The dress that Jean Harlow wears in the pageant scene was intended for 'Clara Bow', but Bow had gained too much weight to fit into it, so she convinced designer Edith Head to let the unknown actress to wear it. Harlow never forgot the favor.
Edna May Oliver arrived in Los Angeles to work on this film during the third week of June, 1929. It was Oliver's first film in three years, and, her first talkie.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by MCA ever since.
This film was based on the play "Love 'em and Leave 'em" which opened at the Sam H. Harris Theater (New York City) on February 3, 1926 and ran for 152 performances. The film was also a remake of the original film version of the play, which was released to the general public on December 6 of that year. Love' em & Leave'
em was made at Paramount's Astoria Studios in Long Island, New York.
This film was made during a difficult time for Clara Bow, both personally and professionally. She had gained weight, something reviews of the film made more mention of than her performance. She remembered director Edward Sutherland as "a lousy no-good bastard" who was one of many people to have previously snubbed her socially.