This film is a bit startling, leaving me to consider how the Hays Code might have reacted to such a frank and overtly sensual adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s reimagining of the biblical story of Salome. Alla Nazimova dominates the screen as she pursues the prophet “Jokaanan” (played with surprising stiffness by Nigel De Brulier), whom she views as little more than a devilish figure. Refusing to be rejected, her desires t…