Orchestra Wives (1942)

Jackie Gleason: Ben Beck

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Quotes 

• Mrs. Beck : How about you, Sinjin, when are you getting married?

  Sinjin : What for? I got a lot of girls that are just pulling their hair waiting for me to call them.

  Ben Beck : Why don't you call 'em?

  Sinjin : Are you kidding? I'm sick of running around with bald dames.

• Ben Beck : [as Bill Abbott approaches yet another pretty girl]  There he goes. Out of the frying pan, into the frying pan!

• Ben Beck : Why don't you guys settle down and get married? What are you gonna do when you're middle aged?

  Sinjin : How can I say now? Maybe by that time, they'll discover something new.

• Bill Abbott : What are you fellas doing here?

  Ben Beck : We all have appointments.

  Bill Abbott : James or Thornhill?

  Ben Beck : Sammy Kaye.

  Buddy Steele : I'm supposed to meet Bob Crosby.

  Bill Abbott : It's beginning to make sense.

  Sinjin : Is it?

  Bill Abbott : Don't you get the angle? Somebody's trying to take over Gene's band as a unit. Send out a bunch of phoney telegrams just so we don't get wise to it.

  Ben Beck : Hey, there's Phil, the last one.

  Bill Abbott : Come on in, Phil, we were expecting you.

  Sinjin : Hi ya, Phil.

  Phil Mercer : All right.

  Sinjin : Who are you meetin' here? Lombardo?

  Phil Mercer : I'm supposed to meet Benny Goodman.