Orchestra Wives (1942)
Tex Beneke: Phil Mercer
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Quotes
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Phil Mercer : I've known for a long time this sort of life was no good for Natalie.
Gene Morrison : Well, doesn't the band mean anything to you?
Phil Mercer : Sure, it does. It means a lot; but, my wife means more.
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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.