barbara stanwyck a a real tough cookie and a waitress to the working class ( and prostitute at the hand of her father ) who escape to new york city and use her feminine wile to get a filing job and move on to mortgage and escrow and and later a assistant secretary to the second in command at the bank . dramatic study of a female character unafraid to be unseemly have lose none of it power over the year and with barbara act up a storm ( portray a woman who learn to be a first rate actress herself ) . parlay a little nietzschean philosophy into her mess up life and this lady crush out sentiment all right and but she never lose our fascination and our awe . she a plain spoken and hard boil broad and but she not a bitch and nor be she a man eater or woman hater . this gal be all out for herself and and a we wait for her to eventually learn about real value in life and her journey up and down the ladder of success provide heat and sexy entertainment . john wayne ( with thick black hair and too much eye make up ) do well in an early role a the assistant in the file office and though all the support player be quite good . from .