Acting
Helen Twelvetrees carries wounded dignity through every humiliation.
Costume
Allie's transformation wardrobe tells her entire arc silently.
Writing
Dialogue so pointed the Hays Code arrived basically because of this.

Director
William A. Seiter
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released mere months before strict enforcement of the Production Code, this is essentially celluloid evidence of what Hollywood got away with.
Helen Twelvetrees was so typecast as suffering wives that she literally titled her autobiography 'Twelvetrees'.