Contrary to reference books on the subject, the film did not have Technicolor inserts according to Technicolor's records. Some Technicolor footage was indeed photographed for the production, but not used in the final print.
Paramount's biggest hit of 1926.
When this film debuted in 1926, Herbert Brenon became the first director to have three feature-length motion pictures competing in cinemas against each other at the same time: Beau Geste (1926), The Great Gatsby (1926), and La dernière escale (1926). Today, both The Great Gatsby and God Gave Me Twenty Cents are lost films. Only Beau Geste survives in its entirety.
Assuming its copyright has not lapsed already, this film and all others produced in 1926 enter the U.S. public domain in 2022.
The French foreign office demanded that this film, along with La grande parade (1925), be withdrawn from public exhibition, saying they "wound French sensibilities." The demand was rejected.