The Five Pennies (1959)

Barbara Bel Geddes: Willa Stutsman

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Quotes 

• 'Red' Nichols : We didn't order any tea. Did you order it? Oh, maybe the girls ordered the tea.

  Tony Valani : Red, Red, this is tea like my mother used to make for Sunday afternoons with the Mafia. 90 proof. It's in tea cups in case of a raid.

  'Red' Nichols : Don't you think I know that?

  Willa Stutsman : No. You ever been in a speakeasy before?

• Tony Valani : Hey, Bobbie, come on over and join us.

  Willa Stutsman : All right.

  Tony Valani : You know all the boys? Jimmy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw, and Dave Tough.

• Willa Stutsman : Did you see the baby?

  'Red' Nichols : Yes, but I still love you.

• 'Red' Nichols , Willa Stutsman , Tony Valani : [singing]  If you do what he do, What he do, what he do, what he does, You'll be really dancing, Come on and take a chance in, Razzmatazz: Jazz!

• 'Red' Nichols : I heard about the new contract you signed, extending the tour.

  Willa Stutsman : It's a real fat deal honey. We're going to be eating high off the hog. Mammy, won't have to go barefoot no mo'.

  [pats Willa's behind] 

• 'Red' Nichols : Idiotville, USA, and The Brown Derby is the capital.

  Willa Stutsman : You promised for our anniversary you'd take me anywhere I wanted to go.

  'Red' Nichols : Yeah, I know.

  Willa Stutsman : It's a long time since we ever went out.

  Bob Hope - Leaving Brown Derby Restaurant : [to the maitre d' as he walks out]  Good night.

  Willa Stutsman : Look, isn't that Bob Hope?

  'Red' Nichols : Yeah, he can't afford to eat here, either.

• 'Red' Nichols : Who says she's got to go to bed when other kids go to bed and get up when they get up?

  Willa Stutsman : I say. I want her to get up when other kids get up, at 7:30 in the morning, have oatmeal and orange juice and Shredded Wheat. Honestly, she thinks breakfast is black coffee and an aspirin.

• Willa Stutsman : Well, what happened to the wonderful lunatic I married?

  'Red' Nichols : That was ages ago.

  Willa Stutsman : I don't know if it'll be good, bad, or terrible, and I don't think that really matters. I just want to get you out of that shipyard before we lose the war. I'm beginning to think I've lost mine. You can sleep in that sandwich Tonight. Pull the rye bread over you.

• Willa Stutsman : Jimmy and Benny used to work in his band.

  Artie Schutt : Oh, Mama, don't put it on too thick. Benny Goodman and Jimmy Dorsey?

  Willa Stutsman : Well, don't you remember? Jimmy Dorsey used to bring you candy and peanuts.

  Artie Schutt : Was that the same Jimmy Dorsey?