https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hays_Code

THOU SHALT NOT TOMMY GUN

Could only have been better if she immediately kissed a black woman while clergymen did comedic slapstick to stop it.

Yes, I very much read that wiki article, I thought it funny you can't make fun of clergy specifically, lol.

It's a good shot.

I’d watch that movie

Such a compelling image and backstory, I was not familiar with the Hayes Code. I find the desire to break rules compelling. So much of our own lives are brushing up against electric fences checking for weaknesses in the boundaries, and then an artist comes and says "let's break every rule" flagrantly. Does this thrill and this compulsion exist in the absence of rules? I don't think so. We're just hard-wired to be button pushers for some reason.

https://pre-code.com/my-list-of-essential-pre-code-hollywood-films/

I have this list on my to-be-watched pile, if I can find them. Might be fun!

This looks like a better movie than most of what Hollywood has shoved out in recent years.