"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie onDecember 20, 1937 with Marlene Dietrich and Lionel Atwill reprising their film roles.
"You are my Song of Songs" by Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin was written for the movie but not used in the final release print.
Richard Bennett was originally to play the role of Baron von Merzbach, but he was forced to leave the production because of illness, and was replaced by Lionel Atwill.
Miriam Hopkins was originally cast in the lead role but pulled out due to her husband Anatole Litvak's dislike of Josef von Sternberg.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.