Tales of Manhattan (1942)

James Gleason: Joe

Quotes 

• Joe : [Standing by the bar]  You've been around here about five years now, Larry.

  Avery L. 'Larry' Browne : Six!

  Joe : And every day for six years you've been talkin' about goin' uptown... getting on your feet again... away from all this... but you always seem to need one more drink to get yuh nerve up. Maybe if you didn't get it up, some day you might really go.

  Avery L. 'Larry' Browne : [Defensively]  You know, I know what I'm doing.

  Joe : Oh, sure you do, sur...

  Avery L. 'Larry' Browne : [Interrupting defensively]  I do't want anyone preaching to me.

  Joe : Did I ever tell you not to take it? If you feel the need of another drink, why don't you have it? I'll buy.

  Avery L. 'Larry' Browne : Well, here...

  Joe : Larry, they tell me they got a mighty good cook at the Waldorf. Why don't you go?

  Joe : [Joe lights a cigarette for Larry]  Oughta be a nice party. Here's your chance to go uptown again...

  Joe : [Putting his arm around Larry in a hug]  ... and I don't mean north of 14th Street - I mean north of yourself.

• Joe : Here's your chance to get up town again. And I don't mean north of 14th Street. I mean north of yourself.

• Joe : Aw, Larry, you've seen enough of gutters and flophouses and handouts. Maybe if you got your feet under a table again, for a spell, ordered a good thick steak, slept in a clean bed, talked your own language; why, you might be right in there punching again.

• Molly (Robinson sequence) : I still say you should have gotten a regular shirt.

  Joe : Do you know what they cost? A dollar seventy-five!

  Molly (Robinson sequence) : I don't care. Suppose that ridiculous whatchamacallit?

  Mary (Robinson sequence) : Dickey, mother.

  Molly (Robinson sequence) : Well, suppose it pops out?

• Joe : Larry, how was it? Did you have a good time? It must have been some party to keep you out till morning.

  Avery L. 'Larry' Browne : The party's over.