Trivia

One of the few hit silent productions (although sporting synchronized sound effects) in 1929.

Original author A.E.W. Mason wrote a letter to Richard Arlen congratulating him on his performance.

Paramount boss Adolph Zukor vetoed requests by Schoedsack and Cooper to shot the movie with dialog although it did have synchronized sound effects.

Assuming its copyright has not lapsed already, this film and all others produced in 1929 enter the U.S. public domain in 2025.

One of the earliest, and the only non-talking entry, in the package 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 MCA ever since.