Although Barbara Stanwyck specialized in playing "tough chicks," there is some racy dialogue in "Meet John Doe" with Gary Cooper in which she is a "sub." She plays a reporter who has built up a "common man" -- Cooper in one of those "popular front" films from the 30's -- as a media hero. He has a speech where he tells her about a dream he had in which the only way he can communicate with her is to spank her. The speech goes on at length with him describing the spanking and her trying to look like she's ignoring him.