The well known faces appearing in the banquet scene are, in the order they appear on screen: Dorothy Sebastian, Louella Parsons, Estelle Taylor, Claire Windsor, Aileen Pringle, Karl Dane, George K. Arthur, Leatrice Joy, Renée Adorée, Rod La Rocque, Mae Murray, John Gilbert, Norma Talmadge, Douglas Fairbanks, Marion Davies, and William S. Hart.
This movie was one of the last silent films (synchronized score and sound effects) to be a major box-office hit.
James Murray, who had played the lead in The Crowd (1928), was director King Vidor's original choice for Marion Davies' love interest. Murray's alcoholism and depression made him unavailable, and William Haines was cast instead.