I noticed that one reviewer gave this mediocre film a 10 and I just can't get it. While it's neat to see all the trains as well as one of the few films still in existence starring Louis Wolheim, there's not a whole lot more to recommend this extremely melodramatic film.
Oddly, this movie was copied in many, many ways by OTHER MEN'S WOMEN just five months later. The two films are so similar, it's obvious that the latter film "borrowed" (i.e., stole) the plot idea. Both are about a railway supervisor who is a heck of a wonderful guy. He's in love with a girl and introduces her to a new friend--one who eventually ends up trying to steal the girl. And, in both cases, it leads to an almost impossible to believe ending.
While entertaining, this and OTHER MEN'S WOMEN are just too silly to be considered great films. The plots are extremely old fashioned and might just make you laugh they are so clichéd. Instead of ruining what I mean, just watch the films yourself--you'll probably see what I mean.
By the way, Louis Wolheim was a wonderful actor and I loved to see his ugly kisser in films like this and ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT. Unfortunately, only a year later, he was to die very young of stomach cancer. What a loss.
Oddly, this movie was copied in many, many ways by OTHER MEN'S WOMEN just five months later. The two films are so similar, it's obvious that the latter film "borrowed" (i.e., stole) the plot idea. Both are about a railway supervisor who is a heck of a wonderful guy. He's in love with a girl and introduces her to a new friend--one who eventually ends up trying to steal the girl. And, in both cases, it leads to an almost impossible to believe ending.
While entertaining, this and OTHER MEN'S WOMEN are just too silly to be considered great films. The plots are extremely old fashioned and might just make you laugh they are so clichéd. Instead of ruining what I mean, just watch the films yourself--you'll probably see what I mean.
By the way, Louis Wolheim was a wonderful actor and I loved to see his ugly kisser in films like this and ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT. Unfortunately, only a year later, he was to die very young of stomach cancer. What a loss.