As a teenager during the World War I years, Renée Adorée performed in working class London nightclubs like the one depicted in this film.
Renée Adorée's love interest in this film, Owen Moore, was in real life her former brother-in-law. She was married to Owen's brother Tom Moore from 1921 to 1924.
The end credits have a dedication to "Hugh M. Hefner". Hugh Marston Hefner of Playboy fame was born in 1926- the same year as The Blackbird's release.