Bessie Love made this film on loanout from MGM. Ironically, once she returned to Metro, the studio gave her just one more vehicle, Good News (1930), before terminating her contract. Just a year earlier, she'd been an integral part of the landmark team that created the first all-talking, all-singing, all-dancing musical, the Oscar-winning Broadway Melody (1929). Love received a Best Actress nomination for her sterling portrayal in that film, yet would be relegated to extra work within a few short years.
The opening scene displays a cinematic inventiveness that is never replicated in that which follows, particularly the overhead camera angle used for Margaret's dash down the fire escape.