Orchestra Wives

Orchestra Wives

98 mins | Drama, Romance, Music | Sept. 4, 1942

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.

Orchestra Wives

98 mins | Drama, Romance, Music | Sept. 4, 1942

Orchestra Wives
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.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title Orchestra Wives
Directors Archie Mayo
Writers James Prindle, Darrell Ware, Karl Tunberg

Cast

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