• Orchestra Wives is a 1942 American musical film by 20th Century Fox starring Ann Rutherford, George Montgomery, and Glenn Miller. Lynn Bari, Carole Landis...
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    and it was displayed prominently in Orchestra Wives. It became a standard when recorded by Glenn Miller orchestra alumnus Ray Anthony in 1951 in a version...
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  • His Orchestra in 1942. It was written by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren and published in 1942. It was featured in the musical film Orchestra Wives and was...
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    humorist of the same name. In the same year, Morgan appeared in the movie Orchestra Wives as a young man pushing his way to the front of a ballroom crowd with...
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    musicals Down Argentine Way (1940), Sun Valley Serenade (1941), and Orchestra Wives (1942). Nicholas was born in Alabama, but grew up primarily in Philadelphia...
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    by singing her part in the Glenn Miller Orchestra in their two films, Sun Valley Serenade and Orchestra Wives, with Lynn Bari lip-synching. Miller and...
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    Glenn Miller and Billy May (under his wife's name Arletta May) for Orchestra Wives and arranged by George Williams. "Blues in the Night" — December 18...
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  • in, the film of the same name. Burt Bacharach recorded "Wives and Lovers" with an orchestra and chorus and released it as the B-side of "Trains and Boats...
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    Kalamazoo" (Video). Orchestra Wives. Archived from the original on December 24, 2011. Retrieved December 27, 2011 – via YouTube. "Orchestra Wives". IMDb. Archived...
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    different studios. During this period, she starred in films such as Orchestra Wives (1942) with 20th Century Fox, Two O'Clock Courage (1945) with RKO Radio...
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    player in Glenn Miller's band, in the 1942 20th Century Fox musical Orchestra Wives. In The Thin Man (1934), Romero played a villainous supporting role...
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    Twentieth Century-Fox, where Gleason played Glenn Miller Orchestra bassist Ben Beck in Orchestra Wives (1942). He also had a small part as a soda shop clerk...
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    Correspondent Karen Hauen The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe Elmira Royster Orchestra Wives Elsie That Other Woman Emily Borden 1943 Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas...
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  • (1940) The Great American Broadcast (1941) Sun Valley Serenade (1941) Orchestra Wives (1942) Stormy Weather (1943) Take It or Leave It (1944) The Reckless...
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    inducted into the National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum. Orchestra Wives (1942) Girl Trouble (1942) Swing Your Partner (1943) The West Side...
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    Cadet Girl (1941). He was given the lead in an "A" when he top-lined Orchestra Wives (1942) with Ann Rutherford, a film best remembered today for its authentic...
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    Instead, she was cast in roles that she loathed, including the musical Orchestra Wives (1942). Zanuck insisted that she take the role, but she was replaced...
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    (1948). In B movies, Bari was usually cast as a "man-killer", as in Orchestra Wives (1942), or a villainess, notably Shock and Nocturne (both 1946). An...
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  • vocal version was included in the movie Orchestra Wives (1942), which also featured the Glenn Miller orchestra. It was sung by Ray Eberle and Bari, again...
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    with Miller and his band in the films Sun Valley Serenade (1941) and Orchestra Wives (1942), both of which helped propel the singer/saxophonist to the top...
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  • Ray Noble Orchestra sang him the Eddie Heyman lyrics to the Glenn Miller music of "Now I Lay Me Down to Weep" in 1935. The Noble Orchestra never recorded...
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    Eberle went on to find success with Miller, deeming the songs for Orchestra Wives, such as the jazz standard "At Last", to be among his favorites, as...
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  • first of the only two movies featuring The Glenn Miller Orchestra (the other is 1942's Orchestra Wives). Besides "Chattanooga Choo Choo", other Glenn Miller...
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    (uncredited) Berlin Correspondent (1942) - Minor Role (uncredited) Orchestra Wives (1942) - Irene (uncredited) Girl Trouble (1942) - Miss Kennedy Thunder...
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  • recording under the name "In the Mood" was released by Edgar Hayes & His Orchestra in 1938. In 1983, the Glenn Miller recording from 1939 was inducted into...
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  • film Orchestra Wives by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, sung by Lynn Bari in the film but dubbed by Pat Friday. Glenn Miller and His Orchestra released...
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    to the hotel booking other black performers, such as the Count Basie Orchestra with vocalist Joe Williams, Pearl Bailey, and Lena Horne. In 1957, Dandridge...
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  • Billy May (category Glenn Miller Orchestra members)
    trumpet with the Glenn Miller Orchestra in Sun Valley Serenade (1941), including a solo in "In the Mood," and Orchestra Wives (1942). In 1957, May made his...
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  • (1940) The Great American Broadcast (1941) Sun Valley Serenade (1941) Orchestra Wives (1942) Stormy Weather (1943) Take It or Leave It (1944) The Reckless...
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    Gal Sal Mae Collins 1942 It Happened in Flatbush Kathryn Baker 1942 Orchestra Wives Natalie Mercer 1942 Manila Calling Edna Fraser 1943 The Powers Girl...
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