The Kid from Brooklyn (1946)

Eve Arden: Ann Westley

Quotes 

• Ann Westley : [to Polly]  Don't worry, honey. Gabby used to be just like him. Look at him now. Oh, but there must be a better argument than that.

• Burleigh Sullivan : You see, Gabby, I'm two different people.

  Ann Westley : Why don't you sign for both of you?

  Gabby Sloan : Shut up now. Shut up with those cracks. You're making the Spider nervous.

  Burleigh Sullivan : The Tiger

  Gabby Sloan : The Tiger, yeah yeah, yeah.

• Speed McFarlane : Uh, look Ann, be a pal. You're not going to say anything to Gabby about this are you?

  Ann Westley : He can read too, you know.

  Spider Schultz : Yeah, but he's in Phila-delphie.

  [sic] 

  Ann Westley : I hear they have a paper there now.

• Ann Westley : Come on, junior. At least we accomplished one thing - nobody got knocked out.

• Gabby Sloan : [Looking at pictures on Burleigh's wall]  You know, Burleigh, I'd swear that that was my mother

  Burleigh Sullivan : Maybe it is your mother. It was here when we moved in.

  Burleigh Sullivan : [Pointing to the next picture]  Maybe that's your father. He was here too.

  Ann Westley : No, they hung Gabby's father differently.

• Gabby Sloan : There's only one thing in the world that women want - that's money. Now, you take Ann...

  Ann Westley : Oh, I'm president of the union.

• Spider Schultz : Hands as big as watermelons.

  Ann Westley : How does he wind his watch?

  Spider Schultz : I don't know, but Speed looked like a very small midget beside him.

  Speed McFarlane : I had to jump up in the air to hit him.

  Gabby Sloan : Wait a minute! Wait a minute! That's an angle. That's our out - Middleweight knocked out by heavyweight.