The film holds the record for longest UK film ban. The BBFC banned the film in 1930. It was finally released, with a PG rating, in 2003.
Marie Prevost, the wildest of the "party girls," built her career in silent films, but roles dried up as talkies took hold. She died at 38, alone and destitute in a Hollywood apartment. Her death prompted the creation of the Motion Picture and Television Country House and Hospital, an institution to care for aging former industry performers in need.
This was one of several movies that opened with a late night screening shortly after midnight as 1929 turned into 1930.
Prologue after title credits: "Forward: Sex in business - the 'Party Girl' racket - threatens to corrupt the morals of thousands of young girls who seek to earn their living decently. The shameful effects of this practice would be brought home to you more forcibly if your own daughter, sister or sweetheart were involved. This may happen! It is our earnest hope that this film may arouse you and other public-spirited citizens to forcibly eliminate the vicious 'Party Girl' system. - The Producers"
In opening credits: "From Edwin Balmer's sensational novel 'Dangerous Business An Exposé of Modern Business'"