East Side of Heaven (1939)

Bing Crosby: Denny Martin

Photos 

Quotes 

• Denny Martin : Say, Mr. Bennett, could I speak to you for a minute? Now you can stop me if you've heard this.

  Cyrus Barrett Jr. : [Happily anticipating]  Oh, you've got a new story?

  Denny Martin : No. Oh, no. It's an old story, and you've probably heard it before... but here's how it goes... most scientists agree that one of the few things that can't be preserved in alcohol is a happy home.

• Mary Wilson : [Referring to De Wolfe]  Denny, please don't be upset by what he said.

  Denny Martin : Oh, I'm not upset.

  Mary Wilson : Every knock's a boost, you know.

  Denny Martin : [Dejectedly]  Yeah, I know.

  Mary Wilson : And it doesn't matter what anyone says about you as long as they spell your name right.

• Denny Martin : [Referring to the baby's safety]  Are you daffy? Supposing he fell on his head or something?

  Nicky : That's nothing! I fell on my head twice when I was a baby.

  Denny Martin : [Sarcastically]  Yeah? Well once is enough.

• Denny Martin : [after being requested to sing]  Now, Mrs. Kelly, I park my voice when I park my cab.

• Denny Martin : Sometimes I feel like a cross between a nightengale and a carrier pigeon.

• Claudius De Wolfe : Mr. Martin, I like singing, but not while I'm dictating.

  Denny Martin : Oh yeah? Well the world'd be a better place if there was more singing and less dictating.