Union Depot (film)
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| Directed by | Alfred E. Green |
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Darryl Zanuck Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. |
| Screenplay by |
Walter DeLeon Kenyon Nicholson Kubec Glasmon |
| Based on |
Union Depot 1929 play by Joe Laurie, Jr. Gene Fowler Douglas Durkin |
| Starring |
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Joan Blondell |
| Music by | Leo F. Forbstein |
| Cinematography | Sol Polito |
| Edited by | Jack Killifer |
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65 minutes |
| Language | English |
Union Depot is a 1932 American Pre-Code film starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Joan Blondell, directed by Alfred E. Green for Warner Brothers, and based upon an unpublished play by Joe Laurie, Jr., Gene Fowler, and Douglas Durkin.
The film, an ensemble piece for the studio’s contract players, features performances by Guy Kibbee, Alan Hale, Sr., Frank McHugh, David Landau, and George Rosener.
Charles "Chick" Miller (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.), is a hobo released from jail along with fellow drifter "Scrap Iron" Scratch (Guy Kibbee). Through a series of chance encounters with travelers in a large railroad station, he becomes, in his own words, a "Gentleman for a Day" (the name under which the film was released in the United Kingdom).
He picks up Ruth Collins (Joan Blondell), a broke and out-of-work chorus girl, desperate to raise the train fare to Salt Lake City, where a job is waiting for her. She confides she is worried about being followed by Dr. Bernardi (George Rosener), a fellow resident of her cheap boarding house. He paid her to read to him in the evenings material she found disgusting.
Meanwhile, masquerading as a German musician, Bushy Sloan (Alan Hale, Sr.) checks in a violin case full of counterfeit money. Soon after, a pickpocket steals his wallet, containing his claim check. When the thief throws the wallet away after taking the cash, Scrap Iron finds the claim check inside. Chick, who has "acquired" respectable clothing, then claims the violin case and discovers what it contains. He hides it in a coal scuttle and has his buddy stand guard, while he ponders what to do. Chick gives Ruth some of the money to buy clothes.
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