This is the first talkie movie to utter the word "Damn" uncensored in the Pre-code era. Later movies would use the word "Damn" including "Romeo and Juliet" 1936, "Pygmalion" 1938 and the famous movie "Gone with the Wind" 1939 which received recognition for the using the word "Damn" uncensored.
Fanny Brice, Will Rogers and Marilyn Miller were scheduled to make cameo appearances in this film. But since Brice was appearing in a play by Ziegfeld rival David Belasco, Miller was under contract to Warner Bros. and Rogers under contract to Fox, they did not appear in the film.
This was the first feature-length film to contain virtual nudity and revealing costumes in color.
Johnny Weissmuller's film debut playing Adonis in a musical tableau wearing what was considered minimal male attire by 1929 standards.
The 2-strip Technicolor sequence, 897 feet in length, occurs in the second half of the film, with Mary Eaton and the Ziegfeld Chorus Girls performing "There Must Be Somebody Waiting for Me". This sequence, along with the rest of the film, was restored and preserved by the UCLA Film & Television Archive in 1988.