In “Sick and Dirty,” Michael Koresky romps through movies from the 1930s to the ’60s to examine the effects of the Motion Picture Production Code.

In short, Jezebel wasn’t a great role model. Jezebel meets a grisly end by being thrown from a window and trampled by horses (2 Kings 9:30-37), but not before she ruined many lives. The same seems to ...