Orchestra Wives
Orchestra Wives is a 1942 American musical film by 20th Century Fox starring Ann Rutherford, George Montgomery, and Glenn Miller. 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. The movie was rereleased in 1954 by 20th Century Fox to tiein with the biopic The Glenn Miller Story.
Montgomerys Trumpet playing was dubbed by Glenn Millers lead trumpet soloist Johnny Best for the movie. Montgomery managed to get notes out during the rehearsals for the movie, but they were out of tune, so Glenn decided to get Johnny to dub in the trumpet solos.Orchestra Wives features a treasure trove of songs by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren, the same team responsible for the hits featured in Millers first film Sun Valley Serenade 1941. The main production number is Ive Got a Gal in Kalamazoo, an analogue of Chattanooga ChooChoo, from the first film that features a folksy vocal and some gutsy tenor sax work by Tex Beneke, backup singing by Marion Hutton with the Modernaires, and a gravitydefying dance sequence by the Nicholas Brothers. This was nominated Best Music, Original Song in Academy Awards Harry Warren music, Mack Gordon lyrics. ........
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