Fortunately for us, Glenn Miller made two jukebox films before he went into the Army in 1942—Sun Valley Serenade (1941) and Orchestra Wives (1942). Fortunately because his band was featured in both.
While they weren't playing live to camera (songs in films typically were recorded earlier and played through monitor speakers while the band played along on …
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