In the famous scene in which the hat-check girl exclaims over Maudie's (Mae West) jewels, "Goodness, what beautiful diamonds," and Maudie replies, "Goodness had nothing to do with it, Dearie" the diamonds Mae West was wearing were real, and her own.
Feature film debut of Mae West. George Raft (Joe Anton) also appeared with her in her final film, Sextette (1977).
Years later in a interview about Mae West, George Raft said that Mae West stole everything but the camera.
The $200,000 Joe agrees to sell his speakeasy for would equate to over $3.5M in 2016.
According to Dr. Jim Tucker in his book "Return to Life", although Marty Martyn is credited as portraying a character named "Malloy" this character is never named in the final version of the film, although the actor can be identified in both scenes from the film as well as publicity photos.
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