 Jacques Feyder had been working in Hollywood since 1929.However, in 1932, when he and MGM failed to reach an agreement on any new projects, he returned to France.One of his last unrealized projects in Hollywood had been to direct Greta Garbo in an adaptation of Pirandello's "Come tu mi vuoi" ("As You Desire Me"), in which he proposed to give a different voice to Garbo for part of her role.