The film was based upon the 1903 play by F. Anstey, and was considered to be a major comedy masterpiece in the early sound era.

When the sound era arrived De Lacy's acting career was declining, and he never made the transition from child actor to adult.

Gamble spent a number of years working in Hollywood during the silent and early sound eras.

Influential Chinese director of the early sound era.

It was the final film of Bentley, who had been a leading British director during the silent era and early sound era.

Borzage was a successful director throughout the 1920s but reached his peak in the late silent and early sound era.

It was one of a cycle of Operetta film made during the early sound era.

The movie was made the same year as Scarface, which is widely acknowledged to be the director's best film of the early sound era.

Barrymore would return for a short time to directing films in the early sound era.

Into the early sound era, Fleischer produced many technically advanced and sophisticated animated films.