Orchestra Wives

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Orchestra Wives is a 1942 American musical film centered on the romantic and personal entanglements surrounding a big band and its members’ spouses.

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Orchestra Wives canonical 3
novel "Orchestra Wives" 1

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instanceOf American film
film
musical film
authorOfSourceWork James M. Cain
basedOn novel "Orchestra Wives"
linked to: Orchestra Wives
character Bill Abbott
Connie Ward
linked to: Lottie Williams

Gene Morrison
cinematographyBy Lucien Ballard
countryOfOrigin United States
director Archie Mayo
distributor 20th Century Fox
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
linked to: 20th Century Fox
editedBy Barbara McLean
featuresBand Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
featuresPerformer Marion Hutton
Tex Beneke
The Modernaires
filmingProcess black-and-white
genre comedy-drama film
musical film
romantic drama film
hasTheme fame and relationships
life on the road for musicians
marital jealousy
musicBy Alfred Newman
notableSong "At Last"
linked to: At Last

"I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo"
"People Like You and Me"
"Serenade in Blue"
linked to: Serenade in Blue
originalLanguage English
plotFocus conflicts among band members' wives
romantic entanglements around a big band
producer William LeBaron
productionCompany 20th Century Fox
releaseDate 1942-09-04
releaseYear 1942
runtimeMinutes 98
screenwriter Darryl F. Zanuck
James V. Kern
Karl Tunberg
setInPeriod World War II era
stars Ann Rutherford
Cesar Romero
George Montgomery
Glenn Miller
Lynn Bari
Mary Beth Hughes
The Nicholas Brothers
Virginia Gilmore

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Lynn Bari appearedIn Orchestra Wives
Marion Hutton appearedIn Orchestra Wives
Carole Landis workedOn Orchestra Wives
Orchestra Wives basedOn novel "Orchestra Wives"
linked to: Orchestra Wives