Movie · 1942
Orchestra Wives
Released 4 September 1942 More from 1942 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Grant Mitchell
as Dr. Ward
Frank Orth
as Rex Willet
Alec Craig
as Henry Fink
Edith Evanson
as Hilda
Iris Adrian
as Sassy Woman Exiting Bus
Dale Evans
as Hazel, Connie's Friend In Drug Store
Fayard Nicholas
as Dancer (as Nicholas Brothers)
George Montgomery
as Bill Abbot
Jackie Gleason
as Ben Beck
Ann Rutherford
as Connie Ward Abbot
Carole Landis
as Natalie Mercer
Dorothy Dandridge
as Singer/Dancer
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The numbers
49years between the oldest and youngest billed
68Grant Mitchell — oldest on the call sheet
19Dorothy Dandridge — youngest billed
37average age of the credited cast