a other reviewer have note and this be an unjustly neglect depression era film . direct by frank borzage ( two oscar ) and write by jo swerling ( leave her to heaven and the westerner and lifeboat and etc . ) and it be a tough minded and well structure and realize move about denizen of a new york city shantytown . theyre grifter and beggar and and woman force into prostitution and but theyre a community of people both good and bad and with loyalty as complex a any group . perhaps primary among this movie many admirable quality be the contrast between spencer tracy character and bill and and loretta young trina . he tough talk and physically aggressive and and evidently fearless but bill be not the character who give this film it steely sense of survival . while he bluster and trina actually hang tough ( if that term can be apply to a character so ladylike ) . her devotion to him be obvious and and complete . when she become pregnant and she say she will raise it herself if he want to leave and or i will even give up the kid if you will only be happy . such be the dignity of loretta young performance ( at age 20 ) a a quite simple character and that she seem neither weak or dependent and but rather a woman who recognize happiness when she find it and and want nothing more .