Murder is condoned...
I watched Unashamed a second time today, having seen it a number of years ago, also on TCM.
I was astonished at the script's blatant "approval" of murder and of the acquittal of the murderer, as long as the murder is "justified".
I was also astonished that it was okay to portray Twelvetrees as a despicable soiled woman who gets no better than she deserves for openly having an affair with "a man" AND that it's okay for her brother to murder that same man and get away with it, as long as Twelvetrees publicly acknowledges her scandalous relationship without benefit of marriage and takes a moral licking from those in the court room.
So many double standards here. I've watched dozens of pre-Code films and these hazy standards can't all be chalked up to the pre-Code era alone. Some pretty dodgy writing here by any standards!
And all this from the studio headed by puritanical Louis B. Mayer!