This was Ramon Novarro's first talking picture.
A brief Albertina Rasch dancing sequence, running 205 feet (about 3 minutes), was filmed in 2-strip Technicolor and occurs in Reel #10.
According to Loew's Weekly (21 December 1929), the film premiered at New York's Astor Theatre on 22 December 1929, though originally it was to be on the 23rd, closing out "The Hollywood Review" a day early.
The two-color Technicolor finale was shot on August 7, 1929, with 187 background actors employed.
This film's earliest documented telecasts took place in Norfolk VA Tuesday 26 November 1957 on WTAR (Channel 3) and in Honolulu 3 January 1958 on KHVH (Channel 13).