 Boris Thomashefsky, a popular opera singer and actor at the time, was a co-producer and starred in the film.He sang in Lynn's film, as he had in the earlier 1924 play, "Bar Mitzvah", a hit song, "Erlekh Zayn" (Be Virtuous).Despite the advent of "talkies" Lynn did not recognize the new technology and saw his film style disappear with the rise of Hollywood.