Glenn miller movie in stereo orchestra wives youtube. Orchestra wives cast and crew cast photos and info. Gene morrison orchestra as the glenn miller band st. The first, sun valley serenade, was primarily a vehicle for skating star sonja henie, but this was written around the miller band.
But both the band and the marriage are salvaged through the benign conspiratorial schemes of glenn miller and a repentant rutherford. Over fifty years after its release, orchestra wives seems a hilariously naive story. Glenn miller orchestra licensed to youtube by umg on behalf of grp. Orchestra wives the movie this was glenn millers second film. Rutherford soon finds that she isnt particularly suited for life on the. Now hollywood has slews of great movies by directors like this, getting just the right mixture of elements to succeed, but their other movies still usually have elements, moments, or qualities. Made long before movie ratings, this film shows characters smoking in nearly every scene amazing they still had the lung capacity to blow those horns. As the title suggests, the story concerned the activities and bickering of the band players wives when the guys were doing their gigs on tour. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Those who arent interested in the various plots and subplots in orchestra wives will be captivated by the endless supply of blueribbon tunes, including i got a gal in kalamazoo, at last, and serenade in blue.
During a 1944 tour entertaining the troops in england, miller boarded a parisbound plane in england, but during the flight, the plane disappeared and miller was declared missing. New york times subscribers enjoy full access to timesmachineview over 150. Orchestra wives this is a classic 1940s cute story about a small town girl who falls for a trumpet player in gene morrison or glenn millers orchestra. It is important for the youth to know that the glenn miller orchestra has the most important role in the movie.
Watch free online orchestra wives 1942 old movie time. See the full list of orchestra wives cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. 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. Watch orchestra wives full movie in hd visit movie 43781 connie ward is in seventh heaven when gene morrisons band rolls into. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing orchestra wives washington melodrama near you. The screenplay by karl tunberg and darrell ware is so workmanlike that even the leastseasoned firsttime viewer will know. Orchestra wives 1942 full movie download full hd youtube.
Orchestra wives is a 1942 american musical film by 20th century fox starring ann rutherford, george montgomery, and glenn miller. By the time the film opened in september of 1942, millers recording of ive got a gal in kalamazoo was already at a top hit. Read the full synopsis of orchestra wives, 1942, directed by archie mayo, with george montgomery, ann rutherford, glenn miller, at turner classic movies. Orchestra wives, an indifferent musical film, highlighted by. With george montgomery, ann rutherford, glenn miller, glenn miller and his orchestra. Emi music publishing, cmrra, warner chappell, solar music rights management, pedl, and 8 music rights societies. Ending of 1942 orchestra wives with the glenn miller orchestra, featuring tex beneke saxophone, the modernaires vocals and the nicholas brothers tap dance, composed by harry warren and. Karl tunberg, darrell ware director of photography. The miller orchestra went on a nationwide summer tour, playing the songs from the movie. Miller was the most popular musician of his day, and hollywood exploited his success by building a couple of thin stories around performances by his band in sun valley serenade and orchestra wives.
Glenn miller movie in stereo orchestra wives by tyrosaurus. Orchestra wives ive got a gal in kalamazoo hq youtube. As in sun valley serenade, its the musical numbers that knock the film out. Lynn bari and george montgomery in orchestra wives 1942 glenn miller at an. The films main purpsoe is to croon us with glenn millers music as performed by his outstanding orchestra. Newlywed ann rutherford joins husband george montgomery on the road with band. Orchestra wives 1942 changes the movie database tmdb. The film was the second and last film to feature the glenn miller orchestra, and is notable among the many swing era musicals because its plot is more serious and realistic than the insubstantial storylines that were typical of the genre. Foxs marketing for orchestra wives was targeted toward miller fans, and heavy on the jive talk. She goes on the road with them after a quickie wedding and finds out how the other traveling wives really are. The film was the second and last film to feature the glenn miller orchestra, and is notable among the many swing era musicals because its plot is more serious and realistic than the insubstantial storylines that were. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing orchestra wives near you. Orchestra wives is a 1942 american musical film by 20th century fox starring ann rutherford, george montgomery, and glenn.
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