musicians' wives. Eventually, the marriage and the band break up, but Bill is determined to make it all right again.

Genre:

romance, musical
Original Language:

English
Director:

Archie Mayo
Producer:

William LeBaron
Writer:

Karl Tunberg, Darrell Ware
Release Date (Streaming):

Apr 4, 2017
Runtime:

1h 38m

Cast & Crew

George Montgomery
Bill Abbot

Ann Rutherford
Connie Ward

Glenn Miller
Gene Morrison

Lynn Bari
Jaynie Stevens

Carole Landis
Natalie Mercer

Cesar Romero
St. John "Sinjin" Smith

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Critic Reviews for Orchestra Wives

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Mr. Miller and his assorted virtuosos are killers when it comes to making jive, but it takes more than wind and willingness to support a ninety-seven-minute film.

September 30, 2006 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Bosley Crowther
New York Times
Top Critic
It is important for the youth to know that the Glenn Miller Orchestra has the most important role in the movie. [Full Review in Spanish]

September 19, 2019 | Full Review…

Jose Maria Santos
Cine-Mundial
The Glenn Miller Orchestra is THE reason to catch this WWII musical.

March 8, 2008 | Rating: 4/5

Steve Crum
Video-Reviewmaster.com
a bared teeth comedy about the gossiping and back biting that goes on among the wives of the band members.

June 14, 2007 | Rating: 4/5

Douglas Pratt
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Audience Reviews for Orchestra Wives

Jun 03, 2010

Great music and a light weight story add up to a pleasant diversion. The professional actors llike Ann Rutherford, Carole Landis and Cesar Romero all give enjoyable performances. Also a great movie for familiar faces that were just starting out like Jackie Gleason and Harry Morgan to pop in and disappear. Marion Hutton, Betty's sister, shows up as one of the band's singers and the resemblance is striking. As for Glenn Miller, as an actor he was a wonderful band leader and Tex Beneke who plays one of the husbands had a beautiful voice and a face just made for radio. None of it really matters at all though whenever the boys pick up their instruments and play it's magic.

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