Both after the opening and before the ending credits, the following quotation of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus - (121-180), Meditations. iii. 10 - is depicted on-screen: "Short, therefore, is man's life; and narrow is the corner of the earth wherein he dwells."
The novel of the same title by W. Somerset Maugham was serialized in Hearst's International Cosmopolitan magazine from October to December 1932.
Shot in 28 days.