The subtext of Virginia Van Upp’s script asks what kind of a society forbids ex-cons to fall in love and marry? Sylvia Sidney paid her debt to society, then risks her freedom for marriage with George Raft. Both are employed at a busy department store owned by a man who thinks good works mean more than a donation to the community chest. Once Raft learns that his wife was a jailbird, his double standards stink worse than clams at low tide. Who could give out to Sylvia Sidney, who has a face like a Valentine, heart-shaped with bow lips?