The Book Lover's clubhouse (the speakeasy) is the same set, with some minor redressing, used for the interior of the Hur palace from Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925).
The $5,000 reward would equate to over $87,000 in 2024.
Will H. Hays issued a warning that films at this time were to treat drinking scenes with "great care", which this film ignored, and even challenged.
Filmed Summer 1925 but not released until 1926.
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