The film was based on a 1921 play, of the same name, written by Walter C. Hackett.
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Several of his stage works (such as Captain Applejack, Freedom of the Seas, Regeneration, Hyde Park Corner, The Gay Adventure, 77 Rue Chalgrin, The Barton Mystery, It Pays to Advertise, 77 Park Lane, It Pays to Advertise and Other Men's Wives) were adapted for film.