'Lombard, Carole' was replaced during filming, but can still be seen in the released print.
Cecil B. DeMille's first all-sound film (The Godless Girl was essentially a silent film with sound sequences added), and his first of three films for MGM.
De Mille asked leftist playwright John Howard Lawson to write the screenplay, but Lawson did not receive screen credit. Angered Lawson returned to New York and became part of the Group Theater. Lawson said, "We were determined we would not to return to Hollywood."