The plot is thin but the characterizations are alright. Okay.

Bad Girl is remarkably attuned to the way even the most loving of relationships warrant and involve emotional, personal, and financial sacrifices, and is rendered all the more compelling a considered account of romantic entanglement granted its occurrence during the Depression era -- when enterprising fathers and mothers fought for their families in constant thinness. As directed by the under-referenced Frank Borzage, the end result is a well acted wonder of wittily stirring dramatic astuteness.