A curvaceous, darkhaired wwii pinup beauty aka the woo woo girl and the girl with the million dollar figure, b film star lynn bari had the requisite looks and talent but few of the lucky breaks needed to penetrate the a rankings during her extensive hollywood career. Glenn miller orchestra, tex beneke, lynn bari, marion hutton, ray eberle, the modernaires sun valley serenade orchestra wives music. Movie actress of the thirties and forties who specialized in playing sultry, statuesque mankillers in over one hundred 20th century fox films. See the full list of orchestra wives cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. When the band comes to town, she meets and falls instantly in love with abbott, and impulsively marries him. Connie ward is in seventh heaven when gene morrisons band rolls into town. Orchestra wives on dvd 024543208242 from 20th century fox.
Sung here by lynn bari dubbed by pat friday and ray eberle, who were backed by glenn miller and his orchestra featuring johnny best playing trumpet for george montgomery. Ann rutherford is robert montgomerys new wife, but his ex, lynn bari, wants him back. Orchestra wives is a 1942 american musical film by 20th century fox starring ann rutherford. Pat friday dubbed lynn baris singing, as she had done in sun valley serenade. 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. In this film, smalltown girl ann rutherford impulsively marries george montgomery, a trumpeter in the glenn miller band. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. 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 story lines that were typical of the genre. Lynn s horrified reaction to the word sex in this film should amuse anyone who remembered the actress sultry, mankilling performances in her fox days. Original 1954 reissue 8x10 still of lynn bari and george montgomery from the 1942 musical orchestra wives.
George montgomerys onscreen trumpet playing was actually. Lobby card for orchestra wives shows ann rutherford, lynn bari, and carole landis in a scene from the film. May 25, 2015 glenn miller orchestra licensed to youtube by umg on behalf of grp. Glenn miller movie in stereo orchestra wives youtube. The trailer for the 1942 musical orchestra wives with carole landis, ann rutherford, cesar romero, george montgomery, and lynn bari. Lynn bari, who made a career of playing bmovie mankiller roles, plays the. 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. With turhan bey, lynn bari, cathy odonnell, richard carlson. Rutherford soon finds that she isnt particularly suited for life on the. On the beach one night, christine faber, two years a widow, thinks she hears her late husband paul calling out of the surf.
I wonder just how ray eberle felt about sharing his song with this. Youre going to be watching this form for only one reason, the orchestral numbers, including at last and ive got a gal in kalamazoo. And it becomes even more ridiculous when the intrigues of the orchestra wives threaten to break up the band. But joining the sorority of bitchy, gossipy orchestra wives and encountering her husbands former girlfriend, the bands singer lynn bari, puts a strain on the marriage. The lush ballad at last music by harry warren, lyrics by mack gordon later became a standard. Nevertheless, some worthy performances of hers stand out in late. This film, the second to feature the glenn miller orchestra, and probably best of the many films to include bandleaders in the cast, does exactly what it says on the tin present a film about orchestra wives, those longsuffering mates of band musicians. Lynn bari s last film appearance before devoting the remainder of her career to theatrical productions was as the mother of rebellious teenager patty mccormick in the young runaways 1968. The whole movie is a wonderful piece of nostalgia, freezing forever the great glenn miller orchestra at their peak. Her discomfort is exacerbated by a flirtation between abbott and jaynie lynn bari, the bands female vocalist. Old friend lynn bari, band vocalist vivian dawn in sun valley serenade, returned as band vocalist janie stevens in the new film, just as. Connie has to pull a few tricks to get the band back together again. This oscar nominated song was a staple of ella fitzgerald. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more.
The first, sun valley serenade, was primarily a vehicle for skating star sonja henie, but this was written around the miller band. Cast and crew credits for orchestra wives, 1942, directed by archie mayo, with george montgomery, ann rutherford, glenn miller, at turner classic movies. Find films and movies featuring lynn bari on allmovie allmovie. Staring george montgomery, ann rutherford, virginia gilmore and lynn bari. Abbott, glenn miller gene morrison, lynn bari jaynie stevens, carole landis. Orchestra wives 2002 stream and watch online moviefone. Orchestra wives 2002 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.
George montgomery bill abbott, ann rutherford connie ward. Released august 23rd, 2002, orchestra wives stars george montgomery, ann rutherford, glenn miller, lynn bari the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 38 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Lynn bari biography, movie highlights and photos allmovie. Orchestra wives 1942 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Ann rutherford carole landis orchestra wives 1942 youtube. Orchestra wives 1942 the advertising slogan for orchestra wives 1942 was its hep. The bands female singer, jaynie stevens lynn bari, still has a jones for bill abbott, and tries to seduce him away from connie. Orchestra wives the movie this was glenn millers second film.
Jun 23, 2010 movie actress of the thirties and forties who specialized in playing sultry, statuesque mankillers in over one hundred 20th century fox films. Glenn miller orchestra licensed to youtube by umg on behalf of grp. 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. Lynn bari born margaret schuyler fisher, december 18, 19 november 20, 1989 was a film actress who specialized in playing sultry, statuesque mankillers in roughly 150 20th century fox films from the early 1930s through the 1940s. After more ghostly manifestations, christine and younger sister janet become enmeshed in the eerie. Mary beth hughes in orchestra wives 1942 glenn miller at an event for orchestra wives 1942 orchestra wives 1942 lynn bari and george montgomery. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing orchestra wives near you. Mar 31, 2010 orchestra wives 1942 serenade in blue. Orchestra wives is a 1942 american musical film starring ann rutherford and george montgomery. And then theres lynn bari who plays the meanie, jean, but wow, she was fabulous performing, at last and serenade in blue, which were both dubbedbut bari throws herself into these songs and she looks great. When ward eventually walks out on abbott, their split releases so many other tensions among the musicians and their wives, that leader morrison is forced to break up the orchestra. Orchestra wives is a 1942 american musical film by 20th century fox starring ann rutherford, george montgomery, and glenn miller. The songs she sang in those films have probably been the most played of all my original recordings because of the quality which far exceeded those that came from rca at the time.
Emi music publishing, warner chappell, cmrra, pedl, solar music rights management, and 6 music rights societies. Orchestra wives was the second and final film made by famed band leader glenn miller, who, in sep 1942, disbanded his orchestra in order to enter the military. Most of the musicians have wives that travel with them, giving the film its title. Pat friday is the singing voice of lynn barri who appeared in both the glenn miller films sun valley serenade and orchestra wives. Orchestra wives is a 1942 american musical film by 20th century fox starring. Orchestra wives 1942 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. After marrying him, she joins the bands tour and learns about life as an orchestra wife, weathering the catty attacks of the other band wives.