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Betty Hutton, Don DeFore, and Barry Fitzgerald in The Stork Club (1945)

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

The Stork Club

Barry Fitzgerald credited as playing...

Jerry B. 'J.B.' • 'Pop' Bates

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  • 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.

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