The Stork Club (1945)

Barry Fitzgerald: Jerry B. 'J.B.', 'Pop' Bates

Quotes 

• MacFiske : I'm certain Mrs. Bates loved you very much and always will, sir.

  Jerry B. 'J.B.' : Then why did she up and leave me?

  MacFiske : You told her to.

  Jerry B. 'J.B.' : That's no excuse

• Jerry B. 'J.B.' : The gods have done me in. They were layin' for me.

• Jerry B. 'J.B.' : Love should be tolerant till truth breaks through the clouds of doubt.

  Judy Peabody : Gee, that's beautiful, Pop. Who said that?

  Jerry B. 'J.B.' : I did.

• MacFiske : I'm sure Mrs. Bates would be inconsolable, sir.

  Jerry B. 'J.B.' : Naw, she wouldn't shed a tear. Well, maybe one or two just to be polite.

• Judy Peabody : What happened?

  Jerry B. 'J.B.' : Me wife left me six months ago.

  Judy Peabody : Why?

  Jerry B. 'J.B.' : I'll tell it. There was a slight complication - another man, Clarence Bascom.

  Judy Peabody : Was Bascom any younger than you?

  Jerry B. 'J.B.' : No, sixty-five.

  Judy Peabody : Oh, he had money?

  Jerry B. 'J.B.' : Not as much as I.

  Gwen : She left you for another bum? I don't get it.

• Jerry B. 'J.B.' : How dare you say you didn't know me!

  Tom P. Curtis : Well, you told me not to let her know who you are.

  Jerry B. 'J.B.' : Never mind what I tell you to do, you do what I tell you.

  Tom P. Curtis : Ha, ha. I'll try to remember that.

• Mrs. Edith Bates : Well, Mr. Bates, explain yourself.

  Jerry B. 'J.B.' : Now, Edith, are you gonna believe me or what you see?

• Gwen : I think the whole thing must've been your fault.

  Jerry B. 'J.B.' : Why does everyone side with Edith, I...

  Judy Peabody : Now, now, Pop. Till you get yourself straightened out, you better stay here with me.