This film is your average triangle formula using a railroad boss, a hobo, and Jean Arthur, the only legitimate player in the film. The plot is rather simplistic; a railroad boss befriends a young hobo and tries to reform him. The hobo thanks the boss by trying to steal his girl. Very nice. Arthur does a good job of playing the rather loose girlfriend of the boss, but does not really reflect the true character of people in that situation in the early 1930s, at the beginning of the Great Depression. No one in their right mind would give up the security of being attached to a supervisor on the railroad, just to have a fling with an attractive hobo; that is merely a Hollywood writer's fantasy, and would never happen in real life; especially during this time period. Interesting to watch for the environment of the train yards; ones my grandfather use to work in Bayonne, New Jersey. I could just imagine my grandmother throwing him over for some hobo. I don't think so.
Review of Danger Lights
