Orchestra Wives (1942)

Ann Rutherford: Connie Ward

Photos 

Quotes 

• Bill Abbott : Now listen cutie-pie. I'm a big, bad trumpet player, and never in my life have I seen anything so gorgeous coming off a dance floor. I've seen thousands. I've kissed some of them, but not like I'm going to kiss you.

  Connie Ward : Now, please...

  [long kiss] 

  Bill Abbott : Do you carry a battery?

  Connie Ward : What?

  Bill Abbott : Something made my heels tingle.

• Cully Anderson : That man's a solid sender!

  Connie Ward : That's Bill Abbot.

  Cully Anderson : Yeah, when he gets ridin' on that go-toy the cats really start flyin'.

• Connie Ward : Say, listen, I paid a nickel to hear this record. I can hear you free anytime.

• Cully Anderson : So, you wanna be sore at me, huh? So, I got a little fresh last night. So what?

  Connie Ward : So, shut up!

  Cully Anderson : So, I'm sorry. You were so darn cute, Connie. I got carried away.

  Connie Ward : You would have been if you'd gone any farther.

• Connie Ward : No.

  Bill Abbott : What was that?

  Connie Ward : No.

  Bill Abbott : That's not loud enough.

• Bill Abbott : How'd you ever find this place, anyway?

  Connie Ward : Just by inquiring. By trying to find out if there weren't other restaurants to eat in besides all night chop suey places.

• Connie Ward : I'm in a terrible mess.

  Natalie Mercer : Already?

• Bill Abbott : It's a pretty topsy-turvy life for you, isn't it?

  Connie Ward : Oh, it was a little bit bewildering the first few days, but, when you love anyone as much as I love you, you're topsy-turvy anyway.

  Bill Abbott : What a lucky mug I am to get a gal like you.

• Connie Ward : I didn't have any intention on getting married. I didn't even plan to stay over night.

  Elsie : Well, they do sort of go together, don't they?

• Connie Ward : Caroline and Natalie - why, they seem so close?

  Elsie : Well, you gotta get close to somebody to knife 'em, honey.

• Connie Ward : Fortunately, Jaynie's such a nice girl.

  Natalie Mercer : My, my, it certainly is Noel Cowardish the way you and your rival are such pals.

• Connie Ward : Perhaps it's - all part of being an orchestra wife. If that's so, I don't want to be an orchestra wife.

• Connie Ward : If you hadn't come in here with your tongues hanging out, I never would have known how Jaynie framed me.

• Bill Abbott : What did you expect? A banker? You married a trumpet player. You knew you weren't getting a suburban home with flower pots and kiddies. At the time you seemed to think the idea was pretty glamorous.

  Connie Ward : Well, at the time I was crazy! This life is about as glamorous as a gymnasium.