Avery Hopwood's English adaptation of the play opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA, on 27 September 1927 but had only 23 performances. The opening night cast included Barbara Barondess, Harlan Briggs, Miriam Hopkins, Douglass Montgomery, and Alison Skipworth.
A dream sequence, which occurs near the beginning of the movie, runs 277 feet and was filmed in two-strip Technicolor.
To publicize the movie, the wedding dress worn by Corinne Griffith was put on display in the window of Oppenheim & Collins, NY and at Constable & Co, also NY.
Censors in Montreal cut out the entire climax of the movie, leaving audiences confused.
To publicize the movie, the Market Street theater in Philadelphia had a lobby display that featured a six foot snake, which escaped, causing panic as it lay on the sidewalk. A policeman attempted to catch it, but he was severely bitten on the arm, resulting in him being rushed to the hospital, where 1,500 units of serum were used to counteract the snake's poison.
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