Rating: NR
Genre:
Drama
Release Date: 11/01/2005
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD2
Run Time: 97 Minutes
Flags: Suitable for Children
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox
In his last screen appearance, bandleader
Glenn Miller plays--are you sitting down?--a bandleader. The film's main plot involves small-town girl
Ann Rutherford, who impulsively marries
George Montgomery, a trumpeter in the
Miller band.
Rutherford soon finds that she isn't particularly suited for life on the road, nor is she prepared for the petty jealousies and backstabbings prevalent among the other orchestra wives (
Lynn Bari,
Carole Landis et. al.) She eventually leaves
Montgomery, an event which coincides with the breakup of the band. But both the band and the marriage are salvaged through the benign conspiratorial schemes of
Glenn Miller and a repentant
Rutherford. Those who aren't interested in the various plots and subplots in
Orchestra Wives will be captivated by the endless supply of blue-ribbon tunes, including
I Got a Gal in Kalamazoo,
At Last, and
Serenade in Blue. Guest stars include
Tex Beneke,
The Modernaires and the
Nicholas Brothers. Watch for an uncredited
Jackie Gleason as a bass player and
Dale Evans as
Ann Rutherford's friend in the soda-fountain scene.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
;)
