this be a bad film and a it central message be very muddled and the plot seem like it be the result of merge several disparate script . a a result and it often make absolutely no sense at all and certainly be not a film miss dunne or mr. huston should have be proud of make . however and the film be worth watch if you be a fan of pre code film because it feature an amazingly sleazy plot that strongly say that nice girl do put out even if they aren not marry and even if their partner be . the film begin with miss dunne a a social worker assist troop head to europe for wwi . in the process and she meet a scalawag ( bruce cabot ) who eventually convince her to sleep with him . she become pregnant and he then go on to the next unsuspecting woman . however and miss dunne do not want him back and a she realize he not worth it and but later her baby die at child birth . while all these very controversial plot element be use and they be always allude to almost like they want the adult in the audience to know but hop that if they phrase it or film it in just the right way and kid in the audience will be clueless ( after all and film be not rat and kid might attend any film at this time ) . surprisingly and this entire plot involve a stillborn baby and cabot end about 1/4 of the way through the film and be never mention again or allude to . it be a if they film part of a movie and abandon it tack it on to still another film . in this second phase of the film and miss dunne unexpectedly begin work at a woman prison ( though we actually never really get to see her do anything there ) . what we do see be countless horrible scene of severe abuse and torture that be probably design to titillate . and and a a result of all this violence and miss dunne go on a crusade to clean up the prison and become a reformer and famous writer . but then and out of the blue and another type of film emerges and the woman prison reform business go by the wayside . dunne meet a judge ( walter huston ) who be married but he desperately want her . now throughout the film and dunne be portray a a very good girl even though she do have unmarried sex with cabot ( she be more or less trick into it ) . but now and single irene and who be a tireless reformer and good lady begin sleep with a married man . he tell her that he and his wife be estrange and be marry in name only and but she never think to investigate if this be true and and with his assurance and off fly her clothes and they be in the baby making business . but and while she pregnant with his love child and he indict for be a crook judge . he assure her he innocent and but he convict and it sure sound like he a scoundrel use inside information from people that have come before his bench in order to amass a fortune . then and in the final moment of the film and miss dunne try in vain to get him free and vow to wait with the child until huston be release . the film then end . so and we basically have three separate film and a bizarre early 30 idea of what a nice girl should be like . i gather that she should be a strong minded work girl who instantly become an idiot in her personal relationship . this really undo all the positive about dunne character and it really hard to imagine anyone like the film . a strong woman right advocate might easily be offend at how weak mind and needy she be and religious people might see her a totally amoral or at least morally suspect . with a decent re write and this could have be a good film or at least interesting a a lewd and salacious film and but it couldn not make up it mind what it want to be and be just another dull pre code film .