前代码pre-code的一部佳作

摘自imdb如下

Only three years into her Hollywood career (after the initial misstep of "Leathernecking" (1930), Irene Dunne shines in this pre-Code drama. Her portrayal of Sinclair Lewis' "Ann Vickers" is complex, layered and multi-faceted. She is a modern woman and she is determined to change the world as Edna Mae Oliver's character states "if it takes her all winter". But the world almost breaks her. She is impregnated and then emotionally abandoned by Bruce Cabot's cad "Lafe", sent to work in a Purgatory of a women's prison, and finally saved by the love of Walter Huston's Judge Barney Dolphin. In him, she has met her equal--morally, intellectually, and emotionally. Their love is here to stay, as we see when she not only proudly bears their son out of wedlock but stands by him when he is sent to prison on political corruption and graft charges trumped up by his opposition. She too suffers in that she loses a top-tier professional post and must makes ends meet by writing freelance newspaper articles. However, she is undaunted and toughs it out until such time that Barney is paroled and reunited with her and their young son. It is so refreshing to see Dunne in this early role, so far removed from both the screwball comedy and perfect wife and mother roles she would play in the middle and latter phases of her long career. We mourn with her the loss of her first child, the death of whom is ambiguously depicted as coming about by abortion. We rejoice in her finding her soulmate, Barney and cheer them for their unaffected love and affection and the joy they express over their impending parenthood. While this is a "weepie", the Queen of which she would become, Dunne's performance is superior to that of her similar roles of this era. Her talent is just as complex and strong as that of her character and she inhabits the role exquisitely.

机器翻译过来的，基本可以理解

在她的好莱坞生涯中仅过了三年 (在《皮颈》 (1930) 的最初失误之后，艾琳 · 邓恩在这部前代码剧中大放异彩。她对辛克莱 · 刘易斯的《安 · 维克斯》的描绘是复杂的、分层的、多面的。她是一个现代女性，她决心改变世界，正如埃德娜 · 梅 · 奥利弗的角色所说的 “如果这需要她整个冬天”。但是这个世界几乎让她崩溃了。她怀孕了，然后被布鲁斯 · 卡伯特的 cad “Lafe” 在情感上抛弃了，该 cad “Lafe” 被送到女子监狱的炼狱中工作,最终被沃尔特 · 休斯顿法官巴尼 · 海豚的爱拯救了。在他身上，她在道德、智力和情感上遇到了平等的人。他们的爱就在这里,正如我们所看到的，当她不仅自豪地背负他们的儿子，而且当他因政治腐败和他的反对派捏造的贪污指控而被送进监狱时，她会支持他。她也很痛苦，因为她失去了一个顶级的专业职位，必须通过写自由报纸文章来维持生计。然而，在巴尼被假释并与她和他们的小儿子团聚之前，她毫不畏惧并坚强。看到邓恩扮演这个早期角色是如此令人耳目一新，到目前为止，她已经远离了她在漫长职业生涯的中后期扮演的古怪喜剧和完美的妻子和母亲角色。我们为她失去第一个孩子而哀悼，她的死亡被模糊地描述为流产。我们为她找到了她的灵魂伴侣巴尼而感到高兴，并为他们未受影响的爱和感情以及他们对即将到来的为人父母的快乐而欢呼。虽然这是一个 “weepie”，她将成为女王，邓恩的表演优于她在这个时代的类似角色。她的天赋和她的性格一样复杂和强大，她非常擅长扮演这个角色。