History Film / UnionDepot

* ShesGotLegs:
** A starlet on her way to Hollywood is posing for the press as she stands on the train. A photographer asks "Can we have a little bit more of those legs please?", and she hikes up her skirt to the knee.
** The first thing Chick notices when he sees Ruth his her shapely legs. Another scene has Ruth notice a run in her stocking, which of course is an excuse for Blondell to dangle her leg in front of the camera--and also a reason for creepy Dr. Bernardi, hiding behind a bench, to gawk at her.

* VisualTitleDrop: The first shot of the film shows the "UNION DEPOT" sign above the front entrance.

* UncleTomfoolery: Some painfully racist humor with the bug-eyed, giant-toothed black washroom attendant.

** The first thing Chick notices when he sees Ruth his her shapely legs.

* BitterSweetEnding: Ruth heads out on a train to a new job while Chick stays behind. They’ll always remember each other but will probably never see each other again.

* MoneyToThrowAway: When Chick gets the hundred bucks, he happily uses it in his ruse with Ruth.
* PrettyInMink: Chick buys Ruth a pretty travelling suit that has mink collars.

* ShesGotLegs: The first thing Chick notices when he sees Ruth his her shapely legs.

* ArentYouGoingToRavishMe: Chick takes Ruth to a private dining room for a meal and quickie. But once he realizes that Ruth is not a prostitute, he abruptly stops and Ruth wonders why.

* BitterSweetEnding: Ruth heads out on a train to a new job while Chick stays. They’ll always remember each other but will probably never see each other again.

* MoneyToThrowAway: When Chick gets the drunk’s money, he happily uses especially in his ruse with Ruth.

* MockMillionaire: With more dough than he can shake a stick at, Chick decides to be generous with it and gets to be a gentleman for a day.

* TrainStationGoodbye: Chick and Ruth say tearful goodbyes knowing that they’ll probably never see each other again.

* ArentYouGoingToRavishMe: Chick takes Ruth to a private dining room for a meal and quickie. b
But once he realizes that Ruth is not a prostitute, he abruptly stops and Ruth wonders why.

* ArentYouGoingToRavishMe: Chick takes Ruth to a private dining room for a meal and quickie, but once he realizes that Ruth is crying and not a prostitute. He abruptly stops and Ruth wonders why.
* AttemptedRape: Ruth is running away from Dr. Bernardi, a perverted scientist who made her read salacious novels to him and then tried to rape her.
-->'''Ruth''': 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

* BitterSweetEnding: Ruth heads out on a train to a new job while Chick stays back. They’ll always remember each other but will probably never see each other again.

* DivorceInReno: Of one of a series of vignettes in the station, a woman and her friend muse about her 6 weeks in Reno.

* DivorceInReno: Of one of a series of vignettes in the station, a woman and her friend muse about her 6 weeks in reno.

* MistakenForProstitute: Ruth gives the same story a real prostitute gives to Chick. Although Chick rejects the actual prostitute, he picks up Ruth because he likes that her hustle isn’t as obvious.
* MoneyToThrowAway: When Chick gets the drunk’s money, he happily uses it all up especially in his ruse with Ruth.

* MockMillionaire: With more dough than he can shake a stick at, Chick decides to be generous with it and pretends gets to be a gentleman for a day.

* ShesGotLegs: The first thing Chick notices when he sees Ruth.

[[caption-width-right:350: Chick and Ruth at Union Depot]]

* GreyAndGrayMorality: Selling yourself under the right circumstances is alright given that it’s UsefulNotes/TheGreatDepression but causing actual harm to others is not okay.

--'''Ruth''': 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] Gee, I didn't know they printed them so bad. He said he got them in Europe.

''Union Depot'' (1932) is a [[UsefuleNotes/ThePreCodeEra pre-code film]] starring Creator/DouglasFairbanksJr and Creator/JoanBlondell and a plethora of stock Warner Bros players from the era.

Ruth: 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
Chick: Go ahead. You got me interested. Then what'd he do?
Ruth: 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] Gee, I didn't know they printed them so bad. He said he got them in Europe.