You know I noticed that even with the Hays Code in effect this film does get a little raunchy "in the shadows" so to speak with it dealing with prostitution and things of that nature. It seems to me also that the film condemns society for looking down on prostitution since Myra's ѕυιcιdє and outcast behavior seems to me the Hollywood Left trying to get society to "feel for the prostitute" and to make the prostitute out to be a "good girl" who just goes through bad circuмstances like hunger or poverty. In that sense the film seems to try and "forgive" bad moral behavior.
When you keep looking back you keep discovering how Hollywood has always been vial. :wink: