Noel Madison, who played the desk clerk, later said no one was prepared for the appearance of 17 year old Jean Harlow, who wore a translucent slip under her dress. Madison reported that, even though he had been in burlesque, he had "never seen anything like that before".
Capt. John Peters, who successfully lampooned Erich von Stroheim in this film, had been von Stroheim's double, and repeated all his nuances and characteristics.
In 1969, this became the first silent film to be transferred to sound.