F.W. Murnau hated to use title cards in his films, so in L'Aurore (1927), the title cards become more and more infrequent as the film progresses and virtually non-existent by the end.
The first feature film released using the Fox Movietone system.
Fox studio's first-ever feature film with a recorded score.
Was the first and only film to win the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' (AMPAS) 'Best Picture' award in the category of "Artistic Quality of Production" (or "Unique and Artistic Picture"). This was the only year that this award was ever given out.
The original 35mm negative of the film was destroyed in a fire at the 20th Century-Fox storage facility at Little Ferry, New Jersey on 9 July 1937. A new negative was subsequently produced from a surviving print.