Directed by
Archie Mayo
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Orchestra Wives was a Glenn Miller vehicle directed by Archie Mayo
and reflected the 'whitening' of jazz during the swing era. The second motion
picture built to showcase the Glenn Miller Orchestra (following 1941's Sun
Valley Serenade), Orchestra Wives concentrates on the performance space of swing
era jazz as a site for social mixing of the genders. Meanwhile, the
African-American roots of jazz, and the notion of jazz as an arena conducive to
racial interaction, become invisible.
In the film, Connie, a young small-town swing fan meets and marries the trumpet
player in the big band she idolizes. (Glenn Miller plays Gene Morrison, the
leader of this fictional band.) She experiences difficulties adjusting to life
on the road, which contrasts with her glamorous expectations. The other
musicians' wives engage in malicious gossip, and her husband's ex-girlfriend
Jaynie, the band's lead singer, plots to break up the marriage.
The film thus expresses uneasiness about the type of woman who would seek fame
on the swing scene, criticizing her as 'unfemininely ambitious', while
simultaneously presenting and benefiting from her performance.
Big band films such as Orchestra Wives showcased swing performances and
celebrated swing musicians as philosophers creating music with the needs of
young America in mind. Women were an integral part to swing performance, and
were celebrated as long as they remained happy consumers or wives content to
stay behind the scenes. (At the end of the film, Connie sees that Jaynie is
kicked out of the band.)
Excerpt from Making Time in American Culture site located HERE
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Theatrical Release: September 4th, 1942
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| Runtime | 1:37:39 | |
| Video | 1.33:1
Original Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 8.25 mb/s NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s |
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Release Information: Edition Details: • Commentary
by actors Ann Rutherford and Fayard Nicholas
DVD Release Date: November 1st, 2005 |
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Quite an stratospheric bitrate but as far as Fox's Studio Classics go this might inch into the lower half of quality releases. There is some visible digital noise and it looks occasionally dirty with a cloudy image. On the positive the audio is quite strong and consistent with a mono and stereo track offered. There is an interesting, although what might be considered 'fun', commentary with Ann Rutherford and Fayard Nicholas. I liked the film and for the price we do recommend. |
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