Other Men's Women is a 1931 film directed by William A. Wellman.
It's a story about railroad workers. Bill is a railroad engineer, and a hard-drinking, hard-partying type with a girl in every port (or train station). His best friend Jack, also an engineer, is a far more serious fellow, a hard worker who hopes one day to rise up into a management position at the railroad. While Bill is The Casanova, Jack is happily married to lovely Lily (Mary Astor).
Bill's lifestyle as The Alcoholic leads to him being evicted from a boarding house. Jack takes Bill home with him, and puts him up in the spare room. Bill winds up spending a lot of time with Lily, and they fall in love. Tragedy ensues.
Two actors who would soon become huge stars with Warner Brothers have small parts. James Cagney, in only his third movie, plays Ed, another of Bill's friends. Joan Blondell plays Marie, a waitress at a train station diner who is in love with Bill.
Tropes:
- Book Ends: The first scene has Bill leaping off a train, while it is still running, to grab a quick bite at a train station diner and flirt with the waitress. The last scene has him doing the same, only to run into Lily, who has come back home.
