Orchestra Wives (1942)

6.5/10 98 min Drama Music Romance

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.

Cast

George Montgomery

Bill Abbot

Ann Rutherford

Connie Ward Abbot

Glenn Miller

Gene Morrison

Lynn Bari

Jaynie Stevens

Carole Landis

Natalie Mercer

Cesar Romero

St. John "Sinjin" Smith

Virginia Gilmore

Elsie

Mary Beth Hughes

Caroline Steele

Fayard Nicholas

Dancer (as Nicholas Brothers)

Harold Nicholas

Dancer (as Nicholas Brothers)

Tamara Geva

Mrs. Betsy Beck

Frank Orth

Rex Willet

Grant Mitchell

Dr. Ward

Harry Morgan

Cully Anderson

Jackie Gleason

Ben Beck

Marion Hutton

Band Singer (uncredited)

Iris Adrian

Sassy Woman Exiting Bus

Alec Craig

Henry Fink

Tom Dugan

Bus Driver (uncredited)

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