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Director:
Archie Mayo
Writers:
Karl Tunberg (screenplay) and
Darrell Ware (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
4 September 1942 (USA) more
Genre:
Music more
Tagline:
It's Hep! It's Hot! It's Hilarious!
Plot:
Connie Ward is in seventh heaven when Gene Morrison's band rolls into town. She is swept off her feet by trumpeter Bill Abbot... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
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Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

George Montgomery ... Bill Abbot
Ann Rutherford ... Connie Ward / Abbot
Glenn Miller ... Gene Morrison
The Glenn Miller Orchestra ... Gene Morrison's Orchestra (as The Glenn Miller Band)
Lynn Bari ... Jaynie Stevens
Carole Landis ... Natalie Mercer

Cesar Romero ... St. John 'Sinjin' Smith
Virginia Gilmore ... Elsie
Mary Beth Hughes ... Caroline Steele
The Nicholas Brothers ... Themselves (as Nicholas Brothers)
Tamara Geva ... Mrs. Beck
Frank Orth ... Rex Willet
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Iris Adrian ... Blonde in Bus Station (uncredited)
Tex Beneke ... Phil Mercer, Band Member (uncredited)
Johnny Best ... Johnny Best, Orchestra Member (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks ... Assistant in Recording Booth (uncredited)
Ernie Caceres ... Ernie Caceres, Orchestra Member (uncredited)
Bill Cartledge ... Bellhop (uncredited)
Nick Cockrane ... Musician (uncredited)
Alec Craig ... Henry Fink (uncredited)

Frank D'Annolfo ... Frank D'Annolfo, Orchestra Member (uncredited)
Tom Dugan ... Bus driver (uncredited)
Bullets Durgom ... Bullets (uncredited)
Ray Eberle ... Ray Eberle, Band Vocalist (uncredited)

Dale Evans ... Hazel, Girl at soda fountain (uncredited)
Edith Evanson ... Hilda (uncredited)
Jackie Gleason ... Ben Beck, Bass Player (uncredited)
Jane Goude ... Hostess (uncredited)
Bobby Hackett ... Bobby Hackett - Orchestra Member (uncredited)
Dick Hogan ... Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Kenneth Howell ... Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Olin Howland ... Ticket taker at dance (uncredited)
Marion Hutton ... Marion Hutton, Band Vocalist (uncredited)
Robert Emmett Keane ... Headwaiter (uncredited)
Al Klink ... Al Klink, Orchestra Member (uncredited)
Kay Linaker ... Margie (uncredited)
Arthur Loft ... Recording session director (uncredited)
Trudy Marshall ... Irene, Girl in Soda Shop (uncredited)
Skippy Martín ... Skippy Martin, Orchestra Member (uncredited)
Billy May ... Billy May, Orchestra Member (uncredited)
Dale McMickle ... Dale McMickle, Orchestra Member (uncredited)
Grant Mitchell ... Dr. Ward (uncredited)
The Modernaires ... The Modernaires, Singing Group (uncredited)
Harry Morgan ... Cully Anderson (uncredited)
Roseanne Murray ... Undetermined Role (uncredited)
William Newell ... Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Lillian Porter ... Mousie, the Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Jimmy Priddy ... Jimmy Priddy, Orchestra Member (uncredited)
Moe Purtill ... Buddy Steele, Drummer (uncredited)
Henry Roquemore ... Fat Man (uncredited)
Dick Rush ... Conductor (uncredited)
Willie Schwartz ... Willie Schwartz, Orchestra Member (uncredited)
Paul Tanner ... Paul Tanner, Orchestra Member (uncredited)
Dick Winslow ... Musician (uncredited)
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Directed by
Archie Mayo 
 
Writing credits
Karl Tunberg (screenplay) and
Darrell Ware (screenplay)

James Prindle (story)

Produced by
William LeBaron .... producer
 
Cinematography by
Lucien Ballard 
 
Film Editing by
Robert Bischoff 
 
Art Direction by
Richard Day 
Joseph C. Wright 
 
Set Decoration by
Thomas Little 
 
Costume Design by
Earl Luick 
 
Makeup Department
Guy Pearce .... makeup artist
 
Sound Department
Roger Heman Sr. .... sound (as Roger Heman)
Fred Lau .... sound
 
Music Department
Alfred Newman .... musical director
Pat Friday .... singing voice: Lynn Bari (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Nick Castle .... dances stager: Nicholas Brothers
 
Crew believed to be complete


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Additional Details

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Runtime:
98 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
Canada:G (video rating) | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | USA:Approved
Company:
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Lynn Bari's singing was dubbed by Pat Friday. more
Quotes:
Ben Beck: [as Bill Abbott approaches yet another pretty girl] There he goes. Out of the frying pan, into the frying pan! more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Take It or Leave It (1944) more
Soundtrack:
I've Got A Gal In Kalamazoo more

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Swing Era Never Dies, 29 November 2001
Author: Henry Caraso from Paris, France

SUN VALLEY SERENADE was a surprise and a big success when it came to Europe, and I don't understand why ORCHESTRA WIVES did not travel well over the Atlantic (to my knowledge). The musical numbers are quite a few, and Lucien Ballard did a tremendous work at filming them. The Nicholas Brothers are even better than in the former Miller movie (and they were at their climax the year after, in STORMY WEATHER). The plot is unessential, as in most of the musicals, but the "wives" are all good looking and the players are credible too. Special mention to singer Marion Hutton, sax player Tex Benneke and drummer Moe Purtill, all uncredited.henry caraso

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