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Union Depot Overview:

Union Depot (1932) was a Comedy - Drama Film directed by Alfred E. Green and produced by Warner Bros. Entertainment.

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"Union Depot" and the Warner Regulars

By David on Sep 24, 2012 From The Man on the Flying Trapeze

In their underrated 1978 film "Movie Movie" director Stanley Donen and screenwriters Larry Gelbart and Sheldon Keller paid homage to the 1930s movies they loved as kids. To do this, Gelbart and Keller wrote two 45-minute movies -- one a black-and-white boxing film, the other a musical in color -- so... Read full article

"Union Depot" and the Warner Regulars

By David on Sep 24, 2012 From The Man on the Flying Trapeze

In their underrated 1978 film "Movie Movie" director Stanley Donen and screenwriters Larry Gelbart and Sheldon Keller paid homage to the 1930s movies they loved as kids. To do this, Gelbart and Keller wrote two 45-minute movies -- one a black-and-white boxing film, the other a musical in color -- so... Read full article

Union Depot (1932) (2)

By Lindsey on Jul 1, 2012 From The Motion Pictures

(Image via hollywoodrevue.wordpress.com) Alfred E. Green’s Union Depot (1932) starts off by setting up the frantic pace of – what else? – a busy metropolitan train station. Moving around the depot, the film shows a wide range of people saying goodbye to loved ones, boarding trains ... Read full article

Union Depot (1932) (1)

By Angela on Nov 1, 2011 From Hollywood Revue

Train Stations are always full of activity and the night that drifters Chick Miller (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.) and his friend Scrap (Guy Kibbee) get out of jail is no exception.  Once they’re out, they head over to the train station to try to catch a break.  Chick hits the jackpot when he find... Read full article

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Union Depot Quotes:

Scrap Iron Scratch: [to Chick] Hey, I'd rather starve than eat those vagrancy beans again.
Charles 'Chick' Miller: [to Ruth] Now, let's have a good look at you, Ruthy.
[Taking off her hat and obviously finding her attractive]
Charles 'Chick' Miller: Well, well, the gentleman said. The more you see the more you wanna see.
Scrap Iron Scratch: You just can't keep away from windows with bars, can you, Chick?
Charles 'Chick' Miller: Oh, bars ain't half bad, Scrap Iron, not when you're on the outside lookin' in.
Ruth Collins: I'm no pollyanna or sweet sixteen either. I've been around. I know what it's all about, but, gee, I always try to keep decent. There's a few things I draw the line on. Dr. Bernardi is one of them.
Charles 'Chick' Miller: Go ahead. You got me interested. Then what'd he do?
Ruth Collins: Well, at first he said his eyes were bad, and he couldn't read, so he offered to pay me fifty cents an hour to read to him at night after work. Well, that was all right, but the kind of books he read...
[laughs]
Ruth Collins: Gee, I didn't know they printed them so bad. He said he got them in Europe.
Charles 'Chick' Miller: Yeah? Yeah, I've seen the type in hotel lobbies lookin' up at balconies.
Panhandler Wanting One Dollar: Hey buddy, would you give a poor man a dollar?
Charles 'Chick' Miller: A dollar? You got a lot of nerve! If you'd asked for a dime or a quarter, I might have done something.
Panhandler Wanting One Dollar: [Indignantly] Say, listen, all I asked you is to give me a buck. You don't wanna give it to me, say so, but don't tell me how to run my business!
Charles 'Chick' Miller: [laughing admiringly at his independent spirit] That wins a dollar, beau!
[He tosses him the money]
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Union Depot Facts
Although the play was unpublished, it was copyrighted on 3 December 1929.
Unlike the films of the period, "Union Depot" displays its credits at the end, not the beginning.
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