Orchestra Wives (1942)

Cesar Romero: St. John 'Sinjin' Smith

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• Mrs. Beck : How about you, Sinjin, when are you getting married?

  Sinjin : What for? I got a lot of girls that are just pulling their hair waiting for me to call them.

  Ben Beck : Why don't you call 'em?

  Sinjin : Are you kidding? I'm sick of running around with bald dames.

• Sinjin : This is the first time I ever saw a canary who looked like she swallowed a canary.

  Bill Abbott : Or a cat who looked like she swallowed another cat.

  Jaynie Stevens : I'll take the starch out of you.

• Ben Beck : Why don't you guys settle down and get married? What are you gonna do when you're middle aged?

  Sinjin : How can I say now? Maybe by that time, they'll discover something new.

• Gene Morrison : Sinjin, where have you been?

  Sinjin : I was a bridesmaid.

  Gene Morrison : Ah, that's not funny. Where's Bill?

  Sinjin : He was a bride.

• Elsie : She must be dynamite!

  Sinjin : Well, she's not exactly the explosive type; but, she's nothing to be handled carelessly.

• Sinjin : Now, look, Connie, you're not playing with dolls anymore. When you're playing with dolls you can make things to come out the way you want them to. But, when you play with men and women you can't do that. It's too bad; but, that's how it is.

• Sinjin : Connie, now, I'm the last guy in the world that should tell you this; but, you know, marriage is a give and take proposition. Remember that, will you?

• 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.

• Sinjin : Very feminine - and very smart.