Union Depot

Union Depot

67 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | Jan. 14, 1932

Among the travelers of varied backgrounds that meet and interact on one night at Union Depot, a metropolitan train station, are Chick and his friend Scrap Iron, both newly released from prison after serving time for vagrancy. Hungry and desperate for a break, Chick fortuitously comes across across a valise abandoned by a drunken traveler. In it he finds a shaving kit and a suit of clothes with a bankroll, which help transform the affable tramp into a dashing gent. After buying himself a meal, Chick seeks some female companionship among the many hustlers who walk the station. He propositions Ruth Collins, a stranded, out-of-work showgirl and takes her to the station's hotel.

Union Depot

67 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | Jan. 14, 1932

Union Depot
Among the travelers of varied backgrounds that meet and interact on one night at Union Depot, a metropolitan train station, are Chick and his friend Scrap Iron, both newly released from prison after serving time for vagrancy. Hungry and desperate for a break, Chick fortuitously comes across across a valise abandoned by a drunken traveler. In it he finds a shaving kit and a suit of clothes with a bankroll, which help transform the affable tramp into a dashing gent. After buying himself a meal, Chick seeks some female companionship among the many hustlers who walk the station. He propositions Ruth Collins, a stranded, out-of-work showgirl and takes her to the station's hotel.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers First National Pictures
Original title Union Depot
Directors Al Alleborn, Alfred E. Green
Writers Douglas Durkin, Kenyon Nicholson, Gene Fowler, Joe Laurie Jr., Walter DeLeon

Cast

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

as Charles 'Chick' Miller

Joan Blondell

as Ruth Collins

Guy Kibbee

as Scrap Iron Scratch

Alan Hale

as The Baron, aka Bushy Sloan

David Landau

as Kendall

George Rosener

as Dr. Bernardi

Earle Foxe

as Jim Parker

Frank McHugh

as The Drunk

Adrienne Dore

as Sadie

Irving Bacon

as Depot Hotel Waiter (uncredited)

George Chandler

as Panhandler Wanting One Dollar (uncredited)

Mary Doran

as Daisy (uncredited)

Ethel Griffies

as Cross Woman at Magazine Stand (uncredited)

Lucille La Verne

as Lady with Pipe (uncredited)

Charles Lane

as Luggage Checkroom Clerk (uncredited)

Dickie Moore

as Little Boy (uncredited)

Jason Robards Sr.

as Station Agent (uncredited)

Ray Turner

as Men's Room Attendant (uncredited)

Hooper Atchley

as Station Agent Having No Available Berths (uncredited)

Geraldine Barton

as (uncredited)

Lilian Bond

as Actress on Train (uncredited)

Nat Carr

as Magazine Counter Clerk (uncredited)

Shirley Chambers

as Dress Shop Assistant (uncredited)

Spencer Charters

as Police Officer Bert Brady (uncredited)

Dorothy Christy

as Society Woman Saying Goodbye to Jean (uncredited)

Frank Coghlan Jr.

as Ragged Urchin (uncredited)

Charles Coleman

as Reverend Harvey Pike (uncredited)

Frank Darien

as Doctor / Little Boy's Father (uncredited)

Jill Dennett

as Daisy (uncredited)

Lester Dorr

as Sailor (uncredited)

Maude Eburne

as Passenger at Information Desk (uncredited)

George Ernest

as Eight-Year-Old Boy (uncredited)

Harry Forsman

as Information Bureau Clerk (uncredited)

Willie Fung

as Chinese Man (uncredited)

Harrison Greene

as Eight-Year-Old Boy's Father (uncredited)

Ruth Hall

as Welfare Worker's Charge (uncredited)

Theresa Harris

as Black Woman (uncredited)

Otto Hoffman

as Station Agent Investigating Screams (uncredited)

Robert Homans

as Policeman in Paddy Wagon (uncredited)

Gladden James

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Eulalie Jensen

as Dress Shop Proprietress (uncredited)

John Larkin

as Porter with Ticket for Ruth (uncredited)

George MacFarlane

as Train Caller (uncredited)

Mae Madison

as Waitress (uncredited)

Sam McDaniel

as Redcap Train Porter (uncredited)

Claire McDowell

as Little Boy's Mother (uncredited)

Walter McGrail

as Pickpocket (uncredited)

Toshia Mori

as Chinese Woman Wanting Sedan (uncredited)

Franklin Parker

as Station Agent Talking to Reverend Pike (uncredited)

Cyril Ring

as Track 4 Ticket Taker (uncredited)

Virginia Sale

as Woman on Platform Watching Actress (uncredited)

Polly Walters

as Mabel (uncredited)

Huey White

as Sailor (uncredited)