Union Depot (Warner Bros.) (1932)

CAST OF CHARACTERS CH|IC—Happy-go-lucky young hobo. ...DOUG. FAIRBANKS, JR. RUTH—Stranded actress...........-.... JOAN BLONDELL SCRAP IRON—Chic’s raggedy pal............. GUY KIBBEE THE BARON—Desperate counterfeiter.......... ALAN HALE BERNARDI—Madman who pursues Ruth. ..GEORGE ROSENER KENDALL—Secret Service man.....-..... DAVID LANDAU DA|ISY—Charmer Chic almost falls for........ MARY DORAN PARKER—Plain clothes man..............-.EARLE FOXE BRADY —-Policeman:. 202. cee oe. SPENCER CHARTERS O’REILLY—One of the finest. ........... ROBERT HOMANS TOPSY—Lively young passenger.............. RITA FLYNN MABEL—Pert blonde... 2 60. 0. oo ree es POLLY WALTERS GIRL—With welfare worker................4.-. RUTH HALL MOPAR a ee ae ee ae MAE MADISON eC GP OL GEORGE MacFARLANE EMR ee Seas ig Cyn. Fas FRANK McHUGH Pe IRE Sa eS ee ew ie oe LILLIAN BOND ARAN. STIG ORS on es ee es eee BEN TAGGART Among the many screen favorites who portray characters in “Union Depot’ crowds are Claire McDowell, Dickie Moore, Reginald Streeter, Maude Eburne, William Arnold, Lucille La Verne, Raymond Turner, Junior Coghlan, Bobby Gordon, Lucy Beaumont, Tom Ricketts, Spencer Tracy, Nadine Dore, Dorothy Christy, George Ernest, Shirley Chambers and Geraldine Barten. The Story of “Union Depot’ It is difficult to create in words the atmosphere of this story, and inasmuch as the background is responsible tor much comedy, romance and tragedy, the following synopsis merely outlines the dramatic highlights as they apply to the central characters. Chic (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.) and Scrap Iron. (Guy Kibbee, hoboes, pick up a grip left by a souse in Union Depot. It contains clothes and much money. Chic dresses up, poses as a rich traveller, treats Ruth (Joan Blondell), a stranded actress he has met, and promises her a railroad ticket. He leaves her temporarily to locate Scrap Iron. Scrap Iron has found a baggage check. Chic redeems it and is given a violin case stuffed with greenbacks. Leaving Scrap Iron in a shack to guard the money, Chic returns to Ruth and sends her out to get a new dress. Bernardi, a madman, overhears Chic’s promise to get her a ticket. He buys one himself and sends it to the store. Thinking it is from Chic, Ruth takes it and goes to the train. Bernardi follows and locks himself in the stateroom with her. The shopwoman finds Ruth’s money is counterfeit. She calls the cops. Kendall, secret service man, rushes to the train. He finds Chic battering down the stateroom door. Bernardi escapes and is killed by a passing train. Kendall arrests Ruth as a counterfeiter. Chic takes the blame and offers to reveal the rest of the money. Kendall sends a cop with him, promising freedom if the case contains the remaining counterfeit bills. Scrap Iron has disappeared. The violin case is found filled with coal. Nearby, the real counterfeiter shoots the cop and tries to escape. Chic catches him and pummels him until both are arrested. A patrol wagon draws up with a drunk who proves to be Scrap Iron with the rest of the money. The counterfeiter is locked up. Chic and Ruth are freed. They board the train and the picture ends with an unexpected and delightful surprise. Page Two the screen’s most brilliant young stars in the biggest and most important picture of his career. Born to the screen, but the maker of his own career, since first role in “A Woman of Affairs.’” Other sterling performances in ‘The Dawn: > Patrol: “Fast: kite; “Chances” and ‘I Like Your Nerve.”’ JOAN BLONDELL—Fast-stepping to her spot as one of the screen’s most popular and seductive young women. A sensation since she appeared in ‘‘Trial of Mary Dugan’”’ and ‘‘Penny Arcade’’ on_ stage. Screen successes include ‘‘Sinners Holiday,’ ‘Public Enemy,” ‘‘Of fice Wife,’ ‘‘lllicit,” ‘Greeks Had A Word For It,’’ ‘‘My Past,” “Blonde Crazy’ and “Union Depot,’”’ in which she is the lead opposite Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. GUY KIBBEE—One of America’s finest character actors whose art of “Torch Song’’ stage fame he brought to the screen in ‘‘Laughing Sinners,”’ ‘‘Side Show,”’ ‘‘Fireman, Save My Child,” ‘High Pressure’? and ‘‘Union Depot,” in which he is the pal of the star. GEORGE ROSENER—One of the real geniuses of the theatre as writer, director and actor. Long a vaudeville headliner as protean actor with his “Old Soldier’? and other roles. Wrote or collaborated in many screen successes, including “Doorway to Hell,” ‘Captain Thunder,” ‘Suicide Fleet.”’ Has important role as Bernardi in ‘Union Depot,’ also seen as Von Bergman in ‘‘Alias The Doctor.” ALAN HALE—An important figure on the screen since days of “Covered Wagon’ and ‘‘Four Horseman.’’ Remembered for fine work in ‘The Spieler,’ ‘‘Leatherneck,’”’ ‘‘A Bachelor’s Secret,” “Red Hot Rhythm” and “The Sap.”’ Gives splendid interpretation as the professor in ‘‘Union Depot.” DAVID LANDAU—A Broadway stage artist recently brought to the screen and a sensation since his debut in ‘‘Street Scene,”’ in which he also appeared on the stage as Morant the husband. Other screen roles include ‘‘Arrowsmith’’ and “‘Taxi.’? Plays secret service man in “Union Depot.” POLLY WALTERS — Luscious little platinum blonde whose telephone girl was a standout in “Five Star Final.’’ Other recent pictures are BIOGRAPHY BRIEFS DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, JR.—One of SALIENT FACTS ABOUT UNION DEPOT “Manhattan Parade,’”’ ‘‘Blonde Crazy’ and “High Pressure.’ One of the screen’s most captivating young players and an important factor in “Union Depot.’’ RUTH HALL—A prize beauty and former society girl who has made good quickly, her best previous role being as the ‘lead opposite Joe E. Brown in “‘Local Boy Makes Good.””. Other fine) characterizations include “‘Chances,”’ ‘‘Manhattan Parade,” ‘‘H'gh Pressure,”’ “The Bargain’ and ‘Union Depot.”’ | ADRIENNE DORE — Lovely little GE GE blonde and ‘‘Miss America’ of a few seasons ago. ‘Seen in Paramount Bow pictures, then Universal. Nowa con¥-act player for Warner Bros.-First & National. Releases include ‘“sNVild Party,” “Happy Days,” “Pdinted Heels,” ““Adam’s_ Eve,’ ‘“‘4ello Baby,’ “Valley of Hunteci Men’ and “Union Depot.” ORGE MAC FARLANE — Former grand opera singer and musical star who has abandwsned stage for screen. Releases to date include “The Painted Angel,”’ “‘Half Shot at Sunrise,” ‘Taxi’? and ‘‘Union Depot,” in which he has important role as station mast ?r. ORGIE ERNEST and _ DICKIE MOORE—Two of the screen’s finest child actors, . and both famous for their work in ‘‘The Star Witness,’ they are together again in ‘“‘Union Dazpot.” They also are seen in ‘Fireman, Save My Child.’’ Georgie Ernest, nine, has had more than fifty picture roles. JUNIOR COGHLAN —. A rare boy LILLIAN BOND—A artist, now an addlescent, who has been a success since infancy. Remembered for his work in dozens of pictures, playing standout roles in ‘‘River’s End,” “Marked Money,” ‘‘Square Shooter’ and ‘Un’ 1 Depot.” iutiful recruit from the musical _omedy stage, former feature in Earl Carroll’s Vanities.”” Her b t screen roles were in ‘Stepping )ut,” ‘‘Just a Gigolo,”’ ‘The quaw Man,” “High Pressure,” -ireman, Save My Child’? and “Un n Depot.” FRANK McHUGH — Member of a famous family of actors and one of the screen’s best. Releases include ‘‘Front Page,”’ ‘‘Top Speed,”’ “Dawn Patrol,’ “High Pressure’ and ‘Union Depot,” in which he is one of the standcuts. It Happens At “Union Depot” Alan Hale, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and Joan Blondell in one of the exciting scenes of “Union Depot,” the First National and Vitaphone Picture now playing at the —__..--------____.. Theatre. It is one of the most novel pictures of the season with the surging background of a great city terminal adding touches of comedy, drama and tragedy to the love story enacted by Doug, Jr. and Joan Blondell. Cut No. 2 Cut 30c Mat toc OFFICIAL BILLING. First National Pictures, Inc. 5% presents “UNION DEPOT”’ 100% starring DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, JR. 15% with Joan Blondell 50% Guy Kibbee 2% Lillian Bond 5% Directed by Alfred E. Green 20% A First National and Vitaphone Production 40% For A BALANCED PROGRAM play these VITAPHONE SHORTS A BIG STAR COMEDY Featuring the most popular stars of the Broadway stage. (2 reels). and/or A LOONEY TUNE Song cartoon of the popular Bosko. (1 reel). and/or NEWMAN TRAVELOGUE Interesting explorations around the world with the camera. Length And Running Time 6227 feet 68 minutes TABLE OF CONTENTS Synopsis Running Time Biographies Official Billing Advance Stories Newspaper Ads. .4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Current Stories Exploitation Banners Accessories