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Orchestra Wives
It's Hep! It's Hot! It's Hilarious!
6.5(13)19421h 38m
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.
- Director
- Archie Mayo
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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
Tex Beneke
Phil Mercer (uncredited)

Tom Dugan
Bus Driver (uncredited)

Dale Evans
Hazel, Connie's Friend In Drug Store

Edith Evanson
Hilda

Dorothy Dandridge
Singer/Dancer
Crew
Directing
- Archie MayoDirector
Writing
- Karl TunbergScreenplay
- Darrell WareScreenplay
- James PrindleStory
Production
- William LeBaronProducer
Camera
- Lucien BallardDirector of Photography
Editing
- Robert BischoffEditor
Sound
- Fred LauSound
- Roger Heman Sr.Sound
- Alfred NewmanMusic Director
- Alfred NewmanOriginal Music Composer
Art
- Joseph C. WrightArt Direction
- Thomas LittleSet Decoration
- Richard DayArt Direction
Costume & Make-Up
- Guy PearceMakeup Artist
- Earl LuickCostume Designer
Crew
- Nick CastleChoreographer